The National Roman Museum, founded in 1889, holds
most of the antiquities found in Rome since 1870, as well as pre-existing
collections.
The largest part of the collection is main seat in the Palazzo Massimo
alle Terme (1883-1887), which used to be a Jesuit College until
1960. In 1981 the palace was restored to house the a big proportion
of the museum’s collections.