Museum of Roman Civilization

Closed for the foreseeable future

This was one of my must see museums on my third visit to Rome - a model of the city at the time of Constantine, plaster casts of Trajan’s column which you can get up close to plus lots of other statue...

I am determined to visit this museum eventually

We tried to visit this museum in 2000, but were prevented from doing so by a transport strike. We tried again last Sunday - it's a very long treck by metro and on foot. It must be Rome's best kept sec...

Unreliable opening times

We made a point of trying to visit in the morning and avoiding Mondays, but still the museum was closed. It is a long way to travel out with the chance it will be closed. However, EUR is interesting...

Amazing museum

The history of the Roman Empire, from the early Republic to the late Empire, all shown with a mixture of archaeology and reconstructions of exquisite quality. Definitely worth a visit for those who ar...

Do not let the heat discourage you

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As always in summer Rome becomes a oven, this museum has few air-conditioned rooms but submerge in this collection is good sweat, for who has already seen almost everything deb...