The Keats - Shelley House

My niece asked to go here and it wouldn't be somwhere I would normally consider going. However I thoroughly enjoyed it. We did the guided tour with Jacqueline and it was so interesting. I loved hearing about the lives of the writers. She really brought it all to life for us. Ive already bought the biography of Bryon on audible. Would highly recommend. Thanks!

This wonderful place fulfilled all my (many) expectations. The premises are carefully preserved. The exhibits were plentiful and well-explained. The gift shop was delightful. The staff members were fully conversant in English, and were very knowledgeable while also being gracious and courteous.

Fascinating little museum on the younger Romantic poets, with an obvious special focus on John Keats, who died here.

Very small museum dedicated to the Romantics who lived, died and loved Rome. Well worth the admission price, with an extension collection including the clay death mask of Keats. Staff were very welcoming, and encourage you to take your time and even have a seat on the balcony overlooking the Spanish Steps. The documentary film before the tour is informative and beautifully presented. My only note is that the name "Keats - Shelley House" is a bit misleading, the Shelley's did not live here but instead lived across the plaza.

Really lovely visit, was not too busy. Would recommend watching the short documentary they have. Really lovely staff as well! The museum houses many letters from various romantic poets, and also includes the room in which Keats died. Very well curated and informative.

A small but mighty museum honoring the Romantics who loved the Eternal City. Yes, John Keats lived and died here, nursed by Joseph Severn. However, while they’ve recreated his room (original materials were burned under Vatican law because they believed it could spread tuberculosis), the the recreation is wonderful and there is much more. Autographed Shelley and Byron, Mary Shelley’s writing desk, letters by Keats, poem drafts, pictures by Romantic painters. They even have Keats’s clay death mask. Also some very beautiful views from the balcony and windows. It’s definitely a great place to visit in tandem with the non-Catholic cemetery (where Keats, Shelley, and Gregory Corso are buried). Welcome all fans of poetry.

The Tour Guide is very energetic and the House itself is gorgeous. A great way to learn about Keats and the Romantic period!

Just beside the Spanish steps is the house of keats and Shelley two of the finest English Poets. The house is now turned into a museum.

A sombre place, filled with memories of a lost generation of English poets and writers, yet also inspirational at the same time. The two key figures - John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley - both died far too young and this museum is a tribute to their incomplete promise and potential. The most notable spot is Keat's bedroom, complete with his death mask. Imagining the young poet lying there, trying to regain his health, but inexorably declining, is quite an experience. One for the literary types, for sure.

I adore the poetry of John Keats. He died of tuberculosis in this house in 1820, aged 25. If you love Keats, this is a MUST visit in Rome. If you're not a poetry fan, I don't think it's really worth a visit, although you know you're gonna go to the Spanish Steps anyway, and it is directly next to the them. Admission was €5 a person when I visited in July 2013. It's a small place - 3 rooms and a gift shop - and took me maybe an hour to go through, and that was because I read every single little placard. A moving experience for Keats lovers.

I almost cried when I first walked in here. I'm actually more a fan of Shelley than Keats, but it was still moving to be in the house where Keats died. It's quite small, just the ground floor +2. The entry was 4,50 EUR in December 2012 and it took me about 2 hours to visit the entire house, including watching a 20 minute movie about the House and Keats, Shelley, Byron et al., reading/examining every object on exhibition and visiting the gift shop. I'll remember this place forever.

Amazing. I could quote some Keats or Shelley here to tell you how poignant this experience was, but let's be honest.... if you didnt take English Lit in college, your last encounter with these guys was sophomore year in High School. Don't let that deter you. Nominal fee to really feel what the Grand Tour was all about. Right next to the Spanish Steps, you have no excuse to miss this.