The Rome IndexMuseums & galleries beyond the Vatican
Galleria Borghese, MAXXI, and other collections worth the detour.
Galleria Borghese
A compact but exceptional collection of Bernini sculpture and Caravaggio paintings inside a 17th-century villa — entry is timed and capped, and slots regularly sell out days in advance.
MAXXI
Rome's national museum of 21st-century art, housed in a striking Zaha Hadid building in the Flaminio district — a useful contrast if ancient and Baroque Rome starts to blur together.
Capitoline Museums
The oldest public museum in the world, on Michelangelo-designed Piazza del Campidoglio, with direct views over the Roman Forum from its terrace café.