Galleria Spada Entrance Tickets

About this experience

Galleria Spada is a museum in Rome housing a significant collection of Baroque painting assembled in the 17th century by Cardinals Bernardino and Fabrizio Spada. The collection is displayed across the first floor of the 16th-century Palazzo Capodiferro, and its arrangement remains true to the original format: paintings hung in overlapping rows, as they would have appeared in a private aristocratic gallery of the 1600s. That continuity of presentation, rare among Rome attractions, gives the museum a character distinct from larger civic collections. The permanent collection spans Baroque canvases by Italian and Flemish masters, set within richly decorated rooms that retain much of their original furnishings and stucco work. At the end of the first-floor circuit, visitors pass into the Secret Garden, where the principal architectural curiosity of the site stands: the trompe-l'oeil Colonnade designed by Francesco Borromini in 1653 for Cardinal Bernardino Spada. The corridor appears to recede some 37 metres into the garden, while its actual length is closer to 9 metres, achieved through a calculated reduction in column height and a rising floor. Entrance tickets cover access to all gallery rooms and the garden colonnade.

Highlights

• Admission includes entry to Galleria Spada, its Baroque art collection, and the 16th-century palace gallery.
• Marvel at masterpieces by Guido Reni, Guercino, Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, Titian, and Parmigianino.
• Step into the historic Palazzo Capodiferro and experience its unique 17th-century gallery arrangement.
• Discover Borromini’s Illusionistic Colonnade, a Baroque marvel that plays with perspective and space.
• Enjoy the refined atmosphere of a preserved family collection set in richly decorated rooms and a Secret Garden.
• All sales are final, and tickets issued are neither exchangeable, refundable, nor cancellable.

What is included

• Entry to Galleria Spada
• Access to Baroque art collection
• View Borromini’s Illusionistic Colonnade
• Admission to 16th-century palace gallery

Not included

• Guided Tour
• All sales are final, and tickets issued are neither exchangeable, refundable, nor cancellable.

Cancellation terms

These tickets cannot be cancelled or rescheduled.