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Museums in Rome

Rome, Italy

A Rome museum guide for ancient history, archaeology, Vatican collections, civic museums, and the city’s layered cultural landscape.

18 museum profiles

About museums in Rome

Rome as an open-air museum city

Rome is not only a city with museums; it is a city where museums, ruins, churches, palaces, and streets constantly overlap. The strongest visits connect ancient history, Renaissance and Baroque art, Vatican collections, archaeology, and civic memory. Choosing museums in Rome is therefore less about filling time and more about deciding which layer of the city you want to understand first.

Museum directory

Museum Profiles in Rome

Ara Pacis MuseumMuseum · 4.2/5 Borghese GalleryMuseum · 4.8/5 Capitoline MuseumsMuseum · 4.5/5 Casal De Pazzi MuseumMuseum · 3.5/5 Case romane del CelioMuseum · 4.6/5 Galleria ColonnaMuseum · 4.6/5 Galleria Doria PamphiljMuseum · 3.9/5 Galleria nazionale d’arte anticaMuseum · 4.6/5 Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e ContemporaneaMuseum · 4.1/5 Keats-Shelley HouseMuseum · 4.1/5 MAXXIMuseum · 3.9/5 Museo Nazionale delle Paste AlimentariMuseum · 3.9/5 Museo Nazionale RomanoMuseum · 3.4/5 Museo PalatinoMuseum · 3.9/5 Museo Pietro CanonicaMuseum · 3.9/5 National Roman MuseumMuseum · 4.1/5 Palazzo Colonna GalleryMuseum · 3.7/5 Sacrario delle Bandiere delle Forze ArmateMuseum · 3.9/5

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Museum Reviews in Rome

Ara Pacis Museum ReviewReview · 4.2/5 Borghese Gallery ReviewReview · 4.8/5 Capitoline Museums ReviewReview · 4.5/5 Casal De Pazzi Museum ReviewReview · 3.5/5 Case romane del Celio ReviewReview · 4.6/5 Galleria Colonna ReviewReview · 4.6/5 Galleria Doria Pamphilj ReviewReview · 3.9/5 Galleria nazionale d’arte antica ReviewReview · 4.6/5 Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea ReviewReview · 4.1/5 Keats-Shelley House ReviewReview · 4.1/5 MAXXI ReviewReview · 3.9/5 Museo Nazionale delle Paste Alimentari ReviewReview · 3.9/5 Museo Nazionale Romano ReviewReview · 3.4/5 Museo Palatino ReviewReview · 3.9/5 Museo Pietro Canonica ReviewReview · 3.9/5 National Roman Museum ReviewReview · 4.1/5 Palazzo Colonna Gallery ReviewReview · 3.7/5 Sacrario delle Bandiere delle Forze Armate ReviewReview · 3.9/5

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