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he Capitoline Museums are a single museum containing a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing on the central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years. The statue of a mounted rider in the centre of the piazza is of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. It is a copy, the original being housed on-site in the Capitoline museum. The museums' collection has grown to include a large number of ancient Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts; a collection of medieval and Renaissance art; and collections of jewels, coins, and other items. Opened to the public in 1734 under Clement XII, the Capitoline Museums are considered the first museum in the world,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Museums

Statue of Dioscures on top of the capitoline staircases
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius on Capitole Square (copie)
Bust of the emperor Commodus as Hercules
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius (2nd AD)
Lion attacking a horse
Esquiline Venus
Artemis at Ephesus (2nd BC)
Capitoline She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus (5th BC)
Boy with Thorn (1st BC) in Hall of Triumph
Colossal head of Constantine the Great
Female herma (1st AD)
Female herma (1st AD)
Statue of a dog
Statue of the satyr Marsyas from the Gardens of Maecenas (original of the 4th BC)
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