This museums is very unique. It mixes ancient art with modern, industrial architecture. The sculptures, the mosaics, the machines seem to communicate, permeate with each other. A must see in Rome!

This a former Power station, completely restaured and refurbished possesses a fantastic collection of antic sculpture and some pieces of mosaic works. In October there was an exhibition of haute couture collection. The overall impression is just terrific. If it still open, don' miss the opportunity to see it, such fantastic matching of eternal treasures and ephemeral fad in one... More

Lovely quiet and uncrowded museum where the Italians have managed to join hideous monstrous power making machinery with even more antique beautiful sculptures and make it a place of outstanding beauty. In essence it is all the antiquities unearthed in the past 10 years or so that they could not home in the Capitoline Museum due to lack of space.... More

A beatiful exhibition that would have felt very modern in the 90ies. The cleaned up machines are just us interesting as the sculptures. Combine the museum with a visit to the fantastic 1920 suburb Garbatella and you have a nice outing from Rome. Visiting Garbatella proud locals came up to us for a talk about the area, and it is... More

The staging of this overflow of scupture from the Capitoline Museums in an electrical generation plant from the 1920s has some surprising effects. The machinery, still in place, is massive - two huge diesel generators in a vast hall - all black ironwork and brass gauges. The sculptures are beautiful - seeing them out of the conventional museum setting made... More

A refreshingly original concept to make a refurbished, re-fitted powerplant (two huge, old diesel generators) into a setting to display both ancient Roman sculpture and modern fashion. Take Metro line B to Garbatella then exit to the left over the footbridge that crosses the rail line. Keep going down a non-too-salubrious alley way and cross the busy dual carriage way... More

Sculptures in an industrial setting is a photographer's dream. Although you are allowed to take photos freely, you have to check your bag at the door, so choose lenses carefully. The ticket price at 6.50 euro matches the interest in the fairly small gallery, a combination of statues and faceless mannequins modelling fashion against the backdrop of heavy machinery. When... More

Excellent use of an old industrial facility to house works of art. Very impressive statues are displayed with the old machinery to very good effect. Closed Mondays. Its 10 minutes walk from Metro Line B station Basilica S Paulo

The Centrale Monemartini is a branch of the Palatine Museum that features ancient Roman sculpture and artifacts displayed in a decomissioned and cleaned-up pre-WWII power plant. The juxtaposition of the art and the settings/placement is just FABULOUS. For those urban explorer sorts who like old machinery and industrial settings, this site is worth a visit for those aspects alone. It... More