Notte dei musei 2024

On Saturday, 18 May, Rome stays on until late for the Notte dei Musei, a special night dedicated to art and entertainment that has been taking place throughout Europe since 2005. Promoted by Roma Capitale, Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali, with the organisation of Zètema Progetto Cultura, this year, in Rome, the event celebrates its fourteenth edition. 

Exhibitions, guided tours and over 100 shows of all kinds enliven this year all the spaces of the Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale, extraordinarily open from 8.00 p.m. to 2.00 a.m. with an entrance fee of a symbolic one euro (or free of charge where expressly provided and unless otherwise indicated), and many other places of the city's cultural life.

The exceptional protagonist of this edition is Alessandra Amoroso, performing at 8.15 pm at the Archaeological Park of the Caelian Hill with some of her hits in an acoustic version. Another special event is Framing Reality, curated by ORBITA|Spellbound Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza.

The performance installations by internationally renowned choreographer Jacopo Godani light up the ancient Roman architecture of the Trajan's Markets - The Museum of the Imperial Fora from 10 pm to midnight in a unique atmosphere of light and art. 

But the wide-ranging programme of the Notte dei Musei 2024 does not stop here: besides a series of theatre shows, performances and concerts of different genres, from R&B to jazz, from ethnic and traditional music to the ever-present classical music, the Musei Civici di Roma Capitale offer all their visitors the chance to visit all the ongoing exhibitions.

Also open during the evening are the Planetarium of Rome (with four shows taking place inside the dome at the current admission fee and mandatory pre-sale on www.planetarioroma.it) and the Bunker with the air-raid shelters of Villa Torlonia, which can be visited at a reduced admission fee for all (with mandatory pre-sale on www.museivillatorlonia.it).

Other spaces are also participating in the event:

Exceptionally open other museums and exhibition venues: Macro, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Goethe's House Museum, Casa dell'Architettura - Acquario Romano, Palazzetto Mattei at Villa Celimontana, Vigamus Videogame Museum, Teatro di Palazzo Altemps, Accademia d'Armi Musumeci Greco, Palazzo Bonaparte, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca and MUSA - Museo Degli Strumenti Musicali inside the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone. 

As is tradition, the appointment also sees the participation of some of the most prestigious foreign institutions (the Romanian Academy, the Swiss Institute, the Hungarian Academy in Rome, the Real Academia de España en Roma and the French Academy at Villa Medici) and the city's public and private universities (Sapienza University of Rome, Lumsa University, Luiss Guido Carli University and Ecampus Telematic University).

Taking part in the event are the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic, with a programme of guided tours, the Jewish Museum of Rome, the Historical Museum of the Fire Brigade and the Fire Prevention Institute.

State-owned museums, monumental complexes, archaeological areas and parks are open at the symbolic cost of €1 (complete list available on the Culture Ministry's dedicated page on cultura.gov.it.

See all > Downloadable programme updated on 18 May