The city's own museum of Rome's history, founded to record the 'old Rome' that was being demolished and now mostly an art collection: paintings, views and portraits of papal and 18th-19th-century Rome, in a palace whose back windows look over Piazza Navona.
- Address
- Piazza di San Pantaleo 10 / Piazza Navona 2, 00186 Roma
- Hours
- Tue-Sun 10:00-19:00 (last entry 18:00); closed Mon, 1 May, 25 Dec
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 1.5 h
- Price
- Museum only EUR 13 full / EUR 7.50 reduced for non-residents, +EUR 1 if pre-booked; museum + exhibition tickets cost more (museodiroma.it, 2026)
- Price level
- €€
- Free entry
- First Sunday of every month (free for everyone)
Temporary exhibitions can be excluded from free entry
Also free for: Under 6s free; disabled visitors + one companion; ICOM/ICOMOS members; licensed EU tour guides
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- The permanent collection is on the second and third floors; a Keith Haring exhibition runs 6 Oct 2026-11 Apr 2027 on a separate ticket.
- Buy at the desk for the same day to skip the EUR 1 pre-sale fee; Rome residents get in free with ID.