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Capitoline Museums
Sign in to saveAlso 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
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Musei Capitolini
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Rome
- Area
- 14027
- Founded by
- Sixtus IV
- Employees
- 40
- Official website
- museicapitolini.org
- Image
- Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome (2).jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Capitoline Hill
- street address
- Piazza Del Campidoglio 1, Roma
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- date of official opening
- 1734-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Capitoline Museums
- Commons gallery
- Musei Capitolini
- Commons category
- Musei Capitolini
- visitors per year
- 411217
- inception
- 1471-00-00
- Commons Institution page
- Musei Capitolini
- located on street
- Piazza del Campidoglio
- phone number
- +39-06-6710-3887
- architect
- Michelangelo
- open days
- December 31
- postal code
- 00186
- closed on
- December 25
- fax number
- +39-06-678-5488
- uses
- digital library
- Wi-Fi access
- gratis
- 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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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Capitoline Museums” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.