Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
viale delle Belle Arti, 131
Located in the historical building of Fine Arts (1908-11), the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna is one of the most important Italian museums dedicated to 19th and 20th century artists.
www.gnam.arti.beniculturali.it
Galleria Borghese
piazzale del Museo Borghese, 5
Also known as the “queen of all private collections in the world”, the art collection housed by the Galleria Borghese, started by Cardinal Scipione in the seventeenth century, exhibits masterpieces from Titian, Bernini, Correggio, Caravaggio and Canova.
www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/it/
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini
via delle Quattro Fontane, 13
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini exhibits paintings and other objects d'art from private collections dating from the 12th and 18th centuries (Torlonia, Barberini, Sciarra, Chigi), as well as acquisitions and bequests.
www.galleriaborghese.it/barberini/it/
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Corsini
via della Lungara, 10
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Corsini exhibits paintings dating from the 14th to the 18th centuries, housing in particular seventeenth- and eighteenth-century artists, ancient and modern sculptures, small bronzes and eighteenth-century furniture, thus providing a thorough representation of the Roman, Neapolitan and Bolognese schools of the “Seicento”.
www.galleriaborghese.it/corsini/it/
Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia
via del Plebiscito, 118
The Museo Nazionale di Palazzo di Venezia is housed in the grand building once residence of the Venetian pope Paul II Barbo (1464-1471), an art lover and collector and "moral" initiator of the future development of this museum. Established in 1921, the National Museum has acquired year after year its status as an important museum of decorative arts.
Museo di Roma
piazza San Pantaleo, 10
Located in Palazzo Braschi, the Museo di Roma houses a great variety of works of art recalling the history of Rome from the Middles Ages to the twentieth century, viz.: furniture, carriages, architectural and urban decorative elements, mosaics and frescoes, ceramics,wooden moulds for drapery, clothes and tapestry.
Musei Capitolini
piazza del Campidoglio, 1
The most ancient public museum in the world; it houses a considerable quantity of archaeological examples in addition to a significant collection of mediaeval and modern works. Recently, a large glass-walled room was built out of the covering of the Roman Garden to exhibit the original of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, previously located in Piazza del Campidoglio.
Galleria Spada
piazza Capo di Ferro, 13
Started by Cardinal Bernardino, this small but important art collection still recalls the 17th century aristocratic collections, whose paintings were accurately ordered with a view to enhancing their decorative value.
www.galleriaborghese.it/spada/it/
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo
lungotevere Castello, 50
Originally intended as a mausoleum by the Emperor Hadrian (130-139 AD), Castel Sant'Angelo became, in later centuries, the bastion of the Papal State. It is now possible to visit the various rooms decorated with frescoes, the prison, the collection of antique weapons, the picture gallery and the Papal apartments.
www.galleriaborghese.it/castello/it/
Museo Napoleonico
piazza di Ponte Umberto I, 1
In 1927 Count Giuseppe Primoli, son of Pietro Primoli and Carlotta Bonaparte, donated to the city of Rome his collection of memorabilia. The collections recall the Napoleonic era, the so-called “Roman” period and the second Empire.
Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali
piazza S. Croce in Gerusalemme, 9/A
The Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali gathers inique examples of musical instruments belonging to the ancient world till the 18th century, including the well-known “Barberini harp”, some instruments belonging to Benedetto Marcello and the pianoforte invented and built by Bartolomeo Cristofori.
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
piazza G. Marconi, 8-10
The Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari intends to provide documents and information on the folk traditions of various regions of Italy. The collections include regional costumes, jewels and some 5,000 pieces of pottery.
www.popolari.arti.beniculturali.it
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