The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the famous Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three palazzi surrounding a central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536 and executed over a period of over 400 years.

The history of the museums can be traced to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a collection of important ancient bronzes to the people of Rome and located them on Capitoline Hill. Since then, the museums' collection has grown to include a large number of ancient Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts; a collection of medieval and Renaissance art; and collections of jewels, coins, and other items. The museums are owned and operated by the municipality of Rome.

The statue of a mounted rider in the centre of the piazza is of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. It is a copy, the original being housed on-site in the Capitoline museum. Many Roman statues were destroyed on the orders of Christian Church authorities in the Middle Ages. This statue was preserved in the erroneous belief that it depicted the Emperor Constantine, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman empire.

• Address
  Piazza del Campidoglio 1 - 00186 Roma
  
  
• Opening hours
  Tuesday-Sunday 9.00am-8.00pm; 24th and 31st of December 9.00am-2.00pm (the ticket office closes an hour in advance)
  
  
• Closed
  Monday, 25th December, 1st January, 1st May
  
  
• Phone
  06 820 59 127
  
  
• Website
  www.museicapitolini.org
  
  
• Transport

  By Bus
  Via del Teatro di Marcello
  44, 63, 81, 95, 160, 170, 175, 204, 628, 715, 716, 780, 781.
  Via dei Fori Imperiali
  84, 85, 87, 175, 186, 810, 850.
  Via del Plebiscito
  46, 62, 63, 64, 70, 80, 81, 87, 186, 492, 628, 640, 810.

  By Underground
  Line B - Colosseo stop

• Charges

  Ordinary entrance tickets
  Ordinary euro 6,50
  Reduced euro 4,50
  
  Integrated entrance ticket to Capitoline Museums and Centrale Montemartini
  Ordinary euro 8,50
  Reduced euro 6,50

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