Palazzo Braschi, located in the heart of Renaissance and Baroque Rome, between Piazza Navona and Piazza Campo dei Fiori, is home to the Museum of Rome. Designed by architect Cosimo Morelli, its characteristic architectural element is the monumental staircase, which was also designed by architect Giuseppe Valadier. Many rooms preserve tempera decorations made in the late 18th and early 19th century.
Due to the richness and breadth of its collections, the Museum of Rome is the most significant institution for knowledge of the social history and artistic activities in Rome from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. It houses more than one hundred thousand works including paintings, drawings, sculptures, engravings, photographs, furniture, clothing, ceramics, carriages and sedan chairs, architectural elements and frescoes saved from demolition, many of which are exhibited by turns.
The new exhibition, organised according to a thematic and no longer chronological criterion, was inaugurated in 2017 with the idea that Palazzo Braschi could reflect the history of Rome between the 17th and 20th centuries, allowing a transversal reading of social and cultural phenomena that occurred in the capital.
