Considering a late ticket timeslot to Borghese in Rome

I stayed the full 2 hours on my visit several years ago - quite purposefully. I noticed that people began leaving after about an hour and most were gone about 90 minutes after being admitted. The gallery is not huge, we re-visited several of the areas after most people had left and were probably the last to leave in our "time". I suspect many visitors do not need or want the full two hours.

I hope others will post their experiences to give you a range of opinions!

I didn't get that time slot, but it's inconceivable that you'd have to leave more than five minutes earlier than any other time slot. Because they are absolutely used to evacuating every single art viewer before the next time slot opens, they do not have the problem of a big museum gradually emptying hundreds of galleries.

It is too important to get the ticket (especially without a tour company mark-up!) to fuss about this detail. Take the ticket, now.

I didn't think the 2 hours was enough for the amazing Borghese. I don't recall staff clearing people out early. I would take any time slot I could get.

BTW, I hate when museums do that. I paid for the ticket. I should get the full time and not be pestered/coerced/forced out prior to closing. Looking at you WWII museum in Gdansk where the ticket lines were long to get in with only two of the five staff members at the counter selling tickets. Don't take your time getting me in and then force me out before closing.

I believe things have changed there - the two hour slots are now sold on an hourly basis - so a new group enters every hour, and then is able to stay for two hours. I didn't notice any effort to clear people out at their expiration time.

The scale of the Borghese is so small that it wouldn't take a full hour to clear the place out at closing. You should have plenty of time to view the Bernini and as much as you want to see upstairs. So just relax and go for it.

I loved this museum - if it's a high priority for you, then book the ticket and triage your viewing. I think the RS Rome guide has a self-guided tour (I don't have a current version). IMHO the Bernini sculptures should be high on the list, then see what else you can. As has been noted it's not a huge museum. If the time slot is until 7, you should have until at least 6:45 before they start herding people out.

We did the 5-7 slot with an English speaking guide. We really enjoyed that. We stayed afterwards and don’t recall being chased out before it closed. You are supposed to only get two hours so at 6 there was some announcement to those who had entered at 4 to leave.