Capitoline Museums: Tickets and Info

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Capitoline Museums and Centrale Montemartini with multimedia video

Highlights

Avoid queues with skip-the-line access to two notable Roman sites.

Explore extensive collections of art and artifacts at your own pace.

Experience an engaging multimedia video about ancient Rome.

Visit the Centrale Montemartini’s display of classical sculptures within an industrial setting.

Receive customer assistance at the Touristation Aracoeli office.

Museum of the Roman Empire (Capitoline Museum) + Multimedia Experience of Ancient Rome

Highlights

Gain expedited access to the Capitoline Museums without waiting in lines.

Discover exclusive temporary exhibits included in your visit.

Watch a captivating multimedia presentation about Ancient Rome.

Receive assistance at the designated Touristation Aracoeli office.

Benefit from a downloadable audio guide app focused on Rome.

Capitoline Museums

Highlights

Discover ancient Roman sculptures, old coins, priceless jewels, sarcophagi, and mosaics.

Watch an engaging 20-minute multimedia video before entering to bring Ancient Rome to life.

Access both Capitoline Museums and Centrale Montemartini at your own pace.

The Musei Capitolini sit at the top of the Capitoline Hill, on Piazza del Campidoglio in central Rome. The collection runs from ancient Roman sculpture to Renaissance and Baroque painting, and it includes some of the city’s best-known bronzes. Book your Capitoline Museums tickets online before you go.

About Capitoline Museums

Capitoline Museums: The Full Story

The Capitoline Museums trace their origins to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a collection of ancient bronzes to the Roman people. That makes them the oldest public museum in the world.

The collection fills two palaces facing each other across Piazza del Campidoglio: Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo. An underground gallery joins them and passes the Tabularium. Inside you'll find Roman portraits and sculpture, medieval pieces and a picture gallery of Renaissance and Baroque art.

Founded: 1471
Opened to the Public: 1734, under Pope Clement XII
Main Buildings: Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo

What Your Capitoline Museums Ticket Includes?

The World's Oldest Public Museum

The Capitoline Museums are generally considered the oldest public museum in the world.

The bronzes that started the collection are still on display, and every Capitoline Museums ticket includes them.

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Michelangelo's Piazza and the Tabularium View

The museums face each other across Piazza del Campidoglio, a square laid out to Michelangelo's design.

Below them runs the Tabularium, ancient Rome's state archive. Its gallery opens onto the Roman Forum, one of the best views in the city and included with your Capitoline Museums ticket.

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Rome's Most Famous Bronzes: The She-wolf and Marcus Aurelius

The bronze Capitoline She-wolf is tied to the legend of Romulus and Remus. The original Marcus Aurelius on horseback is the only one of Rome's many ancient equestrian bronzes to survive.

Both are part of the standard visit with any Capitoline Museums ticket.

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Hours, Getting There & Practical Info

Opening Hours

Open daily from 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM, with last admission one hour before closing. Closed December 25 and May 1. Hours are shorter on December 24 and 31 and different on January 1; see Opening Hours page for details and the quietest times to visit.

Address & Getting There

Piazza del Campidoglio 1, at the top of the Capitoline Hill. The nearest Metro stations are Colosseo (Line B) and Colosseo/Fori Imperiali (Line C), about 10 to 15 minutes on foot. The Address & Directions page has bus, tram and walking routes.

Accessibility & Facilities

Lifts and stairlifts connect the main floors, and visitors with disabilities plus one companion get in free. There's a free cloakroom, a rooftop café and a bookshop. The Plan Your Visit page has the full details.