# The best museums in Rome

From the Vatican Museums to the Galleria Borghese and the world's oldest public museum: Rome's must-see museums.

- 34 votes · 12 items
- Mar 7, 2025 · zaino
- https://even.best/en/l/2426/the-best-museums-in-rome

## Top 12

1. **Vatican Museums** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms and miles of galleries.
2. **Galleria Borghese** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Bernini, Caravaggio and Raphael in the cardinal's villa.
3. **National Roman Museum – Palazzo Massimo** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Frescoes, mosaics and the Boxer at Rest.
4. **National Gallery of Modern Art** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Nineteenth and twentieth-century art at Valle Giulia.
5. **Capitoline Museums** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — The world's oldest public museum, with the She-Wolf.
6. **Galleria Doria Pamphilj** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Private collection with Velázquez's Innocent X.
7. **Centrale Montemartini** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ancient statues among power-station machinery.
8. **Castel Sant'Angelo** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Hadrian's mausoleum turned fortress and museum.
9. **Palazzo Barberini – National Galleries** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Caravaggio, Raphael and Pietro da Cortona's ceiling.
10. **Ara Pacis Museum** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Augustus's altar in Richard Meier's pavilion.
11. **MAXXI** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Zaha Hadid's museum of 21st-century arts.
12. **Villa Giulia Etruscan Museum** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Sarcophagus of the Spouses and Etruscan art.

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