The main goal of the project is to make the entire museum complex more inclusive, by facilitating the access for everyone and offering a satisfying and rewarding visiting experience for all types of audiences.
The current redevelopment of the external area will include various interventions, aimed at improving the pedestrian path, which leads to the museum courtyard from the entrance located in via Ostiense, 106. Accessibility for visitors with disabilities represents a priority, and architectural solutions will be adopted, such as tactile flooring and an iron parapet, to protect pedestrians from vehicular traffic.
Moreover, the square in front of the museum entrance will undergo a major transformation, with the elimination of the possibility of parking for private vehicles. This will allow the pedestrian area to be expanded, promoting a better use of space and ensuring greater safety for visitors. The flooring will be redesigned, using traditional materials such as flint cubes, and introducing urban furniture elements, such as seats, bicycle racks and waste paper bins.
As for the toilets, extraordinary maintenance is planned in order to make the bathrooms accessible to disabled people and families. Bathrooms reserved to disabled people will be created in each block, with a distribution of spaces aimed at ensuring functionality and aesthetic value. The bathroom fixtures and wall and floor coverings will be replaced, in order to provide a modern and comfortable environment.
The planned interventions represent a significant step towards the goal of making the Capitoline Museums a place of culture, art and history which is accessible to all. The enhancement of the external area will also contribute to improving the image of the museum and its integration with the surrounding environment, promoting the redevelopment of the entire area.