Palazzo Massimo: Rome’s Finest Ancient Art Collection

The Palazzo Massimo alle Terme is one of the sites that make up the National Roman Museum, a museum spread across several buildings that house and display antiquities and artifacts dating from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD. It's one of the leading museums in Rome.

What to see at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

The building known as the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, just a short walk from Roma Termini station, holds one of the world's most important collections of classical art.

The palace, built in the neo-Renaissance style in the late 19th century by architect Camillo Pistrucci, served as the seat of the Jesuit College until 1960. The Italian state later bought it to house the Ancient Art, numismatics and goldsmithing sections of the National Roman Museum.

The museum occupies 4 floors, with jewelry, sculpture, mosaics, frescoes and coins that trace the development of Roman artistic culture.

It holds an extraordinary collection of Roman statues, matched in Rome only by the Capitoline Museums. It also has a stunning selection of Roman frescoes and mosaics, easily one of the finest collections you can see in Rome.

Prices

General admission: €12 (valid for 1 week, and the same ticket gets you into Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi and the Baths of Diocletian). Reduced admission: €8 for EU citizens aged 18 to 25. Under 18s go free.

Free entry included with the Omnia Card.

Address

Largo di Villa Peretti, Rome

Getting there

Buses: C2, H, 36, 38, 40, 64, 86, 90, 92, 105, 170, 175, 217, 310, 360, 714, 910;
Metro: Lines A and B, Termini stop

Opening hours

Tuesday to Thursday, 9.00 to 19.45.
Closed Mondays, January 1 and December 25