Typology:
Art Museum, State Museum
Address
Address:
Piazzale del Museo Borghese, 5
Zone:
Quartiere Pinciano (Roma centro)
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Contacts
Telephone:
0039 06 32810 (lun-ven 9.00-18.00; sab 9.00-13.00) - 8413979
Fax:
0039 06 32651329 prenotazione gruppi
Web site:
http://galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/1/home
Online purchase:
www.tosc.it/tickets.htm?affiliate=T2C&sort_by=event_datum&sort_direction=asc&fun=erdetail&doc=erdetaila&erid=912678
Telephone booking:
0039 06 32810 (lun-ven 9.00-18.00, sab 9.00-13.00)
Telephone purchase:
Per singoli 060608 tutti i giorni dalle 9.00 alle 21.00
Opening times
Tuesday-Sunday: 9.00 am - 7.00 pm (admission every 2 hours)
Last admission: 5.00 pm;
Closed: Monday, 25 December, 1 January;
Please note: admission is strictly reduced at only 360 persons every 2 hours (mandatory exit at the end of time slot)
Ticket reservation always needed.
Buy your tickets to Borghese Gallery or just reserve them by phone: tel. +39 0632810
(Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm)
Online: www.ticketone.it (it is not possible to make only the reservation without prepaying the ticket)
Tickets must be collected no later than 30 minutes before the scheduled entrance.
Tickets are valid only for the choosen day and the time slot. After the purchase it is not possible to modify the day or the time slot. No cancellation and/or refunds are allowed.
- Bags, purses, cameras, video cameras, umbrellas, buggies, strollers, pushchairs, mobile phones must be left at the cloakroom.
- It is not possible to deposit suitcases and trolleys.
- Animals are not allowed in the Museum.
- It is not possible to take pictures.
Information
Regular Tickets
Adults: € 11,00
Concessions: € 6,50 (Eu citizens 18-25 years old)
Free of charge: € 2,00 (Eu citizens up to 18 years and over 65)
Audio Guide: € 5,00
Audioreceiver: € 1,00 (all groups composed by more than 4 people escorted by a guide must wear an audioreceiver/headphone. The devices can be rented at this service only for the visit of Borghese Gallery at the cost of € 1,00 per person. The guide and the escort are free of charge. The use of external devices must not interphere with the internal devices).
PLEASE NOTE
- These fees refer to the regular tickets of the museum: during cultural events and exhibitions these may change. The price difference must be paid at the ticket office. Always check, at the time of your visit, the official webpage of the museum: http://www.ticketeria.it/ticketeria/borghese-admission-ing.asp;
- The eligibility for a reduced/complimentary ticket is subject to verification at the moment of the pick-up. Clients are requested to carry with them the document that allows the eligibility to the reduction/gratuity.
- A web booking fee of € 1,50 will be added to the cost of each ticket. A booking fee of € 0,50 is applied to tickets purchased though the 060608 Contact Centre.
Roma Pass and Roma Pass + are accepted at Borghese Gallery and Museum.
Roma Pass holders are invited to just reserve admission calling +39 0632810.
Agreement with
Roma Pass
Booking
» Obligatory
Description
The splendid small palace that hosts the Borghese Gallery was built at the beginning of the seventeenth century as the private residence and for public representation of the Borghese family. From the very beginning it housed the collection of cardinal Scipio (1579-1633), nephew of Pope Paul the Fifth Borghese. The picture-gallery had already been transferred there in 1615 and in 1625 about two hundred pieces of ancient sculptures were also transferred there. The original core of the collection testifies cardinal Scipio’s deep interest in antiquity, classicism, and the innovative artistic currents of the time, excluding Medieval art. The collection was increased in the course of time through confiscations, donations, and purchases and was further enriched at the end of the seventeenth century by the inheritance of Olimpia Aldobrandini. In 1807 prince Camillo Borghese, husband of Paolina Bonapart, had to hand over to Napoleon much of the archaeological collection (154 statues, 160 busts, 170 bass-riliefs, 30 columns, and several vases that today constitute the Borghese Fund at Louvre in Paris). In 1902 the Italian State purchased the rest of the collection and thepalace. A long restoration has given back the original white marble color to the façade and rebuilt the external double-flight staircase according to the original design. Currently the collection consists of sculptures, bass-riliefs, and ancient mosaics, sixteenth-seventeenth century paintings, and sculptures. They include masterpieces by Antonello da Messina, Giovanni Bellini, Perugino, Pinturicchio, Veronese, Raphael (Deposition), Domenichino (Diana’s hunt), Titian (Sacred and profane love, Venus blindfolding Love), Correggio (Danae), Caravaggio (Youth with a fruit basket, the Madonna of the footmen, David with Goliath’s head), Rubens (Pietà) and magnificent sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Apollo and Daphne, the Rape of Proserpina, David) and Canova (Paolina Borghese).
Educational activities
Guided Tours:
- to the Gallery
- Italian: 11.10 am; 3.10 pm; 5.10 pm.
- English: 9.10 am; 11.10 am.
Group Booking: Fax +39 06 8555952
- to the new Picture Galllery
- Tuesday-Sunday: 4.00 pm and 5.00 pm.
Free guided tour upon reservation: € 2,00.
Max 18 people
Info and Booking: +39 0632810
Free guided tours to the Secret Gardens of Villa Borghese for schools:
Info and Booking: +39 0639967800 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 5.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 1.30 pm)
Services
» Audio Guide
» Bookshop
» Guided Visits
» Hygienic Facilities for Disabled
» Restaurant
Agreement with
Hospitality › Services › Tourist services
For more information
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Architectural and historical heritage
Culture and leisure › Green › Gardens, villas and urban parks
Last checked:
2013-05-10 11:08