Handpicked experience · Rome
Rome, Italy
Admission to the world's oldest public museum, holding the originals of several things people photograph copies of outside, and one view most ticket-holders walk past.
Be welcomed by the stunning Piazza del Campidoglio, designed by Michelangelo himself in the 16th Century
The Piazza was built explicitly to position in between the two summits of Capitoline Hill
You will find the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli adjacent to Piazza del Campidoglio
Marforio, one of the 'talking statues' of Rome, will greet you inside the Capitoline Museum
Admission to the Roman collections of the Capitoline Museums
A 25-minute multimedia film introducing ancient Rome
A digital audio guide in six languages, with a map of Rome, through the TOURISTATION City App
English-speaking staff on site
The bronze emperor on the paving outside is a replica. The original, one of the very few large Roman bronzes to survive, stands indoors a few rooms away, and seeing it properly is one of the better reasons to hold this ticket. The same applies to several pieces here: the square shows you the reproduction and the museum keeps the thing itself.
The collection occupies two palaces facing each other, joined beneath the square by a corridor most visitors treat as a shortcut. It runs through the remains of the ancient record office, and an arched opening partway along gives what is arguably the finest view of the Roman Forum anywhere — better than the one you queue for, and almost always empty. Do not hurry through it.
Rome's founding emblem is here, and it repays a closer look. The twins beneath her were added more than a thousand years after the animal, and scholars still argue about when the wolf herself was cast. The label is more interesting than the postcard.
This is a first-rank collection that never sees the crush of the city's headline sites. On a morning when the queues elsewhere are appalling, you can walk in here and stand alone in front of things of equal importance.
Open it to pick a date and work out the price.
What the fare covers, and what to budget for separately.
The practical detail, and the answers people actually ask for.
No, that is a replica. The original bronze is displayed indoors within the museum, which is one of the strongest reasons to go inside.
An underground corridor linking the two palaces, running through the remains of Rome's ancient record office. An opening along it frames the Roman Forum, and it is usually deserted.
Around two hours covers both palaces at a comfortable pace. Add time if you intend to sit with the Forum view or the sculpture galleries.
Rarely, by Roman standards. It holds a collection of the first order but attracts a fraction of the crowds at the city's best-known sites.
It helps. The audio guide and map are delivered through it, so downloading the content while you still have good signal saves trouble at the entrance.