Official Information
Official website: https://barberinicorsini.org/visita/info-pratiche/
Online tickets: https://www.coopculture.it/it/prodotti/biglietto-individuali-galleria-corsini/
Address: Via della Lungara 10, 00165 Roma RM, Italy
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Opening Hours
Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–19:00; Monday closed. Ticket office closes at 18:00. Special holiday openings and closures are announced on the official and CoopCulture pages.
Galleria Corsini, on Via della Lungara in Trastevere, is the second site of the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica and preserves one of the few largely intact eighteenth-century picture galleries in Rome. The palace was reshaped for the Corsini family in the eighteenth century and today also houses the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, but the museum occupies a sequence of richly decorated rooms on the main floor overlooking the formal garden. Unlike more modern hangings that spread paintings out, Galleria Corsini maintains a dense arrangement with works stacked in vertical tiers, framed by gilded stuccoes and mirrors. This recreates the feeling of an aristocratic collection where the impression of abundance and refinement matters as much as any single masterpiece.
The collection focuses on Italian and European painting from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, with works by artists such as Caravaggio, Guercino, Rubens, van Dyck, Guido Reni and many others, alongside still lifes and landscapes. Labels and room guides help visitors orient themselves without overwhelming the intimate atmosphere. Walking through the enfilade of rooms you can appreciate how paintings, sculpture, furniture and tapestries were originally conceived as a unified decorative program.
The palace’s position on the Janiculum side of the Tiber offers a quieter context than some central museums, and many travellers remark that the gallery feels almost private, especially on weekday mornings. Because the ticketing is integrated with Palazzo Barberini, it is easy to plan a combined visit that contrasts the grand scale and monumental rooms of the Barberini residence with the more intimate, domestic feel of Corsini. The official Barberini-Corsini website and CoopCulture ticket page provide up-to-date details on opening times, current exhibitions, temporary room closures and free or reduced entry days.
For visitors interested in seeing Old Master paintings in a historical setting that still feels like a lived-in palace rather than a neutral white cube, Galleria Corsini offers a rewarding and atmospheric experience just a short walk from the botanical garden and other Trastevere sights.