Among the various museums that Rome has, in addition to the city itself, which is like an outdoor art gallery, full of monuments and statues (especially in the historic centre), there is one group of museums that you should not miss: the Capitoline Museums.

The appreciated Capitoline Museums are housed in two buildings facing each other: the Conservatori Palace and the New Palace. The museum dates back to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV gave the town a large collection of Lateran bronzes (including the Lupa Capitolina), which was placed in the courtyard of the Conservatori Palace in the Campidoglio Square. Because of that this is the oldest public museum in the world.