Mercati di Traiano Museo dei Fori Imperiali

Lesser known ruins of a shopping mall from 100 -110 AD. Was not crowded because entrance is off of the main road and many people don't realize you can go inside this site. We were able to wander these ruins completely alone.

Mercati di Traiano - Museo dei Fori Imperiali, Rome: Ancient Urban Marvel! 🏛️🛍️ This incredible complex is more than just ruins; it's an ancient Roman "shopping mall" and a fascinating museum! 🤩 Explore the multi-level structure of Trajan's Markets, then delve into the history of the Imperial Fora. The interactive exhibits provide fantastic context, and the views over the forums are spectacular! ✨ A unique blend of history, architecture, and insight. Highly recommended! 🇮🇹📜

The ruins at the back of the museum are free to see as you can just walk around them. Due to my time in Rome I didn't explore the museum.

Second time I have been here free to get in with your rugby tikik wen the 6 nations is on well worth a visit

This museum will appeal mostly to those who are interested in the Architecture and decoration of the Imperial Forums and in the evolution of the site. If understanding how a historical site evolves over time excites you then come here, it's well laid out with magnificent sculptures and fragments together with evocative illustrations to help you visualise how everything looked. The view of the Forum is majestic and this museum is much bigger than it looks. There's also one of the best Roman history book shops inside with a decent selection of English books too.

Fantastic and fascinating. Went there first thing on a Monday and for €13, you can spend hours looking around at the archaeological artefacts inside, as well as walking around outside. The marble statues are remarkable to look at and the group I went in with came out feeling that was money well spent. Definitely worth the money.

A chance to walk on an original ancient Roman road, several metres below the modern city. Well worth a visit.

If you like architecture, and ancient history you definitely won't regret visiting this place.

Trajan's Market is an archaeological complex considered to be Rome's first shopping mall. The complex, with six levels, is huge and lends a sense of wonder, yet again, at ancient Roman ingenuity. Find it on Via dei Fori Imperiali.

We we walking by and saw the entrance and decided to go. It was $14 euro each and well worth it. The inside museum had so much to see and was a bit cooler for a hot day. It had 5 levels of areas to go to. Plenty of outside areas to look at. The outside grounds were incredible. We probably spent around an hour or so here. Great views of Roma and makes for some great photo spots. Downside a lot of steps. But like I said well worth it. This should be one of the top things to see in Roma and it wasn't even crowed. Probably like 50 people at most. So much better than fighting crowds of thousands at the Colosseum. Seriously, check this place out.

This excellent museum with a somewhat obscure entrance deserves at least half a day visit, to have a sense of the Roman Imperial forums that it conveys. With the excellent audioguide, the museum gives an excellent sense of the design and layout of the various forums, their temples, statuary, and spaces. At the same time, it leads one through Trajan's market, the remains of a huge edifice in itself, and one gets the sense of how it managed to make it through the centuries. The inclusion of couture gowns and accessories in each room covering the period from the 1950's to present has one of Italy's current sources of greatness providing a delightful counterpoint to the historical items. We found the same approach in the Borghese Gallery, to even better effect. It's an unexpected treat.

New meets old. Enjoyed looking at the fashion exhibit along side the archeological finds.