The Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali works to provide the access to its historical and artistic heritage for the widest possible public.
Our museums offer a large range of facilities and special programs for adults and children with disabilities.

Entrance to the Museum for the disabled and a family member or other caregiver is free of charge.

Accessibility for visitors with mobility disabilities

MUSEUM ENTRANCE MAP​

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How to reach Centrale Montemartini

Access by private car or taxi:
The entrance to the museum is located in via Ostiense 106. Visitors with reduced mobility may enter by car or by taxi into the internal courtyard at the Centrale Montemartini. To request to open the gate, it is necessary to use the intercom located to the left of the gate, or call 0667105431.

Wheelchair access:
Wheelchair access is also possible on via Ostiense 106. To request to open the gate, please use the intercom on the left of the gate or call 0667105431.

Visiting the Centrale Montemartini

MUSEUM ACCESS MAPS (GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR)

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The exhibition rooms of the museum are all accessible.

Once you have visited the Sala Colonne and the Sala del treno di Pio IX on the ground floor, it is possible to go up to the Sala Macchine, using lift no.1 (maximum capacity 900 kg).
To reach the Sala Caldaie it is necessary to use lift no.2 (maximum capacity 840 kg), returning to the ground floor.
The museum provides a wheelchair for people with reduced mobility and/or who are older.

Routes for blind and visually impaired visitors

In accordance with the state of the epidemiological situation, the museum offers regular touch visits for those visitors with impaired vision or blindness. Visits are guided by specialised staff.
See the section Accessible Projects for information.

During the visits by specialised staff, the museum offers a book for touch-exploration reproducing the mosaic of the Ratto di Proserpina. The book was produced by the Museo statale Tattile Omero di Ancona, in partnership with Zètema Progetto Cultura.

In the Sala Colonne of the Centrale Montemartini there is a touch support made in acrylic material reproducing a part of the mosaic of the Real Casa, with Braille legends in Italian and English.
Listen to the story in italian

Italian description of the Real Casa 

Accessibility for deaf visitors

LIS (italian signs language)

At the entrance/ticket desk of the Centrale Montemartini there is a sign language video explaining the history of the place, from its first function as a power station to its transformation into a museum.

Guided tours in LIS (Italian Signs Language) can be booked by email at didattica@zetema.it

The Museo of Ara Pacis is accesible

The Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali wants to provide the widest possible public access to its historical and artistic heritage.

The Ara Pacis Augustae Museum, built ex novo in 2006, has a number of structural features that make it easier to access and offers various tools and special events for adults and children with disabilities. The museum is constantly being updated in order to improve the experience of all visitors.

Admission to the Museum is free for people with disabilities and their companion

> For dedicated educational events, see Accessible Projects

Accessibility for visitors with mobility disabilities

The enjoyment of the cultural heritage housed in the Ara Pacis Museum is facilitated by a series of aids (access ramps and lifts) and by the reception and assistance services provided by the museum staff.
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Routes for blind and visually impaired visitors

The Ara Pacis Museum is equipped with permanent tactile aids that allow blind and visually impaired visitors to explore and learn about the monument. Dedicated aids and tours are also provided during temporary exhibitions. The availability of these services is the result of the attention that has been paid over the years to the needs of visually impaired visitors.
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Accessibility for deaf visitors

LIS (Italian Signs Language) 

Inside the Museum, near the entrance, there is a LIS video station that tells the story of the monument and the building that contains it.
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The museum is accessible through the special ramps at the sides of the entrances;
 The museum display is on one floor only;
 A free wheelchair facility is available for all visitors with walking difficulties.

Persons with mobility difficulties

Access
The archaeological area, visible from a footbridge from where it is possible to observe the deposit from the top, is accessible by a ramp.
The exhibition hall and services are on the level. The museum is equipped with disabled toilets.
The 'Giardino Pleistocenico' is accessible via a walkway for everyone.  

Visually impaired persons

The visit to the deposit is accompanied by an audio/video which can replace an audio guide due to its descriptive and narrative character.
In the exhibition room it is possible to manipulate some objects, such as copies of chipped flints similar to those in the showcases.

As of 20 February 2024, the Pleistocene Garden will be enriched with a permanent multi-sensory exhibition route, consisting of 15 panels with relief illustrations and captions translated into Braille, presenting the daily life of a group of Neanderthals reconstructed on illustrated relief boards. The exhibition pays special attention to inclusive dissemination and is also aimed at people with physical, sensory and cognitive disabilities.
Full details at > A special journey... From the river to the sea

People with hearing disabilities

The entire tour is also translated into Italian Sign Language (LIS).

Il museo è accessibile. All’interno del museo è disponibile una carrozzina per chi ha difficolta di deambulazione.

Per accedere al museo è necessario salire alcuni gradini. Un montascale destinato alle persone con difficoltà di deambulazione è presente in Via Giuseppe Zanardelli 1, a pochi metri dalla biglietteria del museo. Nelle giornate di sabato e domenica l’attivazione del montascale può essere richiesta alla biglietteria telefonando al numero 06 6874240.

LIS

Video Lis del Museo Napoleonico

Consulta i contenuti digitali del museo accessibili a persone con disabilità.

The access into the museum is from Via Zucchelli 7 arriving from Via Sistina, with advanced booking at the Gallery's telephone numbers: 06 4742848, 064742904, 06 4742909.

Access for the Visitors with reduced mobility

Through the gate in Via Zucchelli, visitors must follow a road going uphill and cross a wide courtyard, now used as the parking area for Ama's service vehicles. The area is open at the cars with a badge for the disabled, and two reserved parking spaces are available at the entrance door to the museum, where there is an interphone: an assistant will receive the visitors.

