This abandoned factory was converted into a museum in 1997 during the restructuring of the Capitoline Museum complex.

The Centrale Montemartini has a permanent collection comprises 400 ancient statues, moved here during the reorganisation of the Capitoline Museums in 1997, along with tombs, busts, and mosaics from between the 1890s and 1930s.

The collection’s highlights are in the Sala Caldaia, where a giant furnace provides a suitably impressive backdrop.

Two of the most beautiful pieces are the Fanciulla Seduta and the Musa Polimnia.