As part of the commemorative initiatives promoted by the Chamber of Deputies on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the election of the Constituent Assembly, the exhibition “1946: The Birth of the Republic. The Constituent Assembly at Montecitorio” is open to visitors at Palazzo Montecitorio.
Through documents, photographs, and multimedia materials, the exhibition itinerary retraces the institutional steps that, starting from the liberation of Rome, led to the vote of 2 June 1946 and to the drafting of the Italian Constitution.
The exhibition will be open to the public from 7 May to 30 December 2026.
Access to Palazzo Montecitorio is regulated by a system that determines in advance the entry times for visiting groups and the number of visitors per group. This system provides for the issuance of free admission tickets for the visit: up to 10 tickets if the booking is made by an adult; if the booking is made by a minor, the system will issue a single ticket only.
The booking procedure consists of two distinct phases:
Phase one is authentication via email address: after selecting the desired date and time of the visit, a form opens in which personal details must be entered. An email containing a link to be clicked in order to continue and successfully complete the booking procedure will be sent to the indicated email address. The procedure must be completed within a maximum of ten minutes.
Merely entering personal details for website authentication does not constitute a ticket reservation.
Phase two involves requesting the number of tickets and entering the details of each participant. Once the information has been entered and the REQUEST button selected, the booking becomes effective and the user will receive, at the indicated email address, an attachment containing the tickets in PDF format.
Ticket booking is successfully completed only after both phases of the procedure have been finalized.
Tickets must be shown at the entrance together with a valid identity document for each participant.
Bookings can only be made for dates and times in which available places remain. Online booking is available up to thirty minutes before the start of the visit. Ticket holders are required to present themselves at the entrance of the Chamber of Deputies in Piazza Montecitorio ten minutes before the scheduled time, carrying a valid identity document. If the personal details provided at the time of booking do not match those shown on the identity documents, access will not be granted. Likewise, access will not be permitted at a time different from that booked; therefore, punctuality is strongly recommended.
Participants must strictly comply with the instructions provided by parliamentary staff.
Opening period
Monday to Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry at 4:00 p.m.)
Duration of visit: 1 hour
The exhibition will be closed on 25 June 2026 and from 3 August 2026 to 4 September 2026
Extraordinary openings:
30 and 31 May 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (last entry at 3:00 p.m.)
The exhibition may also be visited during “Montecitorio Open House” days:
Saturday 23 May 2026
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Sunday 4 October 2026
November (date to be determined)
Sunday 13 December 2026

The next "Open Door day at Montecitorio" will take place on Saturday, 23th of May 2026. The marching band of the Esercito italiano will open the event and it will perform at 8.00 p.m. in Piazza Montecitorio.
Access to Palazzo Montecitorio takes place at set times for each group. This system includes the issuing of free tickets for the visit, which must be reserved using the boxes below: adults can reserve up to 4 tickets at a time, but in the case of minors the system will only issue 1 ticket.
The booking procedure consists in two distinct phases.
Firstly, the authentication process: after selecting the desired time, the user has to enter his/her personal data. An email will be sent to the address indicated with a link that must be clicked on to continue and conclude the reservation procedure, which must be completed within 10 minutes.
In the second phase, the user has to select the number of tickets and enter the participants' personal data. Once the REQUEST option has been selected, the ticket request will be processed and the user will receive an email containing the tickets.
The booking procedure will be concluded only if both the phases have been completed.
Tickets must be shown at the entrance together with a valid identification document for each participant.
Online reservations can only be made for visiting hours with available places, up to 30 minutes before the time selected. Ticket holders are required to arrive at the entrance of Piazza Montecitorio ten minutes before the time indicated on their tickets with a valid identity card. Access won't be allowed if personal details on the identity card are different from those given at the time of reservation. As well, access won’t be allowed in a different time to the one selected during the reservation procedure, so maximum punctuality is kindly requested.
We kindly ask all visitors to follow the instructions given by the parliamentary assistants.
Reservations will be open from Monday 18th of May 2026 at 10.00 a.m.