Typology:
Archaeological Museums, Town Museum
Address
Address:
Via Ostiense, 106
Zone:
Quartiere Ostiense (Roma sud)
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Contacts
Telephone:
0039 060608 tutti i giorni dalle 9.00 alle 21.00
Fax:
0039 06 5754207 - 57138575
Web site:
www.centralemontemartini.org
Email:
eventi.aziendali@zetema.it per eventi aziendali privati
Online purchase:
www.ticketclic.it/database/B2c/order.cfm?siteDefID=283&LN=39
Telephone booking:
Per singoli, gruppi e scuole 060608 tutti i giorni 9.00-21.00. Con la prenotazione è possibile evitare la fila presentandosi direttamente alla cassa.
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/museiincomune
Opening times
Tuesday-Sunday: 9.00 am - 7.00 pm
Closed Monday, January 1, May 1, December 25.
Last admission 1/2 hour before closing time.
Admission and ticketing
Regular Tickets
- Adults: € 5,50
- Concessions: € 4,50
Roman Citiziens only (by showing a valid ID):
- Adults: € 4,50
- Concessions: € 3,50
Musei Capitolini + Centrale Montemartini Combined Ticket (valid for one week, Museum + Exhibition)
Adults: € 14,00
Concessions: € 12,00
Roman Citiziens only (by showing a valid ID):
Adults: € 13,00
Concessions: € 11,00
PLEASE NOTE: fees refer to the regular tickets of the museum; during cultural events and exhibitions these fees may vary. Some temporary exhibitions and/or cultural events may require an additional fee, even for visitors entitled to free admission. Always check, at the time of your visit, the fee of the museum you wish to visit on its official website.
BOOKING:
- Groups (max 30 visitors): guided tours are available either for the museum and/or exhibition. A booking service is available for groups (max 30 visitors) for an additional booking fee of € 25,00;
- Schools (max 30 pupils/students): guided tours are available; bookings are required for the admission.
Booking for individual visitors is available only when purchasing online tickets. If you book in advance you can skip the line by going directly to the ticket window.
Phone booking: tel. +39 060608 (daily from 9.00 am – 9.00 pm).
Online tickets: www.omniticket.it.
Additional booking fee: € 1,00.
Concessions and free of charge conditions: http://en.museiincomuneroma.it/informazioni_pratiche/biglietti_e_prenotazioni
For other concessions, please vist our Agreements page: www.museiincomuneroma.it/informazioni_pratiche/convenzioni
Agreement with
Roma Pass
What the agreement provides:
Roma Pass: free of charge presenting a valid Roma Pass as one of the two free amissions included in the pass. A concessionary ticket is granted if used for the third museum onwards.
All today's events
Centrale Montemartini and the industrial archaeological heritage of the Ostiense area
(Guided tours and educational visits)
from 2011-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Didactic programs for schools: Centrale Montemartini - Centrale Montemartini and the heritage of industrial archeology of the area of Ostia
(Guided tours and educational visits)
from 2012-01-01 to 2012-06-30
Didactic programs for schools: Centrale Montemartini - From Thermal Power Station to the Museum of Archaeology: History and phenomenology of architectural reuse and redevelopment
(Guided tours and educational visits)
from 2012-01-01 to 2012-06-30
Didactic programs for schools: Centrale Montemartini - general tour of the museum
(Guided tours and educational visits)
from 2012-01-01 to 2012-06-30
Didactic programs for schools: Centrale Montemartini - Gods and machines
(Guided tours and educational visits)
from 2012-01-01 to 2012-06-30
Museo Centrale Montemartini - Visite guidate per le scuole
(Guided tours and educational visits)
from 2012-01-01 to 2012-06-30
Primavera latinoamericana
(Manifestations)
from 2012-03-28 to 2012-05-23
Giovani@teatro
(Manifestations)
from 2012-05-15 to 2012-10-12
All scheduled events
Roma di notte. Giovani@teatro
(Theater)
2012-09-22
Description
This is the former Diesel Power Station that was the first public electric installation in Rome. It was realized on a project by Giovanni Montemartini (whom it is named after) and inaugurated in1912. Its activity that extended up to the fifties, terminated definitively inthe early seventies. After a detailed work of restoration completed between1989 and 1990, it was transformed into a Multimedia Center capable of hosting meetings, shows, and museum activities: the Art Center Acea. More than 400 statues and manufactured valuables coming from the Capitoline Museums are exhibited next to the old machinery. These magnificent findings were discovered during the archaeological excavations performed at the end ofthe past century and in the thirties.
The exhibition consists of three widespaces:
Hall of Columns: it takes its name from the numerous armed-cement pillars that were built to support the boilers above. On the ceiling one can still see the system that collected the waste of coal that fed the boilers. The exhibition of sculptures illustrates the most ancient city phases, from the archaic to the late republican phase. The ruins of the sixth century BC of a temple that was brought to light in the thirties next to the church of St. Homobonus are of particular interest.
Hall of Machines: two completely restored enormous Diesel engines and a steam turbine, an actual antique, have been set up in this hall. A gallery of statues and beautiful Roman copies of the late Republican Age, inspired by the more famous Greek originals, introduce to the great archaeological complexes exhibited at the back to the hall. A colossal statue of Athena stands opposite the figure of Athena from the pediment of the temple of Apollo Sosianus, building discovered on the via del Mare.
Hall of Boilers: a huge vapor boiler, the only one of three to survive, towers on one of the small sides of the hall. Real masterpieces that belonged to the emperor or to high court dignitaries are exhibited in this hall. They were discovered during the excavations of 1870 at the Quirinal, the Viminal, and the Esquiline, areas where the horti, the residential complexes of the noble families of the late republic rose.
Connections: Metro B - Garbatella Bus 23, 271
CORPORATE EVENTS: eventi.aziendali@zetema.it
Keywords
Educational activities
Visits for groups
hours: on request
languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish
people: max 30
length: 1 hour and 15 minutes
price: € 90,00
booking: required
Information and booking (schools and groups):
Tel. +39 060608, 9.00 am - 9.00 pm, daily.
Services
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» Educational tours
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» Guided Visits
» Multilingual guided visits
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See also
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Museums
Last checked:
2012-05-09 14:30