The Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali aims to ensure that its historical and artistic heritage is accessible to as wide an audience as possible.
At the Centrale Montemartini, facilities and services are available to support physical, sensory and cognitive accessibility, designed to help all visitors explore the museum and its collection.
Admission to the Museum is free for people with disabilities and one accompanying person.

Accessibility for visitors with mobility disabilities

How to get to the museum 

The museum is accessed via Via Ostiense 106.
From here, a safe, barrier-free footpath leads through the inner courtyard to the entrance of the Centrale Montemartini.
People with mobility impairments can access the inner courtyard by car or taxi. The barrier can be opened by using the intercom to its left or by calling 06 67105431.
A parking space reserved for vehicles displaying a disabled badge is available in the courtyard.

THE TOUR

Open the > FLOOR PLAN
The exhibition spaces at the Centrale Montemartini are spread over several levels and are all accessible.
After visiting the ground floor (the Column Hall and the Pius IX Train Hall), the tour continues in the Engine Room and the Boiler Room, both of which are served by a lift accessible from the ground floor.

Visitors with reduced mobility

The museum can provide a wheelchair on request for visitors with mobility difficulties or reduced mobility.
There are seats throughout the exhibition where visitors can stop and rest.

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted

A LOGES tactile path connects the entrance at Via Ostiense 106 to the museum entrance.
Both of the museum’s lifts are equipped with voice announcements for the floor levels and buttons with Braille numbering.
The collections can be explored independently via:

Audio descriptions available via the Centrale Montemartini app: select the ‘Audio Descriptions’ route within the app and choose the desired content, or scan the QR codes located within the museum.
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    Tactile orientation panels
    Tactile panels and drawings with Braille captions

To book tactile tours with specialist guides, see > Visite tattili on demand

Deaf visitors

LIS (italian signs language)

Watch the > museum presentation video in Italian Sign Language
Using the Centrale Montemartini app, you can access content in Italian Sign Language (LIS) by selecting the “LIS Video” section within the app or by scanning the QR codes located throughout the museum.
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Families

Watch the > museum presentation video in Italian Sign Language
You can access content designed for children via the Centrale Montemartini app.
To access it, simply select the children’s tour within the app or scan the QR codes located throughout the museum.
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The exhibition spaces are fully accessible, even with pushchairs.
The museum has a family toilet equipped with child-sized toilets and a nappy-changing table.

The Centrale Montemartini App

The Centrale Montemartini App is a free tool that allows you to explore the museum and its collection at your own pace, through accessible multimedia content and themed tours designed for everyone.
Its development forms part of a project funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU – aimed at overcoming architectural and sensory barriers.

There are four options available:

• Video stories in Italian and English
• Video guides in LIS (Italian Sign Language)
• Audio stories
• Video stories for children, in Italian and English, with simplified content and illustrations

How to use it
The app can be used both at the museum, to follow the tours and access multimedia content directly from your device, and at home, to prepare for your visit.
After selecting the language (Italian or English), you can choose your preferred route. Each route is divided into 16 stages, identified by sequential numbers.
To access the multimedia content, you can select the stage of interest directly, locate it on the floor plan available in the menu, or scan the QR codes found in the museum..
Download > the App

The Plan for the Removal of Architectural Barriers (P.E.B.A.) at the Centrale Montemartini

Like every museum and cultural venue under the Sovrintendenza Capitolina, the Centrale Montemartini regards accessibility as an integral part of its cultural mission.
Accessibility refers to the ability of all people to enjoy the museum’s spaces, content and services, regardless of age, language skills or physical and sensory conditions. It is an ongoing process of analysis and improvement that encompasses all areas of the museum: from exhibitions to communication, from visitor services to cultural mediation.
It is within this framework that the Plan for the Elimination of Architectural Barriers (P.E.B.A.) is situated, as required by national legislation and the guidelines of the Ministry of Culture. The Plan analyses the current state of the museum, identifies existing physical, sensory and cognitive barriers, and defines progressive measures to improve the quality of the visitor experience.
The P.E.B.A. was drawn up as part of the project funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, PNRR Mission 1, Component 3, Investment 1.2 “Removal of physical and cognitive barriers in museums, libraries and archives”.
The document serves as a dynamic planning tool, aimed at expanding the opportunities for visiting the museum.

The Centrale Montemartini’s P.E.B.A., approved by Executive Decision RI/6926/2026 of 20 June 2026, can be downloaded in > PDF format in Italian