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Galleria Borghese
17,654 reviews
#1 of 245 Museums in Rome
"I'm a little biased being both and art and museum fan, but the Galleria Borghese is a beautiful space and collection with exceptional marbles by Bernini and Canova as well as paintings by Rafael and Caravaggio.""Our tour focused on 2 main things: The amazing Bernini sculptures, Caravaggio paintings Most notable were: Apollo & daphne David Rape of Proserpina Our guide was so passionate and invested in art, and made the tou..."
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo
14,237 reviews
#2 of 245 Museums in Rome
"this museum was excellent - the structure is so well known from many films including angels and demons so we wanted to go and see it and didnt realise it was also a museum - it charts romes history from hadrian (i...""Including a range of displays from armour, weaponry (including catapults), furnished papal apartments and a cafe with great views from the terrace, there was plenty of information posted about the various uses of..."
Palazzo Colonna - Galleria Colonna
804 reviews
#4 of 245 Museums in Rome
"Marble and precious stone, frescoes throughout, inset classical fragments and spolia, furniture, mirrors, antiquities, embroideries, paintings, chandeliers, tapestries and sculptures everywhere; more is more!""... the tour with Massimo, a trained historian and artist who gracefully leads the tour and tells the story of the family and amazing art collection of masters from the Renaissance, ancient and Baroque traditions!"
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
2,341 reviews
#6 of 245 Museums in Rome
"The greatest masterpieces of the Roman world: sarcophagi of Roman noblemen, magnificent sculptures, elaborate reliefs, amazingly preserved frescos, mosaics, and stuccoes are on display in the museum galleries.""The museum specialises in Roman archaeology, with fabulous statues, mosaics, frescoes, coins and jewelry, beautifully set out and very well explained, particular emphasis in relation to the development of the vari..."
Centrale Montemartini
679 reviews
#7 of 245 Museums in Rome
"What a quirky idea of converting an abandoned powerhouse into a art museum, we thoroughly enjoyed the mixture of the ancient sculptures from the Capitoline Museums positioned alongside powerhouse equipment and the...""It's a wonderful ex-industrial space filled with lots of lovely ancient Roman stuff!, The sculptures themselves make this worth visiting."
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
2,618 reviews
#9 of 245 Museums in Rome
"An art historian guided us through Doria Pamphilj Palace and its prestigious Gallery of paintings and sculptures while professional musicians delighted us with Baroque music on original instruments A final concert...""The audio guide is narrated by Prince Jonathan Doria-Pamphilj who shares personal memories, stories of his ancestors, and details about various works of art including famous works by Caravaggio."
Museo Leonardo Da Vinci Experience
242 reviews
#10 of 245 Museums in Rome
"In center of Rome, near Campo dei Fiori, in Via della Concilliazione in an ancient palazzo is the very instructif museo of Leonardo Da Vinci; many works, and creations in wood and paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci; D...""It was great to see and learn about some of Leonardo's inventions and I'd definitely say it's worth a visit."
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
716 reviews
#11 of 245 Museums in Rome
"... dedicated to the history of the Etruscans civilization all over our peninsula from the 9th B:C: with artifacts, bronzes, terracotta vases of all shapes sizes and decorations, gold jewellery and statues.""It is one of the most important museums in the world dedicated to Etruscan civilization and the most important Etruscan museum in Italy, housed in a magnificent Renaissance villa."
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Altemps
485 reviews
#12 of 245 Museums in Rome
"... room contains many delights such as the wonderful statuary, beautiful ceilings and quirky little inserts and detail of the original wall coverings/paintings, resulting in a harmonious and easily navigated museum.""Housed in a splendid 15th century palazzi.Houses the best of rome's classical sculptures.Many pieces from Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi's collection.Houses the amazing Trono Ludovisi,a marble sculpture of Athrodite.H..."
