Museums in Rome, Rome, Italy
On this page of your free Rome travel guide, we will cover the most important museums in Rome, which you should really visit on your upcoming Italy trip. You can also find a few niche museums should you wish to expand your knowledge while visiting Rome.
- visiting information including opening times, ticket prices, address and map location, telephone if available, and details on how to get there using public transport.
- National Museum of Oriental Art “Giuseppe Tucci” (Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”)
The Barracco Museum is located in a charming palazzo and it houses a small collection of sculptures. Inside, you can admire Assyrian, Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman artifacts. Its original Greek sculpture collection is surpassed only by the one in the Vatican Museums.
Inside the basement of the Barracco Museum, you can uncover walls, floors, a marble basin, and a grain grinder, plus what is left of some columns from the 4th century.
The Barracco Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday. From October to May, it is open between 10.00 and 16.00. Closed on Mondays. And, from June to September it is open between 13.00 and 19.00. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
- visiting information including opening times, ticket prices, address and map location, telephone if available, and details on how to get there using public transport.
- National Museum of Oriental Art “Giuseppe Tucci” (Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”)
The Barracco Museum is located in a charming palazzo and it houses a small collection of sculptures. Inside, you can admire Assyrian, Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman artifacts. Its original Greek sculpture collection is surpassed only by the one in the Vatican Museums.
Inside the basement of the Barracco Museum, you can uncover walls, floors, a marble basin, and a grain grinder, plus what is left of some columns from the 4th century.
The Barracco Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday. From October to May, it is open between 10.00 and 16.00. Closed on Mondays. And, from June to September it is open between 13.00 and 19.00. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Museums in Rome
Guide Location: Italy » Rome
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Mirela Letailleur
Read it on Author's Website: https://www.the-travel-bunny.com/travel-guides/rome-travel-guide/museums-in-rome/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Italy » Rome
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Mirela Letailleur
Read it on Author's Website: https://www.the-travel-bunny.com/travel-guides/rome-travel-guide/museums-in-rome/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Barracco Museum (Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco)
- Capitoline Museums (Musei Capitolini)
- Keats-Shelley Memorial House
- Little House of the Owls (Museo della Casina delle Civette)
- Museum of Napoleon (Museo Napoleonico)
- Museum of Roman Civilization (Museo della Civiltà Romana)
- Museum of Rome in Trastevere (Museo di Roma in Trastevere)
- Museum of the Souls of Purgatory (Museo delle Anime del Purgatorio)
- Museum of the Walls (Museo delle Mura)
- National Museum of Pasta (Museo Nazionale delle Paste Alimentari)
- National Museum of Oriental Art “Giuseppe Tucci” (Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”)
- Sant’Angelo Castle (Castel Sant’Angelo)
- Palazzo Altemps
- Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
- Crypta Balbi
- Baths of Diocletian
- Palazzo Nuovo
- Palazzo dei Conservatori
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