THE CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS (Musei Capitolini) IN ROME; ITALY. The creation of the Capitoline Museums has been traced back to 1471; when Pope Sixtus IV donated a group of bronze statues of great symbolic value to the People of Rome. The collections are closely linked to the city of Rome; and most of the exhibits come from the city itself.STATUE OF APOLLO CITHAROEDUS God of music; poetry; art; oracles; archery; plague; medicine; sun; light and knowledge Sculpture from a Greek original of the 2nd century BC Greek sculptor Timarchides.