Museums to visit in Italy

Vatican Museums, VATICAN CITY
Among the most visited museums in the world after the Louvre, the Vatican Museums are a complex of museums located in Vatican City and are not classified as national museums. The museum collections include artworks from the Roman, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, including the Sistine Chapel, the Tapestry Gallery, and the Vatican Pinacoteca.

Uffizi Galleries, FLORENCE
The Uffizi Gallery is one of the most important art museums in the world. Among the gallery’s most famous works are Botticelli’s “Primavera,” Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus,” and Raphael’s “Madonna del Magnificat.”

Colosseum Archaeological Park, ROME
The Colosseum is one of the most iconic monuments in the world, and the surrounding Archaeological Park is one of Italy’s most visited tourist attractions. The park also includes the Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill, and other important archaeological sites.

Pompeii Archaeological Park, POMPEII
Pompeii is an ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The Archaeological Park is one of the most significant archaeological sites in the world, providing an impressive glimpse into Roman life.

Accademia Gallery, FLORENCE
The Accademia Gallery houses Michelangelo’s David, one of the most famous sculptures in the world.

Egyptian Museum Foundation, TURIN
The Egyptian Museum in Turin hosts a collection of over 30,000 artifacts dedicated exclusively to Egyptian art and civilization, including statuary groups, mummies, papyri, funerary furnishings, and common use items, including embalmed animals.

Royal Palace of Caserta, CASERTA
The Royal Palace of Caserta and its enormous park are two gems a few kilometers from Naples, representing the triumph of Italian Baroque and captivating visitors for centuries.

Villa Adriana and Villa D’Este, TIVOLI
Villa Adriana is considered the most beautiful villa in Tivoli and all of ancient Rome. It consists of four main areas: the actual residence, representative buildings, thermal structures, and the monumental area. At Villa d’Este, the garden of fountains is a hydraulic engineering masterpiece, featuring numerous water features and introducing the first hydraulic automata in Italy.

National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo, ROME
After the unification of Italy, restoration work began (1886-87), and it transformed from a military prison and barracks into the venue for retrospective exhibitions in 1911 and later a permanent museum.

Borghese Gallery, ROME
The Borghese Gallery is a museum that houses a collection of Renaissance and Baroque artworks. Its collection includes masterpieces by Bernini, Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian, Canova, and others.

Paestum and Velia Archaeological Park, CAPACCIO PAESTUM
The three Greek temples of Paestum are among the best-preserved temple structures from classical antiquity. Since the 18th century, the site has attracted intellectuals and artists such as Piranesi and Goethe. Since 1998, Paestum has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Royal Museums, TURIN
A vast museum complex located in the center of Turin, including, among other things, the Royal Palace, the Museum of Antiquities, and the Chapel of the Holy Shroud. The Royal Museums offer a historical, artistic, and natural itinerary covering approximately 50,000 square meters.

National Archaeological Museum of Naples, NAPLES
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is one of the most important archaeological museums in the world. Its collection includes masterpieces of Greek, Roman, and Pompeian art.

Last Supper (Cenacolo Vinciano), MILAN
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most famous artworks in the world, depicting the last meal of Jesus Christ with his disciples.