Museums in Rome

The four museums described on the page Great Museums of Rome can fill many days of visit, especially if they are cold or rainy: Vatican Museums, Capitoline Museums, National Roman Museum, Borghese Gallery.
But the city’s artistic and archaeological collections are not limited to these, far from it.

Antiquity and archaeology

• The Trajan’s Market (Mercati di Traiano) include a museum dedicated to imperial forums in part of the ancient structures of this forum. They have been open since November 2007.
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  Centrale Montemartini

  The Etruscan National Museum (ETRU Museo Nazionale Etrusco) of Villa Giulia is a
  very large museum dedicated to the Etruscan civilization.

• Museum of the Roman Civilization (Museo della civiltà romana)
  This museum is dedicated to the Roman world of antiquity, including reconstructions of buildings, Rome, and battles
  The Planetarium is located in the same building as the Museum of Roman Civilization.
• Centrale Montemartini
  Amazing and fascinating museum of Roman antiquities housed in an old power plant station.
• The Museum of the Walls of Rome (Museo delle Mura di Roma), in the Porta San Sebastian gate and part of the walls of Hadrian, is a small museum dedicated to these walls.
• The Museum of Ancient Sculpture Giovanni Barracco (Museo di scultura antica) preserves interesting works.

Museo di Roma

Renaissance and Middle-Ages

• Doria Pamphilj Gallery
  The sumptuous private Palace of Doria Pamphilj houses in the museum the beautiful historical collection of the Borghese and Pamphilj families, including paintings from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
• Colonna Gallery
  This famous and vast palace in Rome houses the art collection of the prestigious Colonna family.
• Spada Gallery
  The beautiful Spada Palace, known in particular for the false perspective gallery of Borromini, also preserves a collection of art, mainly painting.
• National Museum of Venice Palace (Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia)
  The prestigious Palazzo di Venezia houses an important collection of works from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
• Museum of Rome (Museo di Roma)
  Museum dedicated to the city of Rome at the Braschi Palace, which houses a beautiful collection of art and objects related to the history of Rome.
• Barberine Gallery
  The Barberine Palace houses most of the National Gallery of Ancient Art, mainly Renaissance paintings and sculptures.
• Corsini Gallery
  The beautiful Corsini Palace hosts the other part of the National Collection of Ancient Art, with paintings and sculptures.
• Museums of Villa Torlonia
  The small park of Villa Torlonia has several neo-classical or other buildings housing museums.

Napoleonic Museum

Thematic and historical

• MuCiv
  The MuCiv, Museum of Civilization, brings together several museums, including the Arts and Cultures of the world (consisting of several collections of ancient museums), the Arts and Popular Traditions
• Central Museum of the Risorgimento (Museo Centrale del Risorgimento al Vittoriano)
  In the Vittoriano, it is the main museum dedicated to the Risorgimento, period that saw the Italian unification, from the second half to the eighteenth century until the First World War.
• Napoleonic Museum (Museo Napoleonico)
  Palazzo Primoli preserves a beautiful collection related to the Bonaparte family
• Rome Museum of Trastevere (Museo di Roma in Trastevere)
  Ethnographic and photographic museum dedicated to Roman popular culture, contemporary photography, etc

Modern and contemporary

• National Gallery of Modern Art
  GNAM preserves the largest collection of modern art in Italy
• Municipal Gallery of Modern Art
  Founded in 1925, it is one of the first museums in Rome dedicated to modern art
• MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
  In a remarkable building of 2010, the MAXXI National Museum of Arts of the 21st century is the first museum in Italy dedicated to contemporary art

Map of Rome with museums