Musei Capitolini
2,751 reviews
#13 of 245 Museums in Rome
"... designed by Michelangelo Caravaggio Tiziano Carracci Guido Reni Domenichino Dosso Dossi Guercino Velasquez Corvi Daniele da Volterra Michele Alberti Romanelli Rubens Jacopo Ripanda Pietro da Cortona Paolo Piazza""Sublime museums, an immens historical place to see; one of the oldest museums of the world; Romes most nicest antiquities and works from Bernini, Caravaggio, Guercino and much more; the "she-wolf " of Rome, Mark A..."
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna E Contemporanea
931 reviews
#17 of 245 Museums in Rome
"Many famous works of modern paintings and sculptures, including those by Gustav Klimt, Antonio Canova, Amedeo Modigliani, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Giulio Aristide Sartorio, Umberto Boccion, Auguste Rodin, Gi...""Italy obviously has an enormous wealth of art from classical times through medieval to renaissance but arguably its modern art collections aren't as extensive or notable."
Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco
119 reviews
#20 of 245 Museums in Rome
"... From the first century date the two nice buste of young Roman boys, also contains ancient Hellenistic and Egyptian pieces, a lot of ceramics and Greek and Roman sculptures, and a charming little figure of Neptun.""This beautiful museum of ancient sculpture is very little known but hides a wonderful archaeological collection created by G. Barracco and donated by him to the city of Rome in 1902."
Palazzo Barberini
1,055 reviews
#21 of 245 Museums in Rome
":) Fabulous ceilings and frescos, Bernini’s staircase, Cortona’s chapel’s floor mosaics and his Grand Salone’s wall fabrics, the glass chandelier in the Throne Room… just beautiful.""The Palazzo is a treasure trove of wonderful works of art, displayed on 3 floors, by such artists as Caravaggio, Canaletto, the famous painting of Henry VIII by Holbein, which we were surprised to see and works by..."
Scuderie del Quirinale
683 reviews
#22 of 245 Museums in Rome
"In any event, the current Pompeii and Santorini is extremely well done and successfully blends modern art with artifacts/casts from the two ancient cities.""Pompei and Santorini: On a wet afternoon in November, we were almost the only visitors to this fascinating and wonderfully curated exhibition."
Galleria Spada
348 reviews
#29 of 245 Museums in Rome
"... Cardinal Spada, in 1632 commissioned Baroque architect Francesco Borromini to create an optical illusion, a forced perspective illusion where a vista appears to show diminishing columns lining a gallery.""That aside, this is a most impressive palace with a great collection of paintings and sculptures both inside and outside."
Chiostro del Bramante
635 reviews
#38 of 245 Museums in Rome
"Behind the church of S Maria della Pace is a peaceful old cloister with an interesting bookstore, a sala with a view of the Rafael frescoes and a great bar with views of Rome’s rooftops.""We visited this Gallery for the first time to see an exhibit called Bacon, Freud and the School of London which was a presentation of modern works by Francis Bacon, Lucius Freud, Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, L..."
Museo Leonardo da Vinci - Piazza del Popolo
508 reviews
#49 of 245 Museums in Rome
"... is a small museum located in the piazza del Popolo, next to the Chiesa Santa Maria del Popolo, it houses replicas of models created by Leonardo Da Vinci, along with copies of some of his most famous works of art.""... and learn the all the genius he was., his quotes and his achievements through the life.And also exhibition with most his inventions.Learning how much one person can make inpact even 500 years later.Incredible."
Palazzo Nuovo
47 reviews
#60 of 245 Museums in Rome
"It was designed by Michelangelo and was completed in 1655.In 1734, Pope Clement xll turned the building into the first public museum.It contains the Hall of Philosophers, the Mosaic of the Doves, Capitoline Venus,...""Both palaces are the site of the Capitoline Museum, there’s a tunnel under the square that connects them."
Museo Altemps
52 reviews
#61 of 245 Museums in Rome
"When in Piazza Navona, just across the street of the north end of the square, and the fifteenth century Museo Altemps await's with statues of Hermes, renderings of Apollo, the Lyrist and Athena; many paintings of...""Would highly recommend - also if you are travelling with children, I think this would be a great museum to visit."
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