National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome

La National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome, established in 1883 with the mission to document “living” art, is today a museum with two souls, just as there are two centuries it covers, the 19th and the 20th.

Its important collections, in fact, on one hand reflect the cultural events of the unified State, also in their international projections; on the other hand, they are the great historical reserve of the contemporary art system in Italy.

The National Gallery of Modern Art preserves over 24,000 works including paintings, sculptures, and graphics housed both in the main building and in satellite museums, covering a time span from the 19th century to the early 21st century. A large part of the collection is made up of graphics which, for conservation reasons, are exhibited during temporary exhibitions organized by the museum itself or arranged at other institutions. In the exhibition spaces are visible – among rooms, gardens, and rotating exhibitions – about 900 works.

The exhibition occupies approximately 10,000 sq.m. In the sector dedicated to exhibitions (EXPO 1 and EXPO 2) exhibitions connected with artists and works in the collection are regularly set up. There is a multifunctional educational room. Outside the museum’s east wing is a garden designed by Paolo Pejrone.