Vaticans Museums and Pinacoteca Vaticana

Disabled visitors are invited to go to the beginning of the entrance line, which is quite an advantage given the typically long lines. Access to much of the collection is generally very good, especially considering the age, size and complexity of the buildings. Access to the Sistine Chapel is by an old but serviceable stair lift, followed by a steep ramp in the chapel itself. The Raphael rooms are accessible with a separate elevator from the long hallway that leads to the Sistine Chapel. The Pinacoteca gallery of paintings is level with the main floor. The Egyptian, Assyrian and Greek galleries were under major renovation when we were there, and the path to the accessible elevators and stair lifts was blocked. Although it's probably impossible to beat the crowds, getting there early when the museums open is as close as you can get.

Entrance on Viale Vaticano.
Phone +39-69-884-466.

Pinacoteca Vaticana
Viale Vaticano
Tel. 0669883332

Opening hours: Monday-Sunday: 08,45/13,00 Hours Summer: 08,45/16,00
Day off: Sunday with the exception of last Sunday of each month if it is not A special holidays (Ex. Christmas).
Accessible. There are 2 parking spaces reserved for cars equipped with marker. Elevators spacious. Bath accessible inside. The best day to visit is Wednesday afternoon.

Musei Capitolini

Piazza del Campidoglio. Phone +39-06-671-027-33. The piazza, on Capitoline Hill, is accessible via a moderately steep winding path to the right of Michelangelo's Cordonata staircase as you are facing the staircase. There are two related museums in separate buildings, the main entrances of which are up three or four large stairs through the loggia facing the piazza.

The museum on the right is the Palazzo dei Conservatori. There is an accessible side entrance to the right, just above the path by which you accessed the hill, but it is always locked and you must get the attention of a museum employee at the main entrance. The doorway is up a small step from the path and leads to a large, attendant-operated elevator. There is a cafè on the top floor with a sweeping view from Saint Peter's to the Spanish Steps.

The museum on the left is the Palazzo Nuovo. Although there is an accessible entrance to the lower level on the front left side, down the hill along a steep path that continues down toward the Forum of Caesar and Trajan's Column, for security reasons the museum guards didn't allow Howard to enter through it, so they carried his wheelchair up three stairs at the front entrance. From the entrance level one descends a series of several long stairways via separate stairlifts to reach the lower level, which has a terrace with a stunning view of the Roman Forum, with the Arch of Septimius Severus prominently in the foreground. Using the stairlifts was so complicated and time-consuming that the guard, on her own initiative, let Howard exit through the aforementioned door along the hillside.

Piazza del Campidoglio
Phone (0039) 0667102071

Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 09,00/13,30 17,00/20,00 Summer: Saturday 17,00/23,00
Day off: Monday

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna - National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art

Accessible entrance is in Via Gramsci 81. Inside the museum is accessible with the exception new section (Temporary Exhibitions) portion and works dell'800 where there is a ladder with 13 steps. The museum is equipped with a bathroom accessible.

V.le Belle Arti 131
Phone (0039) 063224152/3/4
Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 09,00/19,00 Sunday 09,00/13.00
Day off: Monday

Galleria Doria Pamphili

The gallery is placed in the palace with the same name. There are reserved car parks for the disabled. The entrance of the museum is accessible for the wheelchairs and the passing is possible in every rooms, except in the "Sala
dei Marmi"
P.zza collegio Romano, 2 Roma
Phone: 06/6797323-32810
Website: www.doriapamphilj.it
E-mail inforoma@doriapamphilj.it
Opening hours:  10-17
Day off: Thursday

Galleria Colonna

The entrance of the gallery and the passing among the rooms are accessible . There is the elevator.
Via della Pilotta, 17 Roma
Phone: 06/6794362-6784350
Website: http://web.tin.it/galleriacolonna/
E-mail galcolon@tin.it
Opening hours: Saturday 9-13

Museo dei Bambini "Explora"

The entrance of the gallery and the passing among the rooms are accessible. There are services for disabled but there isn't the elevator. There is a reserved car park in Via Flaminia, 86. The companion of the disabled doesn't pay the ticket.
Via Flaminia, 80/82 Roma
Phone: 06 36005488 Fax 06/36086803
Website: www.mdbr.it
E-mail info@mdbr.it
Opening hours: Monday 9.30-11.30, Tuesday-Friday 9.30-11.30 and 14-16, Saturday and Sunday 10-12 and 14.15-16.15

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini (National Gallery of Ancient Art)

The gallery is completely accessible. It's placed at the ground floor of Palazzo Barberini. There is an elevator and also an accessible toilet.
Via delle quattro fontane, 13
Phone: +39064814591
Opening hours: 09,00-19,00
Day off: Monday