Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica

The Museo Barracco is an art museum in Rome that displays ancient sculptures and artifacts from Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Etruria housed in a Renaissance palace in the city center. The collection also includes Mesopotamian and Phoenician works, offering an overview of how ancient sculpture developed across the Mediterranean.

Giovanni Barracco started collecting ancient works in the 19th century and left his private collection to Rome upon his death. The museum opened its doors in 1948 in this historic building, presenting one of Europe's important collections of ancient sculpture.

The collection shows artistic development across Mediterranean civilizations, from Egypt to Rome, displayed in ways that help you understand how different cultures influenced each other. Walking through the rooms, you notice how certain forms and techniques appear and change as you move between civilizations.

The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday with different hours between summer and winter, and features wheelchair accessibility throughout the building. Plan to spend a couple of hours here, as the collection is manageable in size but worth viewing carefully.

The collection displays ancient sculptures in comparative ways, letting you examine artistic techniques side by side across different civilizations. This approach reveals similarities and differences between cultures in a way you won't find in many other museums.

Location: Rome

Inception: 1904

Official opening: 1948

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible

Part of: Museum system of Roma Capitale

Opening Hours: October-May: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-16:00; December 24,31 09:00-14:00; June-September: Tuesday-Sunday 13:00-19:00, Monday off; Monday off; January 01 off; May 01 off; December 25 off

Phone: +39066875657

Email: info.museobarracco@comune.roma.it

Website: http://museobarracco.it

GPS coordinates: 41.89680,12.47259

Latest update: December 9, 2025 18:40