Capitoline Museums

Capitoline Museums

Musei Capitolini
The Capitoline Museums in Rome in 2007
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Established	1734 (1734) open to public, 1471 (1471) bronzes donated by Pope Sixtus IV to the people of Rome
Location	Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Rome, Italy
Coordinates	41°53′35″N 12°28′58″E / 41.8931°N 12.4828°E / 41.8931; 12.4828
Type	Archaeology, art museum, historic site
Director	Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli
Website	www.museicapitolini.org

The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing on the central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years.