Rome reinvents itself and brings art directly to the living room. Starting from 2021, eight prestigious civic museums have widened the virtual doors: anyone who has an internet connection will have the opportunity to walk between millennial masterpieces without getting up from the sofa. And the best part? It’s all for free.
Imagine flying over the Montemartini plant as a drone, admiring the contrast between ancient marbles and industrial turbines from above, or to turn around the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelio in the Capitoline museums, scrutinizing every detail as if you were completely alone. Digital magic transforms over 300 museum halls into a cultural playground accessible twenty -four hours on twenty -four.
How to move in this digital Rome
The system is so simple that even those who confuse the smartphone with the remote control will be able to get it brilliantly. Just click and drag the mouse to look around 360 degrees, zoom on the most interesting details and go from one room to another following the instinct or interactive map. Those who own a VR viewer can even walk virtually among the statues and find themselves face to face with a Roman emperor.
The hotspots scattered along the way are small treasures to discover: by clicking on it, they open cards full of details, explanatory videos and curiosities that not even the most prepared guide could all tell at once. The beauty is that you can take all the time you want, stop for a coffee and resume exactly from where you had left.
Eight wonders to explore
- The Capitoline Museums, the beating heart of the city history, will make available the extraordinary collection of sculptures and paintings. Here you can admire the Capitoline she -wolf and lose yourself between imperial busts that seem to fix you in the eyes.
- Trajan’s markets instead tell the daily life of ancient Rome through an architectural complex that was the shopping center of the time. Virtual reconstructions will make you understand how this gigantic mall ante litteram worked.
- The Ara Pacis Museum holds the altar of peace of Augustus, a masterpiece of imperial propaganda carved in marble. The details of the bas -reliefs are so clear in the virtual tour that you can count the folds of the togas.
- The Baroque frescoes and views of a city that no longer exists, while the Montemartini plant will be able to conquer you with its double nature, a dialogue between archeology and industrial archeology, awaits you at the Museum of Rome. Aerial filming with the drone literally make you fly over the statues!
- The museum of the walls will reveal the secrets of the fortifications that protected the city, the museums of Villa Torlonia will make you know the aristocratic charm of the noble casino and the Moresca greenhouse, while the Napoleonic museum preserves the memories of the French era during Roman occupation.
Small tricks for great explorations
The “not to be missed” section of each museum is perfect for those who have little time or approach these collections for the first time. It is like having an expert friend who tells you: “trust me, you must really see this”.
Thanks to the multimedia contents, the little ones will be able to live a real interactive adventure, and for lovers of the cinema effect, connecting the computer to the TV will transform the living room into a private museum room.
A digital revolution that breaks down barriers, both geographical and physical, allowing a Tokyo enthusiast, or to those with motor difficulties, to enjoy the same emotions as those who physically walk through the rooms. Rome has never been so close and accessible: just one click to start the trip.
We leave you to the video presentation video:
