Museo storico della Liberazione
Museum in the former prison of the Nazi security police on Via Tasso, dedicated to the Resistance and the German occupation of Rome.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The museum is housed in the building at Via Tasso 145, built in the late 1930s and rented by the German embassy. After the armistice of September 1943 the building was occupied by the Nazi security police, who turned the upper-floor apartments into cells, with the windows walled up; more than two thousand anti-fascists passed through, many of whom were later shot or killed at the Fosse Ardeatine.
In 1950 Josepha Ruspoli donated four apartments of the former prison to the State so that a permanent museum on the liberation struggle in Rome could be set up. The first section opened on 4 June 1955, and in 1957 a law recognised the museum as a public body; the third-floor section opened in August of the same year.
The route preserves the cells almost as they were left: among them, the cell dedicated to the victims of the Fosse Ardeatine, the Sala Montezemolo, the room of occupation posters, the room of the clandestine press and the room of the internees. One section is devoted to antisemitism, the racial laws and the deportation of Rome’s Jews. The museum also houses an archive and a library.
Key themes
- Original cells of the former Nazi prison
- Room dedicated to the victims of the Fosse Ardeatine
- Sala Montezemolo
- Posters and documents of the German occupation of Rome
- Clandestine press of the Resistance
- Section on the racial laws and the deportation of Rome’s Jews
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso nelle celle dell’ex carcere di via Tasso – The cells of the Nazi prison, largely preserved as they were left, with rooms dedicated to the Fosse Ardeatine, Montezemolo, the occupation posters, the clandestine press and the internees.
- Founded
- 1955
- Operated by
- Museo storico della Liberazione (ente pubblico)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 15,000
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is free; a voluntary contribution can be left at the entrance.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The museum is listed as accessible to visitors with mobility disabilities.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (IT, EN, ES, DE) |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Audio guides and guided tours are free, with an optional donation. For individual visitors there is a guided tour on the first Sunday of the month at 10:30. Booking is required only for groups of more than 6 people, through the form on the website, at least 15 days in advance; guided tours for school and organised groups (maximum 25 people) require at least 20 days. Contact for visits: visite@museoliberazione.it. |
