Majestic Rome is a treasury of world culture. Here you can plunge into the atmosphere of antiquity and enjoy unique works of art. And we will show you how to do it on a budget by visiting the free museums in Rome.
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Exciting and ancient, Rome cannot but attract tourists from all over the world. A trip to Rome is a trip to the past, because ancient monuments are found here at every step. The city on seven hills with a rich history and culture will conquer anyone with a collection of masterpieces of world art stored in the museums of Rome.
There are very few free museums in Rome, however, by purchasing a card Roma Pass, you will receive discounts on tickets to museums, attractions and temporary exhibitions, and you will also be able to move around the city for free. The Roma Pass works as follows: the first two museums can be visited free of charge, and starting from the third one must contact the ticket office to receive a discount or a free ticket. That is, in the first two museums you will pass through the turnstile, and to visit the rest, you will have to stand in line. Therefore, choose the most expensive and popular museums for the first two visits to save time and money.
The Roma Pass allows free admission to the following museums (in addition to the first two free visits):
- Museo della Repubblica Romana e della memoria garibaldina;
- Museo Bilotti a Villa Borghese;
- Museo Canonica;
- Museo delle Mura;
- Museo Napoleonico;
- Villa di Massenzio.
A complete list of museums, attractions and activities to visit with the Roma Pass can be found here.
During Italian Culture Week and Museum Night, you can visit the museums of Rome that have joined the program free of charge. Museums also admit visitors free of charge to the European Heritage Days in September. The dates and the program must be checked on the website of the Italian Ministry of Culture: www.beniculturali.it.
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Free museums in Rome
Free admission to the following city museums in Rome:
- Capitoline Museums - Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums).
- Center Montemartini - Centrale Montemartini.
- Trajan's Market - Mercati di Traiano (Trajan's Market).
- Altar of Peace - Museo dell'Ara Pacis (Ara Pacis Museum).
- Barraco Museum - Museo di scultura antica Giovanni Barracco.
- Museum of Roman Civilization - Museo della Civiltà Romana (Museum of Roman Civilization).
- Museum of the City Walls - Museo delle Mura (Museum of the Roman Walls).
- Villa, Circo di Massenzio e Mausoleo di Romolo.
- Museum of Rome - Museo di Roma (Museum of Rome).
- Napoleonic Museum - Museo Napoleonico (Napoleonic Museum).
- Museum of the Roman Republic and the Memory of Garibaldi - Museo della Repubblica Romana e della Memoria Garibaldina.
- MACRO + MACRO Testaccio.
- Carlo Bilotti Museum (Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera di Villa Borghese).
- House-Museum of Pietro Canonica - Museo Pietro Canonica.
- Museum of Rome in Trastevere - Museo di Roma in Trastevere (Museum of Rome in Trastevere).
- Musei di Villa Torlonia.
- Planetarium and Museum of Astronomy - Planetario e Museo Astronomico (Planetarium and Museum of Astronomy)
- Zoological Museum - Museo Civico di Zoologia (Museum of Zoology)
Entry is free for the following categories:
- for children under 6 years old;
- for all visitors during the Week of Culture and on the Day of the Founding of Rome (Natale Di Roma, April 21), with the exception of exhibitions at the Planetarium at the Museum of Roman Civilization and at the Ara Pacis Museum;
- for all visitors to cultural events taking place in Rome, organized by the city administration, under a European directive or at the initiative of the Ministry of Culture;
- for holders of the Roma Pass card when visiting the first 2 museums and / or archaeological sites (except for exhibitions in Ara Pacis);
- for all visitors during the European Heritage Days (except for the exhibitions at the Planetarium at the Museum of Roman Civilization and at Ara Pacis).
Free admission to the following state museums and attractions:
- for all visitors under 18 years old;
- during the Week of Culture, European Heritage Days and other events;
- for Roma Pass holders (when visiting the first 2 museums and / or archaeological sites).
- Appian Way - Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella and Castrum Caetani
- Baths of Caracalla (Appian Way - Baths of Caracalla)
- Appian Way - Villa of the Quintilii
- Colosseum - Palatine - Roman Forum (Coliseum - Palatine - Roman Forum)
- National Etruscan Museum in Villa Giulia
- National Museum of Oriental Art
- Museum of the Early Middle Ages
- Pigorini Museum (National Prehistoric Ethnographic Museum "Luigi Pigorini")
- National Roman Museum - Crypta Balbi
- National Roman Museum - Altemps Palace
- National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo
- Baths of Diocletian (National Roman Museum - Baths of Diocletian)
- Ostia Antica
- Gallery of Modern Art (National Gallery of Modern Art)
- Borghese Gallery
- National Gallery of Ancient Art - Palazzo Barberini
- National Gallery of Ancient Art - Palazzo Corsini
- National Museum of Palazzo Venezia
- Spada Gallery
- Castel Sant'Angelo (National Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo)
- National Museum of Musical Instruments
- National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions.
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Completely free museums in Rome
- Andersen Museum (Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen)
Address: Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 20
Website: http://www.museoandersen.beniculturali.it/index.php?en/1/home
- Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi
Address: Via Boncompagni, 18
Website: http://www.museoboncompagni.beniculturali.it/index.php?en/1/home
- House-Museum of Mario Praz (Casa museo Mario Praz)
Address: Via Zanardelli, 1
Website: http://www.museopraz.beniculturali.it/
- Accademia Nazionale di San Luca
Address: piazza dell'Accademia di San Luca, 77
Website: www.accademiasanluca.it
- MAXXI - free for children under 14 years old.