Natale nei Musei 2024

From Saturday 21 December 2024 to Wednesday 8 January 2025, the traditional appointment with Natale nei Musei (Christmas in the Museums) returns, the widespread initiative that enhances the cultural offer of the Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale with a rich programme of exhibitions, events and educational activities.

You can therefore admire or rediscover the prestigious permanent collections and temporary exhibitions hosted by the city's main museums, which include, among others, Titian, Lotto, Crivelli e Guercino. Capolavori della Pinacoteca di Ancona, at the Capitoline Museums, Franco Fontana. Retrospective, at the Ara Pacis Museum, Dino Ignani. 80's Dark Rome, at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Roma pittrice. Le artiste a Roma tra il XVI e XIX secolo, at the Museo di Roma, Giuseppe Primoli e il fascino dell'Oriente, at the Museo Napoleonico.

On the programme, a series of concerts of classical and light music, by the Roma Tre Orchestra, at the sites with free admission  ̶  Museo Canonica, Museo Barracco and Museo Bilotti.

The event will also include extraordinary guided tours of the Bunker and the air-raid shelters at Villa Torlonia (26, 28 December 2024 and 4 January 2025), the immersive visit Circo Maximo Experience (24 December) and astronomy-themed events at the Planetarium of Rome, dedicated to children and families (various dates).

Some of the scheduled activities include translation into Italian Sign Language - LIS by the Dipartimento Politiche Sociali e Salute (Direzione Servizi alla Persona) with the cooperative Segni d'Integrazione Lazio.

On 24 and 31 December all the Civic Museums and archaeological areas will be open until 2 p.m.. They will instead remain closed on 25 December, and will reopen with ordinary opening hours on 26 December. On 1 January, on the occasion of the fourth edition of Roma Capodarte, the Museums and archaeological areas will be open with free admission.

Admission to the Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale is always free for Roma MIC Card holders, except for the exhibitions Franco Fontana. Retrospective (Ara Pacis), Roma pittrice. Le artiste a Roma tra il XVI e XIX secolo (Museo di Roma), Bunker and the air-raid shelters at Villa Torlonia and Circo Maximo Experience, for which a reduced ticket is required.

Discover all the educational activities dedicated to children and families, concerts, workshops, guided tours and exhibitions scheduled in the museums and on the territory at www.museiincomuneroma.it

Natale nei Musei is promoted by Roma Capitale, Assessorato alla Cultura - Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali with the organisation of Zètema Progetto Cultura.

The programme may be subject to change