The city’s €5 cultural pass has been expanded to include discounts at the opera, auditoriums and film festivals, as well as free entry to civic museums.Rome’s MIC Card, previously a museum pass, has been expanded into a wider cultural card that also offers discounts on theatre, concerts, cinema and festivals, the city council has announced.The Roma MIC card costs €5 and is valid for 12 months. It gives unlimited free entry to Rome’s civic museums and some archaeological and historic sites. It is open to adults who live in Rome or the greater metropolitan zone, and to students at public and private universities in the area. The council says the aim is to bring new audiences to culture and make the capital’s heritage more accessible. What’s new Eight cultural institutions have now joined the scheme: Palaexpo, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Cinema per Roma, Musica per Roma, Romaeuropa, the Rome Opera House and the Teatro di Roma foundation, alongside the city’s capitoline superintendency. The new benefits, available until the end of December 2026, are already in effect and can be viewed on the website. Examples include: Theatre: 20 per cent off shows at the Teatro Argentina, Teatro Valle, Teatro Torlonia and Teatro India. Show-tour visits at the Argentina and Torlonia on weekends at 11.00 cost €5 instead of €18. Opera and music: 50 per cent off stalls and box tickets for the Rome Opera’s Goecke/Robbins/Bausch programme on 6 November, and free open rehearsals for cardholders only, including The Rake’s Progress on 22 November and Swan Lake on 15 December. Discounts of 10 per cent to 25 per cent apply to selected concerts at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and the Casa del Jazz. Festivals: 15 per cent off tickets for Romaeuropa Festival, which runs until 15 November. Cinema: a 20 per cent discount on tickets for the Casa del Cinema, where tickets cost €5, plus ten free places at each of the 18.00 and 20.00 screenings every Sunday. Exhibitions: free entry for cardholders to the Palazzo Esposizioni on 2 December from 14.00 and to MACRO on 6 December. The Palazzo Esposizioni ticket costs €10 instead of €12 on other days. Classical music: Santa Cecilia offers a 50 per cent discount on tickets for symphonic and/or chamber music concerts that are part of its educational and outreach programme Tutti a Santa Cecilia. Existing benefits Cardholders can still skip ticket queues at civic museums, subject to capacity and excluding the first Sunday of the month and some special events. They can book through the official app, pre-buy discounted tickets for exhibitions with separate ticketing, join the free “aMICi” guided visits, and enter events such as Museums Night and Museums in Music for free. They also get 10 per cent off in museum cafés and bookshops, excluding exhibition catalogues and official exhibition merchandise. How to get it The card can be bought online at miccard.roma.it, through the new MIC Card app for Android or iOS, or in person at most civic museums and at tourist infopoints. These include Fiumicino and Ciampino airports and the Imperial Forums. Existing digital cardholders need to update their app. The MIC Card initiative was first launched in July 2018 by then Rome mayor Virginia Raggi and deputy mayor with responsibility for culture Luca Bergamo, who was behind the idea. Full details are on the MIC Card website. Photo credit: BERKOZDEMIR / Shutterstock.com

Rome’s MIC Card, previously a museum pass, has been expanded into a wider cultural card that also offers discounts on theatre, concerts, cinema and festivals, the city council has announced. The Roma MIC card costs €5 and is valid for 12 months. It gives unlimited free entry to Rome’s civic museums and some archaeological and historic sites. It is open to adults who live in Rome or the greater metropolitan zone, and to students at public and private universities in the area. The council says the aim is to bring new audiences to culture and make the capital’s heritage more accessible. Eight cultural institutions have now joined the scheme: Palaexpo, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Cinema per Roma, Musica per Roma, Romaeuropa, the Rome Opera House and the Teatro di Roma foundation, alongside the city’s capitoline superintendency. The new benefits, available until the end of December 2026, are already in effect and can be viewed on . Theatre: 20 per cent off shows at the Teatro Argentina, Teatro Valle, Teatro Torlonia and Teatro India. Show-tour visits at the Argentina and Torlonia on weekends at 11.00 cost €5 instead of €18. Opera and music: 50 per cent off stalls and box tickets for the Rome Opera’s Goecke/Robbins/Bausch programme on 6 November, and free open rehearsals for cardholders only, including The Rake’s Progress on 22 November and Swan Lake on 15 December. Discounts of 10 per cent to 25 per cent apply to selected concerts at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and the Casa del Jazz. Festivals: 15 per cent off tickets for Romaeuropa Festival, which runs until 15 November. Cinema: a 20 per cent discount on tickets for the Casa del Cinema, where tickets cost €5, plus ten free places at each of the 18.00 and 20.00 screenings every Sunday. Exhibitions: free entry for cardholders to the Palazzo Esposizioni on 2 December from 14.00 and to MACRO on 6 December. The Palazzo Esposizioni ticket costs €10 instead of €12 on other days. Classical music: Santa Cecilia offers a 50 per cent discount on tickets for symphonic and/or chamber music concerts that are part of its educational and outreach programme Tutti a Santa Cecilia. Cardholders can still skip ticket queues at civic museums, subject to capacity and excluding the first Sunday of the month and some special events. They can book through the official app, pre-buy discounted tickets for exhibitions with separate ticketing, join the free “aMICi” guided visits, and enter events such as Museums Night and Museums in Music for free. They also get 10 per cent off in museum cafés and bookshops, excluding exhibition catalogues and official exhibition merchandise. The card can be bought online at miccard.roma.it, through the new MIC Card app for Android or iOS, or in person at most civic museums and at tourist infopoints. These include Fiumicino and Ciampino airports and the Imperial Forums. Existing digital cardholders need to update their app. The MIC Card initiative was first launched in July 2018 by then Rome mayor Virginia Raggi and deputy mayor with responsibility for culture Luca Bergamo, who was behind the idea. Full details are on the . Photo credit: BERKOZDEMIR / Shutterstock.com