NEW SPECIAL OPENINGS
Galleria Borghese presents Glances Beyond Time, a new and innovative visiting experience that, starting from December 16th, unites art, history, and technology through the use of augmented reality. A unique itinerary, designed to accompany the public on a fascinating journey through the centuries, discovering the evolution of the Museum and its extraordinary collections.
The tour then leads to the grand Entrance Hall, where the eye is immediately drawn to the extraordinary ceiling frescoes by Mariano Rossi, once again revealing their full theatrical power. Yet this is more than an encounter with art: it is a true journey back in time. The hall comes alive as it appeared in the seventeenth century, when the walls were entirely clad in precious corami—finely decorated leather wall coverings—and at its center stood the large table for the game of Trucco, an elegant ancestor of billiards and a focal point of social life.
Visitors finally step into the evocative Loggia frescoed by Giovanni Lanfranco, located on the museum’s first floor. Once open to the outdoors, the Loggia breathes again through an immersive reconstruction that allows guests to look out over a captivating panorama of the seventeenth-century Roman countryside. Here, architecture, painting, and landscape rediscover their original dialogue, offering an experience that engages all the senses.
These are just some of the masterpieces and remarkable curiosities awaiting visitors: an engaging itinerary that reveals previously unseen details, unexpected perspectives, and brings history vividly back to life.
The tour mixes a traditional visit to the collection’s great masterpieces with an intense immersive experience in virtual and augmented reality, combining the charm of the past with the potential of technology.
The initiative, in Italian and English, is available in the morning at 8:00 a.m. and lasts an hour and a half, or in the evening at 8:00 p.m. and lasts two hours. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to complete the preliminary activities. The tour will start strictly at the indicated time.
Booking is mandatory and the cost is €35 plus presale rights.
The visit involves the use of Oculus viewers, which are not recommended for children under 10 years of age.
The initiative will take place on the following days and times:
- Tuesday, February 3 – 8:00 AM
- Thursday, February 5 – 6:45 PM and 8:30 PM
- Friday, February 6 – 6:45 PM and 8:30 PM
- Tuesday, February 10 – 8:00 AM
- Thursday, February 12 – 6:45 PM and 8:30 PM
- Tuesday, February 17 – 8:00 AM
- Thursday, February 19 – 8:00 PM
- Friday, February 20 – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday, February 24 – 8:00 AM
- Thursday, February 26 – 8:00 PM
- Friday, February 27 – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday, March 3 – 8:00 AM
- Thursday, March 5 – 8:00 PM
- Friday, March 6 – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday, March 10 – 8:00 AM
- Thursday, March 12 – 8:00 PM
- Friday, March 13 – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday, March 17 – 8:00 AM
- Thursday, March 19 – 8:00 PM
- Friday, March 20 – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday, March 24 – 8:00 AM
- Thursday, March 26 – 8:00 PM
- Friday, March 27 – 8:00 PM
Warning:
We recommend consulting your doctor before using the Meta Quest viewer if you are pregnant, have binocular vision disorders, low vision, psychological or cardiac disorders, or if you wear electronic medical devices.