capitoline museums

October 16, 2016
Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, and cultural critic Oscar Wilde was born 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland.

July 3, 2016
Architect and urban planner-theorist Carlo Aymonino died on 3 July 2010.

July 6, 2014
Coinciding with the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo’s death , an exhibition at the Musei Capitolini in Rome has caused a stir with its inclusion of two crucifixes that organizers have tentatively attributed to Michelangelo.

July 21, 2013
Fauno rosso, Roman, 2nd century C.E.