MIC Card Rome: €5 a Year for Unlimited Entry to 20+ City Museums

In a nutshell

The MIC Card is a Rome city hall (Comune di Roma) membership card that costs €5 and lasts 12 months, giving you unlimited entry to Rome's Civic Museums — the Capitoline Museums, Ara Pacis, Trajan's Market, Centrale Montemartini and 17 other sites. It's reserved for people who are registered residents of Rome or the wider Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale (Metropolitan City of Rome) — both Italian citizens and foreign nationals with official registered residency are eligible.

At a glance

Cost	€5 one-off fee, valid for 12 months from issue date
Timeline	Issued on the spot at museum ticket desks; online purchase: 5–7 days by post
Where to get it	Ticket desks at the main civic museums, or online at museiincomuneroma.it
Documents	Valid photo ID + self-declaration of residency (autocertificazione di residenza)

Who can apply

The MIC Card is available to anyone officially registered as a resident (residenza anagrafica) in the Comune (municipality) of Rome or in any of the 121 municipalities that make up the Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale — including Fiumicino, Tivoli, Albano, Velletri, Pomezia, Frascati, Civitavecchia, Anzio, Nettuno, and others.

Foreign nationals are fully eligible, provided they hold regular registered residency. Simply show your permesso di soggiorno (residence permit for non-EU citizens) listing a Rome address, or an Italian ID card (carta d'identità) showing your current Rome address.

Who cannot get one: tourists, residents of other Lazio provinces (Latina, Frosinone, Rieti, Viterbo), residents in other Italian regions, and foreign nationals not registered with the Anagrafe (civil-registry office at the Comune, handles residency) of Rome or the Metropolitan City.

Students living in Rome but officially registered elsewhere: you do not qualify for the MIC Card. Your best alternative is the free first-Sunday-of-the-month open access, when all civic museums are free for everyone.

How to get it

At the museum ticket desk (recommended)

The quickest option: go to any enabled civic museum — for example the Musei Capitolini (Piazza del Campidoglio 1), Museo dell'Ara Pacis (Lungotevere in Augusta), Mercati di Traiano (Via IV Novembre 94), Centrale Montemartini (Via Ostiense 106), Museo di Roma at Palazzo Braschi (Piazza San Pantaleo 10), or Museo di Roma in Trastevere (Piazza Sant'Egidio 1/b).

Steps:

1. Go to the ticket desk and say you want to buy the MIC Card.
2. Fill in the form with your name, surname, residential address, and email.
3. Show your valid ID and a self-declaration of residency (autocertificazione) — the form is available at the desk.
4. Pay €5 by cash, debit card, or credit card.
5. Receive your laminated card on the spot — no photo required.
6. You can enter the museum you're at immediately.

Online

Go to museiincomuneroma.it/it/mic-card, create an account, upload a copy of your ID and residency declaration, and pay €5. The card arrives by post within 5–7 days (or you may be able to collect it at a ticket desk, depending on the option available at the time).

By phone

Call 060608 (Rome tourism call centre) for information on the nearest issuing museum desk and purchase options.

What the MIC Card covers

With your card you get unlimited free entry to:

1. Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums)
2. Centrale Montemartini
3. Mercati di Traiano – Museo dei Fori Imperiali (Trajan's Market – Forum Museum)
4. Museo dell'Ara Pacis (permanent collection)
5. Museo di Roma a Palazzo Braschi
6. Museo di Roma in Trastevere
7. Galleria d'Arte Moderna (GAM)
8. Museo Carlo Bilotti – Aranciera di Villa Borghese
9. Museo Pietro Canonica a Villa Borghese
10. Casino Nobile di Villa Torlonia
11. Casina delle Civette di Villa Torlonia
12. Casino dei Principi di Villa Torlonia
13. Museo di Villa di Massenzio
14. Museo Napoleonico
15. Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco
16. Museo della Repubblica Romana e della memoria garibaldina
17. Museo delle Mura
18. Museo Civico di Zoologia
19. Casa di Goethe (may have its own conditions)
20. Mausoleo di Augusto (advance booking required)
21. Open archaeological areas within the Musei in Comune network

Temporary exhibitions: some are included, others require a separate add-on ticket. Check the individual museum's website before visiting.

What it doesn't cover

The MIC Card does not give access to:

• Temporary exhibitions with a separate ticket (varies by show)
• Special ticketed evening events
• The Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Galleria Borghese, GNAM, MAXXI, Castel Sant'Angelo, Palazzo Barberini, Palazzo Corsini — these are state-managed museums under the Ministry of Culture, not the Comune
• The Vatican Museums (they are in a separate sovereign state)
• Audio guides and guided tours (charged separately)

Is it worth it?

The card pays for itself on your very first visit to any of these museums on a normal day: single-entry tickets for Rome's civic museums typically cost €7.50–€11.50. At €5 for 12 months, every visit after the first is essentially free.

Option	Cost	Visits	For whom
MIC Card	€5 / 12 months	Unlimited	Residents of Rome and Metropolitan City
Single ticket	€9–€12 per museum	1 visit	Everyone
Roma Pass 48h	€33	2 museums + transit	Tourists
First Sunday of the month	Free	1 day/month	Everyone

Mistakes to avoid

1. Thinking it covers the Vatican Museums or the Colosseum. Neither site is part of the Civic Museums network — they operate under completely separate management and ticketing. The MIC Card only works at museums run by the Comune di Roma through Zètema (the Comune's cultural-services company).
2. Forgetting it expires after 12 months. The card does not auto-renew. When it expires, you buy a new one at the same €5 fee.
3. Arriving without your ID. The MIC Card is issued in your name — without a matching ID the staff cannot verify who you are, and you'll be asked to pay full price.

Special cases

Foreign residents: if your permesso di soggiorno lists a Rome or Metropolitan City address, you are fully entitled to the MIC Card. Bring your up-to-date permit to the ticket desk.

Residents of the Metropolitan City (municipalities such as Fiumicino, Tivoli, Frascati): you have exactly the same rights as Rome city residents. Bring your ID plus a residency self-declaration from your own municipality.

Residency transfer in progress: if you've applied to change your registered address but it hasn't been processed yet, you can try presenting the Anagrafe receipt together with a self-declaration. Acceptance is at the ticket desk operator's discretion.

Lost card: there is no free replacement. If you lose it, buy a new one for €5.

Families: each eligible resident needs their own card — it's non-transferable. Children under 6 always enter free, with no card required.

Zètema guided tours: MIC Card holders pay only the guide fee (usually €8–€12), with no entry charge. Book at 060608.it or by calling 060608.

Official sources

• Musei in Comune — MIC Card official page
• Musei in Comune — Opening hours and tickets
• Musei in Comune — Home
• Roma Capitale — MIC Card notice
• 060608 — Rome tourism call centre

Legal references: Deliberazione Assemblea Capitolina n. 169/2017 (establishment of the MIC Card); Determinazioni dirigenziali Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali; D.Lgs. 42/2004 (Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code); Statuto di Roma Capitale.