Free Museums in Rome to Visit Each First Sunday of the Month

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In Rome, there is a popular program called “Domenica al Museo,” where you can visit museums and monuments every first Sunday of the month for free. You don’t have to pay the ticket to visit famous Roman points of interest (also in other cities of Italy) such as monuments, museums, galleries, archaeological excavations, parks, and monumental gardens.

The Corsini Gallery in Rome

Contents

1 List
2 Useful Tips
3 Contacts

List

You can find more detailed descriptions of the museums and reservations on the website: www.coopculture.it

Read also the article about Free Roman Museums, which are open daily.

Museums

Museo nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo – individual tour
Address: Lungotevere Castello, 50
Time: 9 am-6.30 pm; Reservation: None
Museo nazionale etrusco di Villa Giulia
Address: Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
Time: 9 am-7 pm;
Reservation: Optional (Email: arteingioco@libero.it)
Website: www.museoetru.it
Museo nazionale romano – Palazzo Altemps
Address: Piazza di Sant’Apollinare, 46
Time: 9 am-7.45 pm Reservation: Optional (Telephone: +39 06 39967700)
Museo nazionale romano – Palazzo Massimo
Address: Piazza dei Cinquecento, 67
Time: 9 am-7.45 pm Reservation: Optional (Telephone: +39 06 39967700)
Museo nazionale di Palazzo Venezia
Address: Piazza Venezia
Museo nazionale d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”
Address: Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14
Museo nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “L. Pigorini”
Address: Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14
Museo nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
Address: Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 8
Museo Nazionale dell’Alto Medioevo
Address: Viale Lincoln, 3
Museo Archeologico Ostiense
Address: Via Gherardo, 54
Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli
Address: Largo Marguerite Yourcenar, 1
Website: www.visittivoli.eu
Villa d’Este in Tivoli
Address: Piazza Trento, 5
Website: www.visittivoli.eu

Note: MAXXI and Domus Aurea: open with regular fees

Tivoli is one of the best destinations for one day trip from Rome. Please read the article about my experience and review the group tour to villa d’Este and Hadrian’s villa.

Monuments and Archaeological Zones

Colosseo – Anfiteatro Flavio (the Colosseum) – individual tour
Address: Piazza del Colosseo, 1
Reservation: Optional (Telephone: individuals: +39 06 399 67 700 groups: +39 06 399 67 450 schools: +39 06 399 67 200; Email: info@coopculture.it;
Foro Romano (the Roman Forum) – individual tour
Address: Via della Salara Vecchia, 5/6
Area archeologica di Veio
Address: Via Riserva Campetti
Scavi di Ostia Antica (Excavations of Ostia Antica)
Address: Viale dei Romagnoli, 717
Website: www.ostiaantica.beniculturali.it

Crypts and Ancient Roman Baths

Terme di Caracalla (the Baths of Caracalla) – individual tour
Address: Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 52
Museo nazionale romano – Terme di Diocleziano
Address: Via Enrico de Nicola, 79
Time: 9 am-7.30 pm
Reservation: Optional (Telephone: +39 06 39967700)
Museo nazionale romano – Crypta Balbi – individual tour
Address: Via Botteghe Oscure, 31
Time: 9 am-7.45 pm Reservation: Optional (Telephone: +39 06 39967700)

Galleries

Galleria Borghese (the Borghese Gallery)
Address: Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5
Booking is mandatory and costs 2 euro
Website: borghese.gallery
GNAM Galleria Nazionale Arte Moderna
Address: Viale delle Belle Arti, 131
Website: www.lagallerianazionale.com
Musei Capitolini (the Capitoline Museums) – individual tour
Address: Piazza del Campidoglio, 1 How to reach
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica del Palazzo Barberini
Address: Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13
Website: www.barberinicorsini.org
Galleria Spada (the Spada Gallery)
Address: Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13
Website: https://galleriaspada.cultura.gov.it
Galleria nazionale d’Arte Antica – Palazzo Corsini
Address: Via della Lungara, 10
Website: www.barberinicorsini.org/en

Useful Tips

There is a ticket fee if you are going to visit an exhibition. Every first Sunday of the month, access is free of admission to all public museums in Rome. However, this offer does not include exhibitions. So, you should check out the ticket cost on the museum website before your visit.
Long lines. Many people want to visit museums and other points of interest on the first Sunday of every month. Thus, it is better to plan to visit only two or three museums with free access.
Take your ID. The residents who wish to access free of charge the museums of the “Musei in Comune” system must show their IDs.

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Contacts

Telephone: (+39) 800 991199
Hashtag: #DomenicalMuseo
Twitter: twitter.com/_MiBAC

Tell us about your favorite point of interest in the comments! 🙂

Author: Kate Zusmann

For the last 10 years, I live in the Eternal City. Traveling, exploring new things, writing blogs, and shooting vlogs are my main hobbies, but the thing that I like even more is sharing my experience and thoughts with you! Explore Rome with Us :)