Archaeology Museums


Municipal Antiquarium 
Household objects from the 6th century B.C. to the time of barbarian invasions. The Antiquarium includes the famous doll with jointed limbs that was part of the funeral accouterment of Crepereia Tryphaena.

Via Parco del Celio 22 - phone 06 70 01 569
Temporarily closed for restoration.
 
Antiquarium of the Forum     
Finds coming from the Forum excavations and frescoes once on the walls of the churches of Santa Maria Antiqua and Sant'Adriano.

Piazza Santa Maria Nova 53 - Free entrance
Temporarily closed.
 
Centrale Montemartini         
In the former Montemartini electric power plant, a unique combination of classical art and industrial machinery: 400 sculptures coming from the Capitoline Museums.

Via Ostiense 106 - phone 06 57 48 030/06 57 48 042                                           Internet: www.centralemontemartini.org
Hours: 9.30 - 19, Mon closed.
Admission Euro 4,50 (a  Euro 8,50 seven days ticket also includes the entrance to the Musei Capitolini). Info and reservations: phone 06 82059127 - online reservations: www.ticketclic.it
 
Archaeological Museum of Ostia    
On display are the finds brought to light during the excavations in ancient Ostia: sculptures, decorative and architectural terracotta pieces, objects of worship.

Scavi di Ostia Antica, Via dei Romagnoli 717 - phone 06 56 35 80 99                  Reservation for guided tours: phone 06 56 35 28 30
E-mail: ostia@arti.beniculturali.it
Internet: www.itnw.roma.it/ostia/scavi
Hours: winter 9.00 - 16, summer 9.00 - 13.30; 14.15-18.30 Mon closed.
Admission Euro 6,50 (same ticket as for the excavations).
 
Barracco Museum     
The collection, which belonged to Baron Giovanni Barracco, includes Egyptian, Assyro-Babylonian, Greek, and Roman works of art. In the basement are the remains of a late-Roman building.

Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 166/a - phone/fax 06 68 80 68 48                                        Internet: www.comuneroma.it/museobarocco
Hours: Tuesday throuh Sunday 9.00am-7.00pm. Admission Euro 3,00.
 
 
Capitoline Museums            
The oldest public collection in the world that includes sculptures of great value such as the Dying Gaul and the Capitoline Venus. In the Picture Gallery paintings dating from the 14th to the 17th century, by artists of the caliber of Titian, Bellini and Caravaggio.

Piazza del Campidoglio 1 - phone 06 67 10 24 75 - fax 06 67 85 488                               E-mail: info.museicapitolini@comuneroma.it
Internet: www.museicapitolini.org
Info and reservations phone 06 82059127
Hours: 9 - 20, Mon closed.
Admission Euro 6,50. (Capitolini Card: Euro 8,50 valid for 7 days including the entrance to the Centrale Montemartini).

 
Museum of Roman Civilization          
The museum retraces the history of Rome through its civilization works all over the world. The magnificent model of Imperial Rome in 1:250 scale is not to be missed.

Piazza G. Agnelli 10 (EUR) - phone. 06 59 26 041                                                 Internet: www.comune.roma.it/museociviltaromana
Hours: Tue-Fri 9 - 14.00, Sat and Sun 9 - 19.00, Mon closed.
Admission Euro 6,50 
 
Museum of the Walls
Located at the beginning of the Old Appian Way, inside Porta San Sebastiano, the museum highlights the architectural history of Rome's fortified surrounding walls and allows access to the only section of the wall-walk open to the public.

Via di Porta San Sebastiano 18 - phone 06 70 47 52 84                                        Internet: www.comune.roma.it/sovrintendenza
Hours: 9 - 14, Sun - Mon closed.
Admission Euro 2,60 
 
Palatine Museum     
Materials coming from the Palatine excavations.

Via di San Gregorio 30  - phone 06 39 96 77 00
Hours: 9 to 1h before sunset.
Admission Euro 9,00 (same ticket as for the Palatine and for the Colosseum).
 
Ship Museum and Port of Trajan    
Display of four Roman cargo ships found during the excavations of the ancient harbor of Claudius.

Via A. Guidoni 35 - Fiumicino Airport - phone/fax 06 65 29 92                                            E-mail: segreteria.ostia@arti.beniculturali.it 
Temporarily closed for restoration. Guided tours available on request to the Port of Trajan.
 
Via Ostiense Museum
Set up in the rooms of Porta San Paolo, the museum is devoted to the road that joined Rome to Ostia. Noteworthy are the models reproducing Ancient Ostia and the Harbours of Claudius and Trajan.

Via R. Persichetti 3 - phone 06 57 43 193
Hours: 9 - 13.30, Tue and Thu also 14.30 - 16.30. Mon closed.
Free entrance.
 
National Museum of Eastern Art     
The most important Italian collection of Eastern art, consisting of finds coming from the excavations of the archaeological missions of the Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East.

Via Merulana 248 - phone 06 46974801 - fax 06 46974837                                             E-mail: orientale@arti.beniculturali.it
Hours: 8.30 -14, Tue - Thu - Sun and holidays 8.30 - 19.30; closed 1st and 3rd Mon of each month.
Admission Euro 4,00.
 
L. Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography      
An ethnographic collection containing around 60,000 pieces produced by European indigenous cultures. The Italian prehistoric and protohistoric section retraces the evolution from the Paleolithic epoch to the Iron Age. Historic archive of aerial photos.

Piazzale G. Marconi 14 - phone 06 54 95 21 - fax 06 54 95 23 10
E-mail: pigorini@arti.beniculturali.it
Internet: www.pigorini.arti.beniculturali.it
Hours: 9 - 14; L closed.
Admission Euro 4,00
 
Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum             
Housed in the splendid villa of Pope Julius III, the museum holds the pre-Roman antiquities from the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations.

Piazzale di Villa Giulia 9 - phone06 3226571                                                                               

 E-mail:villagiulia@archeologia.beniculturali.it                                                             
Hours: 8.30 - 19.30, Mon closed. (closed on January 1st and December 25th)
Admission Euro 4,00


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