Capitoline Museums

  • The Capitoline Museums are a Group of Art and Archeological Museums located on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy.
  • There are three main buildings linked by an underground gallery.

Notable Exhibits

  • The Dying Gaul
    • also known as the Capitoline Gaul (2nd century BCE)
  • The Bronze Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 CE)
  • The Inscription to Duilius
    • Made by Augustus between 30-1 BCE, it records Duilius’ naval victory of 31 captured galleys at the Battle of Mylae in 260 BCE.
  • The Marble Statue of the Capitoline Venus (2nd century CE)
  • The Lupa Capitolina
    • bronze statue of the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus (500-600 CE)
  • Boy with a Thorn (Bronze statue c. 1 CE)
  • The Capitoline Brutus
    • A Bronze bust thought to be of the Roman consul Lucius Junius Brutus (d,509 BCE) (dated to 4th-2nd century BCE)

Other Museums of Rome

  • Vatican Museums
    • The Vatican Museums are located in the Vatican City, Rome.
    • The collection includes Roman Art and Renaissance Art and contains 70,000 works of which 20,000 are on display.
  • National Roman Museum
    • The National Roman Museum has four locations in the city of Rome and is dedicated to the history of Ancient Rome: the Palazzo Massimo alle terme, the Palazzo Altemps, the Crypta Balbi and the Baths of Diocletian.

 

 

 

  • Capitoline Museums, Rome
1536 CE
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