Palazzo Barberini
Visit Rome's Palazzo Barberini, home to Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica. Choose skip-the-line tickets or combo offers for a comprehensive art experience.Bestseller
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Getting an Omnia Card or Roma Pass will be beneficial to you if you're using public transport to get to Palazzo Barberini.
Wednesdays typically have fewer visitors.
It's best to book your Palazzo Barberini tickets online at least three days ahead as slots fill up fast.
While cloakrooms are available for smaller bags, you must leave heavy luggage in your hotel room.
For purchasing tickets on-site, cashless transactions are preferred.
Pick up an exhibition map at the entrance as it will be super helpful.
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About Barberini & GNAM galleries
The Palazzo Barberini, a 17th-century palace near Rome's Piazza Barberini, now houses the "Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica," the city's premier collection of ancient paintings. Originally acquired by Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII, it was a villa purchased from the Sforza family for his cousins Taddeo, Francesco, and Antonio. Renowned artists like Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Borromini were enlisted to transform the villa into a magnificent palace. Today, it features 187 rooms spread over 12,000 m2, adorned with the Barberini family crest—a bee—found throughout the museum on ceilings and statues.
The "Barberini Faun," a stunning representation of a sleeping Satyr in the Greek "baroque" style, derives its name from Palazzo Barberini, where it was first housed upon its discovery.
The Palazzo Barberini was bought by Maffeo Barberini, known for leading the Baroque movement and for condemning Galileo Galilei.