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Archaeological Museums in Rome

NOTE : The museums marked with the asterisk (*) are closed on New Year day, May 1st and Christmas day.
Admittance is allowed until 1 hour before the closing time. On the last Sunday of the month these museums are free.

Municipal Antiquarium on the Celio *
Via del Parco del Celio, 22 - 00184
Tel. 06.7001569
Closed for restorations until November 1999
 
Capitoline Museums – Archaeological section and memorial stones collection *
Piazza del Campidoglio - 00186
Tel. 06.67102071 ticket office - 06.67102475 direction
From Tuesday to Sunday 9.00-19.00
 
Italian Institute for Africa and the East - African Museum
Via Aldovrandi, 16 - 00197
Tel. 06.3221193 - fax 06.3225348
Open only on appointment
 
Museum of the Middle Ages
Viale Lincoln, 3 - 00144
Tel. 06.54228199 - fax 06.54228130
From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-14.00 ; on feast days 9.00-13.00
 
Museum of Etruscan and Italic Antiquities
University La Sapienza. Istituto di Etruscologia
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185
Tel. 06. 4452239
Open only on appointment
 
Museum for Sacred and Profane Archaeology
Basilica di San Sebastiano
Via Appia Antica, 136 - 00179
Tel. 06.7887035
From Monday to Saturday 8.30-12.00, 14.30-17.30
 
Classical Art Museums - Museo dei Gessi
University La Sapienza. Istituto di Archeologia
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185
Tel. 06.49913960
Open only on appointment or in occasion of exhibitions
 
Museo Barracco *
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 158 - 00186
Tel. 06.68806848
From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-19.00 ; on feast days 9.00-13.00
 
Museum of the Basilica of St. Paul
Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura
Via Ostiense, 186 - 00154
Tel. 06.5410341
9.00-13.00 / 15.00-18.00
 
Museum of Roman Civilization *
Piazza G. Agnelli, 10 - 00144
Tel. 06.5926135
From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-19.00 ; on feast days 9.00-13.00
 
Museum of the Walls *
Via di Porta San Sebastiano - 00179
Tel. 06.70475284
From Tuesday to Sunday 9.00-19.00
 
Museum of the Roman Ships
Via A. Guidoni, 35 - 00054 Fiumicino
Tel. 06.6529192 / 06.65010089
From Tuesday to Sunday 9.00-14.00 ; on Tuesday and Thursdays also anche 14.30-16.30
 
Etruscan National Museum
Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
Tel. 06.3226571 - fax 06.3202010
From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-19.00 ; on feast days 9.00-14.00
 
National Museum of Oriental Art
Palazzo Brancaccio
Via Merulana, 248 - 00185
Tel. 06.4874250-06.4874415-06.4875077
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9.00-14.00 ; Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.00-19.00 ; feast days 9.00-13.00 ; Closed on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month.
 
Museo Nazionale Romano - Aula Ottagona
Via Giuseppe Romita - 00185
Tel. 06.4870690
From Tuesday to Sunday 9.00-14.00
 
Museo Nazionale Romano – Museum of the Baths
Piazza della Repubblica - 00185
Tel. 06.4882298
Closed for restorations until 1999
 
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Altemps
Piazza S.Apollinare, 44 - 00186
Tel. 06.6833759 / 06.6897091
From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-22.00 ; Sunday 9.00-20.00
 
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo
Largo di Villa Peretti (Piazza dei Cinquecento) - 00185
Tel. 06.4815576 / 06.48903500 - fax 06.4814125
From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-22.00 ; Sunday 9.00-20.00
 
Museum of the Origins
University La Sapienza
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185
Tel. 06.4957988 - fax 06.49913653
From Monday to Saturday 9.00-13.00
 
Museo Palatino
Within the archaeological area of the Palatine hill
Entrance to the archaeological area from nearby the Arch of Costantin (from the area of the Roman Forum) and from Via di S.Gregorio,30.
Info and reservation Tel. 06.520726
h.9.00-19.00 ; Sunday 9.00-14.00
 
Museo Ostiense – wishin the archaeological area of Ancient Ostia
Via dei Romagnoli, 717 - 00119
Tel. 06.56358099 - fax 06.5651500
From Tuesday to Sunday 9.00-18.00 ; Closed on Monday.
 
Ethnografy and Pre-history Museum L. Pigorini
Piazzale Marconi,14 - 00144
Tel. 06.549521 - fax 06.54952310 – For schoolgroups tel.06.54952248
From Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-14.00 ; feast days 9.00-13.00
 
Museo di San Pancrazio
Piazza San Pancrazio, 5/d - 00152
Tel. 06.5810458 / 06.5809341
9.30-11.30 ; 16.30-17.30 ; Sunday 16.30-17.30 ; Closed on Saturday afternoon.
 
Torlonia Museum
Vicolo Corsini, 5
Tel.
Closed for restoration works
 
Museum of the Via Ostiense
Via R. Persichetti, 3 (Porta S. Paolo) - 00154
Tel. 06.5743193
From Tuesday to Sunday 9.00-14.00 ; on Tuesday and Thursday also 14.30-16.30
 
Ara Pacis Augustae
Lungotevere in Augusta/Piazza Augusto Imperatore
Open on each day except on Monday. Opening hours: from 9am-7pm; Sunday 9am-1pm
 
Auditorium of Mecenate
Largo Leopardi 2.
Open on each day except on Monday Opening hours: 9am-7pm; Sunday 9am-1pm.
 
Baths of Caracalla
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
Open from 9am-3pm; Sunday and Monday 9am-1:30pm.
 
Circus of Maxentius and Mausoleum of Romulus
Via Appia Antica
Bus 660 from "Colli Albani" metro line A stop. Opening times: 1 October-31 March: Tue-Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 9am-1.30pm 1 April-30 September: Tue-Sat 9am-7pm; Sun 9am-1.30pm
 
Colosseo
Open everyday from 9am-5pm. Wednesday holidays 9am-1pm (the ticket office closes 1 hour before). Lire 10.000.
 
Forum Romanum
Entrance from Largo Romolo e Remo (Via dei Fori Imperiali) and from Via di San Gregorio.
Open weekdays from 9am-6pm; holidays 9am-1pm (some Sunday, when possible, it closes at 6pm)- The ticket office always closes 1 hour before.
 
Lower Basilica of San Clemente
Via San Giovanni in Laterano.
Mornings up to 12:30, then from 3.30 to 5:30.
 
Mausoleum of Augustus
Piazza Augusto Imperatore.
Open from 10.30am-6.30pm (The opening days are unpredictable...but as it is located by the very central Via del Corso it's worth going and check.) Bus 913, 280, 119.
 
Ostia Antica, excavations
Via Ostiense km.24 Train from Magliana (station on the metro line B). Get off at Ostia Antica. Free under 18 and over 60.
 
Trajan Markets
Via IV Novembre 94.
Open on each day -except Monday- from 9am-7pm; Sunday 9am-1.30pm.