Capitoline Museums

Also known as Musei Capitolini, The Capitoline Museums, Italian Musei Capitolini, Capitolini Museum, Capitoline Museums Rome, Capitoline Museums in Rome

municipal museum of the city of Rome, Italy

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Established: 1734 ( 1734 ) open to public, 1471 ( 1471 ) bronzes donated by Pope Sixtus IV to the people of Rome
Location: Capitoline Hill , Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Rome , Italy
Type: Archaeology , art museum , historic site
Director: Claudio Parisi Presicce
Website: museicapitolini.org

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Official name: Musei Capitolini
Area: 14027
Employees: 40
Official website: museicapitolini.org
Image: Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome (2).jpg

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street address: Piazza Del Campidoglio 1, Roma
date of official opening: 1734-00-00
Commons gallery: Musei Capitolini
Commons category: Musei Capitolini
visitors per year: 411217
inception: 1471-00-00
Commons Institution page: Musei Capitolini
phone number: +39-06-6710-3887
postal code: 00186
fax number: +39-06-678-5488
collection or exhibition size: 6753
number of volunteers: 8
described at URL: www.museiincomuneroma.it/sites/default/files/f_servizio-scientifico/Carta%20dei%20servizi%202020.pdf#page=16
fee: 11.5

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The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums located on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy, and constitute the main civic museum complex of the city. Their principal buildings are the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo, which face each other across Piazza del Campidoglio, the square designed by Michelangelo in 1536 and completed over the course of the following centuries.

The monumental Cordonata with the Dioscuri, which allow access to the Campidoglio