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Public transport
By underground: Metro A, Barberini stop.
From metro station A Barberini: take the exit on via Vittorio Veneto, and then via dei Cappuccini, turn right on via Sistina and then left on via Zucchelli. The gate is on the right, at number 7.
By bus: 52, 53, 62, 83, 85, 100, 160, 492, Tritone/Barberini stop; proceed west on Via del Tritone, turn right and take Via Zucchelli: the destination is on the right, at number 7.

A visit inside the Gallery of Modern Art

The historical feature of the buildings means that in some places the architectural structures cannot be completely removed, but the museums operate in order to provide access to their historical and artistic heritage for the widest possible public.
Visits to the Galleria d’Arte Moderna are supported by a series of aids (lifts, stair lifts and platforms) and by the the assistance of the staff. A wheelchair is available inside the museum for those who have difficulty walking, which can be requested at the ticket office or from the caretaker.
Once inside the museum, visitors find themselves in the Sculpture Cloister; opposite is the lift, which takes them up the three floors.

From the ground floor, where the sculptures of the permanent collection can be admired, there is also access to the cloister-garden outside, where temporary exhibitions and events are held.
The museum and exhibition route includes the small cloister on the first floor, where a cloakroom service is available.
On the first floor, the access to the first and second rooms is provided by four steps and a mobile platform (150 kg capacity). The passage between the second and third rooms is 86 cm wide.
The access to the Sala Ovale (entrance width 90 cm) there are four steps that can be overcome with a treadmill (capacity 150 kg).
Access to the library is via a metal ramp with side railings.
In front of the lift, there is also a refreshment area with vending machines (door width 85 cm).
The second floor is fully accessible.
On the third floor, the passage between the second and third rooms is 86 cm wide.
Due to the architectural features of the building, the "Graphics room" and the respective corridor are not accessible.
On the third floor there is a bathroom for people with disabilities.

The museum custodians are always available to assist any visitor who wishes to do so, subject to the precautions due to the current health situation.
 

Routes for blind and low-vision visitors

The museum custodians are always available to assist any visitor who wishes to do so, subject to the precautions due to the current health situation.

For information see the special section of the website: www.galleriaartemodernaroma.it/en/didattica/progetti_speciali

Accessibility for deaf visitors

LIS (italian signs language)

Video LIS

The museum occasionally offers guided tours with the help of an interpreter in LIS.

For information see the dedicated section of the website: www.galleriaartemodernaroma.it/en/didattica/progetti_speciali

Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali aims to guarantee access to its historical and artistic heritage to the widest possible audience.
Most of the Municipality Museums are accessible to everyone.
Although the historical character of the buildings prevents, in some cases, the total removal of the architectural barriers, many museums have installed elevators, stairlifts and services suitable for visitors with impaired mobility.
Our museums offer a wide range of tools and programs specifically designed for adults and children with disabilities.

To learn about the appointments of the dedicated educational activities, consult the Accesible projects

Accessibility for visitors with mobility disabilities

The Museo Pietro Canonica is a House Museum. In addition to the exhibition rooms, therefore, the private flat and the artist's studio are also part of the tour. The Museum is located in a seventeenth-century building in the Villa Borghese and consequently there are some architectural barriers that are currently difficult to remove. However, a number of aids (stair lifts and platforms), together with the availability of the custodial staff, make it possible to visit the ground floor, with all the exhibition rooms and a large part of the private flat: the reception hall, known as the Fireplace Room due to the presence of a magnificent 16th century fireplace, and the suggestive artist's studio, with the intimate atmosphere of a place of inspiration and creativity.

Thee museum does have adequate toilets and it does have a bathroom on the ground floor that is large enough to accommodate a wheelchair.
A wheelchair is available inside the museum on request for those who have difficulty walking.

The Pietro Canonica Museum also houses the Villa Borghese Sculpture Depot, located on the basement floor, and consisting of an open space, the lower garden of the Museum, and an exhibition room where works from the Borghese Collection, originally located to decorate the park, are kept. It is accessible from outside the museum via a slightly downhill gravel driveway. Once past the entrance gate, you enter the garden and, after a short cobblestone walkway, a convenient ramp leads to the interior of the exhibition space.

How to reach the Pietro Canonica Museum

Access to the museum by car with a badge:
- access to the museum is permitted from Piazzale delle Canestre and Viale Pietro Canonica as far as the museum where you can park (driveway in front of the museum or along the side avenue).
Access to the museum by taxi:
- access to the museum from Piazzale delle Canestre and Viale Pietro Canonica.
Access to the museum in a wheelchair:
- from Piazzale delle Canestre and Viale Pietro Canonica (slightly downhill and then uphill on the driveway);
- from Piazzale Pablo Picasso and Viale di Valle Giulia (uphill on the driveway);
- from Via Pinciana and Viale dei Cavalli Marini (flat route on the driveway).

Routes for blind and visually impaired visitors

The Pietro Canonica Museum provides the blind and visually impaired public with a small publication in Braille language describing La Fortezzuola, the seventeenth-century historic building that houses the Museum. Since 2016, routes and descriptive cards have been created to support and prepare for guided tactile tours. It is possible to discover the works and routes that are the subject of tactile visits periodically organised at the museum by specialised staff.

Accessibility for deaf visitors

LIS (Italian Signs Language) 

The Pietro Canonica Museum has produced two LIS videos describing the museum and the Villa Borghese sculpture deposit, both installed at the museum entrance and also available online.

LIS video Museo Pietro Canonica

LIS video Villa Borghese sculpture deposit