A night at a museum in Rome

The appointment is for the 16th of May - you will be able to visit museums until 1am.

On 16 May museums in Rome will remain open until 1am.

We must thank the French for this, though. Merci.

This event was originally conceived by the French Minister of Culture and Communications back in 2005, the idea being to extend opening hours and organise special events to promote history, culture and what not.

For this fourth edition cities in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Serbia, Denmark, Spain and Romania will do the same. But this is no Eurovision song contest. This is good!

Best of all, entrance to many museums is free.

Clever people plan ahead

Are you? For some museums, the good stuff, you will need to book ahead — so it’s best to plan. Have a look at http://en.museiincomuneroma.it, a website set up by Rome’s authorities about museums in Rome linking to… many other websites for each museum. Once you know what you want to book, go back to the Tickets and booking page.

Not to be confused with…

Shawn Levy’s rather poor 2006 feature film: Night at the Museum (2006). No crazy animals here. Just Italians.

Contact details

• Email: eventi@beniculturali.it
• Tel: +39 06 6723 2390 / 2851