Museums of Rome

The Museums of Rome can satisfy all tastes. Antiquity is of course particularly well represented, with the largest collection in the world (National Roman Museum, Capitoline Museums, Vatican Museums, Montemartini Central, Etruscan Museum, etc).
Modern art has several seats including the GNAM (National Gallery of Modern Art) and the Communal Museum of Modern Art.
The Renaissance, baroque and modern, with their sculptures and paintings enrich many museums (Vatican and Capitoline Museums) and many galleries (Borghese Gallery, Pamphilj Gallery, etc)

Great Museums in Rome

Genesis of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel

Interested in archaeology, modern art, painting and sculpture from all eras, you will find easily enough to satisfy your curiosity in Rome, where the choice and quality of the works of art abound. The main museums are those of the Vatican, the Capitoline Museums, the Gallery Borghese and the National Roman Museum.

Listo of museums of Rome by theme

The various museums to discover in Rome and private galleries, including collections of antiques, thematic, modern and contemporary. The four museums described in the Great Museums of Rome page can fill many days, especially if they are cold or rainy.

Museums of antiquities in Rome

Sarcophagus of the Spouses, National Etruscan Museum, Rome

The article presents the main museums of antiquities and archaeology in Rome, with varied collections, from Greek sculptures to Roman frescoes, from Etruscans to the early Middle Ages, through the Latin peoples. After the unmissable ones like the Capitoline Museums, many places are dedicated to ancient civilizations and Rome, such as the Centrale Montemartini, the Museum of the Walls, the Etruscan Museum, and many others.

Capitoline Museums

The Capitoline Museums that occupy the Palace of the homonymous square house a unique collection of Greek and Roman antiquities and an art gallery exhibiting paintings of masters.

Vatican Museums : visit and informations

In addition to the famous Sistine Chapel and the Raphael's Rooms, the Vatican Palaces house the collections of the twelve Vatican Museums, forming one of the largest and most important collections in the world, works of various natures and epochs, including Renaissance, Greco-Roman, Egyptian and Etruscan antiquities, etc.

National Roman Museum : a unique collection

Frescoes of Villa di Livia, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Massimo, Rome

Home to the largest archaeological collection in the world, the National Roman Museum is distributed over four sites, the largest of which is the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.

Galleria Borghese

Saint Jerome writing (Caravaggio, Rome) (1605-6)

The Galleria Borghese houses a famous collection inherited from the Borghese family, whose works are mainly baroque sculptures and paintings of the Renaissance, with those of the Caravaggio or the Titian, and numerous statues made by the Bernin.

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