In 1734, almost 60 years before the Louvre made its debut in Paris, the Museo Capitolino (Capitoline Museum) opened in Rome. Established under Pope Clement XII, it was the first public art museum of ...

Until March 15, 2026, the Palazzo Nuovo dei Musei Capitolini hosts, for the first time in its history, a temporary exhibition ...

A tourist visits the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy, Aug. 3, 2025. Most of the museums and state archaeological sites across Italy opened their doors for free on Sunday as part of the monthly ...

A man visits the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy, May 18, 2021. The museums officially opened to the public in 1734 during the government of Clemente XII. Its collections are closely linked to the ...

A missing finger from a giant statue of the Roman emperor Constantine has been reunited with the hand it came from, roughly 550 years after being separated. The fragment was sent by the Louvre Museum ...

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A 1:1 facsimile of the statue of Constantine shows how modern technology can help recreate the past, and offers new ideas for scholarship. By Elisabetta Povoledo The art critics of The Times select ...