Easy to get to from the city center (just take the 64 bus from Largo Argentina or the Vatican). This national museum is packed with ancient statues and is worth the visit. Tie this in with a visit to Baths of Diocletian just a short walk away. Piazza della Republica has a beautiful fountain on the way. More

the museum includes entrance to the Diocletian baths across the street. We happened to go when the admission was free because it was cultural week. More

Amazing frescos and display of ancient rome. Don't miss this! More

Wow. If you want a decent flavour of the quality of statues, mosaics and frescos that adorned Rome in the past few millenia, then this is the place for you. And you're not likely to be sharing it with too many others - an oasis in the midst of the crowds. The garden room fresco from Livia's villa was a... More

A museum not to be missed. The ancient jewellery in the basement and the reconstructed rooms of the villas with their mosaic floors and painted walls upstairs were something special. But then so were the magnificent statues. More

One of my favourite museums - absolutely great mosaics, frescos and bronzes. Didactic panels fabulous. Great pictures of how/when these treasures were excavated. Incredible. More

three floors of antiquities, statues of emperors, moziacs and reconstructed rooms of early Roman houses. Museum diagrams and signs made it easy to find your way around. Not crowded when we were there. More

This is a great museum filled with recognizable art! You'll be glad you stopped in so that the next time you see that image online or in a book you can say, "I saw that when I was in Rome." More

Some of the most beautiful Roman era mosaics are displayed at the museum. Faboulous Roman coin collection. More