Best Museums in Lazio to visit (UPDATED November, 2023)

1

Galleria Colonna Museo e Pinacoteca

Art museum

Private palace, mostly Baroque but dating to 1300s, with frescoed hall & Old Masters art collection.

4.90 (2.1K reviews)

2

Italian Air Force Museum

Army museum

Museum tracing the history of Italian military aviation, with more than 60 aircraft, plus artifacts.

4.80 (2.9K reviews)

3

Mausoleo Delle Fosse Ardeatine

Local history museum

Museum & memorial at cave site of an infamous Nazi WWII massacre, in reprisal for a partisan attack.

4.80 (1.2K reviews)

4

Roman Forum

Open air museum

Vast excavated area of Roman temples, squares & government buildings, some dating back 2,000 years.

4.70 (130.5K reviews)

5

Castel Sant'Angelo

Castle

Circular, 2nd-century castle housing furniture & paintings collections in Renaissance apartments.

4.70 (89.9K reviews)

6

Capitoline Museums

Art museum

Classical Roman, Greek & Egyptian sculptures & Renaissance art in Michelangelo-designed palaces.

4.70 (15.8K reviews)

7

IKONO Roma

Museum

🫤 Definitely it’s more of a photo opportunity type and nothing really impressive. The room with a confetti was really boring and the machine staying there is like a purchased from a very cheap Chinese shop and must to start with some visible instruction absolutely remote! Guys for this high admission...

4.70 (6.3K reviews)

8

Centrale Montemartini

Museum

Ancient sculpture museum, in a former power plant, with Greek & Roman statues, busts & friezes.

4.70 (4.7K reviews)

9

Quirinal Palace

Historical place

Former royal & papal residence, now the presidential palace & museum, on piazza offering city views.

4.70 (4.3K reviews)

10

National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia

Archaeological museum

16th-century palace exhibiting rich, Etruscan antiquities, including ornate jewelry & sarcophagi.

4.70 (3.5K reviews)

11

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Tarquinia - Palazzo Vitelleschi

Museum

👍 What a treasure! I definitely recommend this amazing museum. It probably hosts the richest collection of Etruscan art. You will dig into the past discovering their cults and their skills in working metals and rocks. The ticket (combined with the tombs is only 10 euros). The beautiful building of the...

4.70 (1.3K reviews)

12

Villa of the Quintili

Museum

Villa & archaeological site in the countryside featuring a museum with marble friezes & sculptures.

4.70 (1K reviews)

13

Cicerone Tower

Monument

👍👍 The Cicerone tower stands in the ancient village surrounded by Cyclopean walls and scholars believe that it was the residence owned by the Tulli family of Cicerone. Arpino is one of the five "Saturnian cities", the others (always in the province of Frosinone) are: Alatri, Anagni, Ferentino and Atina...

4.70 (898 reviews)