Running Exhibition till March 30th 2008
"San Pietro. Photographs from 1850 to today"

To mark the 500-year anniversary of the founding of St Peter’s Basilica, an exhibition looks at the history of the photographic reproduction of the patriarchal Basilica. Some 90 photos of different sizes, from the 19th century experimental works to agency photos and pieces by famed photographers David Seymour, Eugène Costant, Tommaso Cuccioni and Robert MacPherson. As visitors take in the manifold different facets of this symbolic venue of Christianity, they will also be able to note the development of photographic techniques: salt paper print processes, albumen prints, silver gelatin photography and many more...

Running Exhibition till February 28th 2007
"Rome's cardinals. Portraits of cardinals in Rome from the Renaissance to the 1900s"

The exhibition, opened at Museo di Roma - Palazzo Braschi, has been curated by Anita Margiotta, Giovanna Calvenzi, Francesca Sonetti. It has been organized with the cooperation of Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, il Museo di Storia della Fotografia - Fratelli Alinari and Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere lontano Oriente. The exhibition has been set up on the occasion of FotoGrafia - Festival Internazionale di Roma, at its fourth edition about Eastern countries and devoted to three Italian photographers who between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century have explored far away countries like Japan, China and India. Padre Leone Nani was a missionary who went to China inner regions, Federico Peliti was both an intellectual and a businessman and Felice Beato was a traveller and a master. They have left extraordinary photographs of these far-away countries portraying fascinating atmospheres but with the good merit not to fall into the nineteenth century exotic stereotypes. Felice Beato (1830 - 1906) : an Eastern countries reporter photograph specialized in exotic documentation. He reported about many wars in a neutral way without showing commiseration. Leone Nani, was born in 1880, he left for China as a missionary in 1903. Federico Peliti (Carignano, 1844-1914) has been celebrated when still alive for his professional activity in India in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Opening hours: rom Tuesday to Sunday: 9.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.; Monday closed. Closed on Monday
Tickets: Museum entrance: €6,20, special price €3,10, free for citiziens of UE under 18 or over 65 years. The ticket office closed to 6 p.m.
Information: MUSEO DI ROMA - PALAZZO BRASCHI, Via Di San Pantaleo (00186) Roma
Phone: + 39.06.8259127

LAST EXHIBITIONS AT PALAZZO BRASCHI

Exhibition from April 20th to June 5th 2005
"Passaggio ad Oriente
Felice Beato, Leone Nani, Federico Peliti "

The exhibition, opened at Museo di Roma - Palazzo Braschi, has been curated by Anita Margiotta, Giovanna Calvenzi, Francesca Sonetti. It has been organized with the cooperation of Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, il Museo di Storia della Fotografia - Fratelli Alinari and Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere lontano Oriente. The exhibition has been set up on the occasion of FotoGrafia - Festival Internazionale di Roma, at its fourth edition about Eastern countries and devoted to three Italian photographers who between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century have explored far away countries like Japan, China and India. Padre Leone Nani was a missionary who went to China inner regions, Federico Peliti was both an intellectual and a businessman and Felice Beato was a traveller and a master. They have left extraordinary photographs of these far-away countries portraying fascinating atmospheres but with the good merit not to fall into the nineteenth century exotic stereotypes. Felice Beato (1830 - 1906): an Eastern countries reporter photograph specialized in exotic documentation. He reported about many wars in a neutral way without showing commiseration. Leone Nani, was born in 1880, he left for China as a missionary in 1903. Federico Peliti (Carignano, 1844-1914) has been celebrated when still alive for his professional activity in India in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Running Exhibition from 29 November 2004 to 13 February 2005
"Papi in posa. Dal Rinascimento a Giovanni Paolo II"

On the occasion of the 26° anniversary of the election of Giovanni Paolo II as a pope. The exhibition "Papi in posa. Dal Rinascimento a Giovanni Paolo II" curated by Maria Elisa Tittoni, Francesco Petrucci and Francesco Buranelli, has been recently opened. The exhibition, set up at Palazzo Braschi, which is the Museo di Roma seat shows the Pope's faces who have reigned from 1500 up to now and it wants to explain the historical and cultural context of their period through the temporal and religious power. The most important works on display are the Portrait of Gregorio XV of Gian Lorenzo Bernini belonging to Museo Civico Medievale of Bologna, the Portrait of Urbano VIII of Pietro da Cortona belonging to Musei Capitolini, the painting of Papa Alessandro VII to the procession of Corpus Domini belonging to Museé des Beaux Arts of Nancy; the Portrait of Clemente XIII of Anton Raphael Mengs belonging to Pinacoteca Nazionale of Bologna.