Official Information
Official website: https://www.doriapamphilj.it/en/rome/
Online tickets: https://ticketroma.doriapamphilj.it/en/biglietteria/gallery-ticket/
Address: Via del Corso 305, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
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Opening Hours
As of 2025 the Gallery is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 09:00–19:00 (last entry 18:00); Friday–Sunday 10:00–20:00 (last entry 19:00). Closed every Wednesday, 1 January, Easter Day and 25 December. Always check the official “Your visit – Rome” or ticket page for any variations or extraordinary openings.
The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is one of Rome’s great private palaces still owned by the same family, with an art collection that has grown over centuries. The palace stretches between Via del Corso and Piazza del Collegio Romano, and the gallery occupies the main enfilade of state rooms and long picture galleries around the central courtyard. Visitors enter directly from busy Via del Corso and step into a world of Baroque interiors, gilded stuccoes and densely hung paintings. The collection contains works by some of Europe’s major artists, including Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian, Velázquez, Bernini and many others, but what makes the visit distinctive is the way they are displayed. Rather than a neutral white-cube museum, the rooms preserve the feel of an aristocratic residence: walls covered in paintings from floor to ceiling, elaborate furniture, tapestries, painted ceilings and chandeliers.
A highlight for many is Velázquez’s portrait of Innocent X, still housed in the very palace of the family who gave that pope to the Church. Other rooms include the Aldobrandini Hall, the Gallery of Mirrors and the chapel, which together show how art, ceremony and daily life overlapped in such a household. Audio guides and explanatory panels help orient visitors through the labyrinth of rooms and explain the history of the Doria, Pamphilj and related families. Because the gallery is privately run, visitor numbers are lower than in many state museums, and with timed tickets it often feels calm even in high season.
The official website provides up-to-date information on opening hours, combined tickets for the gallery and private apartments, and any special exhibitions or concerts. For travellers who want to experience Old Master paintings in the sort of lavish historical setting they were made for, rather than in a modern museum building, the Doria Pamphilj Gallery is one of the most atmospheric options in central Rome and easy to combine with a walk between Piazza Venezia and the Trevi Fountain.