Capitoline Museums

The city's flagship civic museum on Michelangelo's Piazza del Campidoglio, with the Capitoline Wolf, the bronze Marcus Aurelius and views over the Forum; exhibitions also use Villa Caffarelli.

Coming up at Musei Capitolini

4 dated

Recurring shows are placed on their next date. Every listing was read off the venue's own page by a person; prices are the printed ones.

Oct24Angels: Messengers, Guardians and WanderersOct 24 – Jan 10€16.50 / €11 reduced (museum + exhibition)
Oct24Diego Rivera and the Making of Modern Art in MexicoOct 24 – Dec 13More than 140 works charting Mexican modernism, 30 of them by Diego Rivera, alongside Frida Kahlo, Orozco, Siqueiros, Tamayo and photographs by Tina Modotti. In Villa Caffarelli at the Capitoline Museums (Piazza del Campidoglio) until 13 December 2026, open daily 9:30 AM–7:30 PM with last entry an hour before closing. Exhibition tickets €15 / €13 reduced; a combined ticket with the museums and the Angels show is €23.50 / €19.50 for non-residents.€15 / €13 reduced
Oct24The Unfinished: Poetics and TechniqueOct 24 – Jan 4Included in museum admission
Nov1Free First Sunday at the Capitoline Museums1ST SUNDAY · 9:30 AM · next Sun, Nov 1, 9:30 AMRome's civic museums are free for everyone, not only residents, on the first Sunday of the month (1 November and 6 December 2026), and that includes the Capitoline Museums on Piazza del Campidoglio. Open daily 9:30 AM–7:30 PM, last entry one hour before closing. Some ticketed exhibitions can be excluded from the free day (in recent months the city named the exceptions in a press release a few days before), so the Diego Rivera show may still require a ticket.Free

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Questions people ask

Where is Musei Capitolini?＋

Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Roma, in Capitoline Hill. Colosseo (Metro B/C), about 750 m along Via dei Fori Imperiali; tram 8 at Largo Argentina is a similar distance.

What's on at Musei Capitolini?＋

4 upcoming listings on our calendar; the next is Angels: Messengers, Guardians and Wanderers on Saturday, October 24 at 9:30 AM.

How much do events at Musei Capitolini cost?＋

Printed prices for what is listed now run from €15 to €17. 1 listing is free.

Does Musei Capitolini have anything on weekends or evenings?＋

Of the 4 dated listings, 4 fall on a weekend and 0 start at 5pm or later.

How do I book at Musei Capitolini?＋

On Musei Capitolini's own website or booking page, linked from each listing. We read the dates and prices off it by hand and do not sell tickets.

Every listing on this page was checked by a person against the venue's own site. How we verify

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