Following their great public success over recent years, the evening openings of the Vatican Museums are set to return with a renewed and enriched programme. Every Friday evening, from 3 May to 25 October, the Pope's Museums will offer their treasures for public viewing during the night hours. The artistic experiences on offer will be further enriched with the addition of a detailed musical programme, "Il Bello da Sentire", realised in tandem with La Venaria Reale in Turin, thanks to the collaboration of the G. Verdi Conservatory of Turin and its excellent young musicians. [More]
Il Bello da Sentire: Programme  - Postcard - Useful Information - Booking 
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Vatican Gardens: guided tours recommence
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From Monday 6 May it will again be possible to visit the "Pope's gardens", and to view the natural and architectural wonders they contain.
A place of rest and meditation for the Roman Pontiff since 1279, the Vatican Gardens occupy around two thirds of the surface area of Vatican City. For guided tours, both individual or in groups, online booking is obligatory. |
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The DVD "Art and Faith" in homage to the Annus Fidei
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The documentary film "ART AND FAITH. Via Pulchritudinis" is a multilingual production by Edizioni Musei Vaticani and is made by the Polish television company TBA for the Governorate of Vatican City State, Direction of the Vatican Museums. [More]  |
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The Carriage Pavilion
New exhibition, new acquisitions
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On the 34th anniversary of the election of Pope Wojtyla to the Papacy, the Vatican Museums present the newly-arranged Carriage Pavilion. Enlarged, improved, with a revised order of exhibition and new didactic apparatus, the Pavilion, enriched by new and important acquisitions, has displayed since 1967 the history of papal mobility by means of an original collection of saddles, sedan chairs, carriages and automobiles. [More] |
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The Giardino Quadrato reopens to the public |
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With the arrival of springtime, visitors to the Vatican Museums will be able to enjoy the reopening of the "Secret Garden": a quadrilateral green area adjacent to the Vatican Picture Gallery, landscaped by the Ferrarese architect Jacopo Meleghino on commission by Paul III. Previously reserved for the pope's guests, the garden may now be freely visited as part of the museum itinerary.
The Giardino Quadrato
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Greetings from the Director
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Dear Visitors, firstly, a cordial welcome from the Director of the Vatican Museums. Second, you are entering into one of the most important sites for the history of human... [Continues] |
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Focus on the collections
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Virtual online Tour of the Vatican Museums (explore the Sistine Chapel). [More]
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Open doors for the Year of Faith
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The Year of Faith, called for by the Supreme Pontiff in the Apostolic letter Porta Fidei of 11 October 2011, will also be celebrated in the Vatican Museums. From 11 October 2012 to 21 November 2013 the Pope's Museums, as during the Priestly Year, special guided tours on the theme of the beauty of Art and Faith will be offered to all pilgrims. [More] |
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MeetingPlace
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On 21 May 1972 Michelangelo's Pietà was disfigured as the result of a deranged attack. Over 40 years later, on 21 May 2013, to commemorate that ill-omened day, the Vatican Museums and the Fabric of Saint Peter will hold a study day to retrace the history of the extraordinary and pioneering restoration works subsequently carried out on Michelangelo's marble masterpiece.
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The Vatican Museums, in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre in Paris and the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, is organising an international conference entitled "First Vatican Coffin Conference" which will take place over four days from 19-22 June 2013. For the first time internationally renowned scholars will compare their findings on all the themes relating to the coffins which so clearly express the clerical culture of Thebes in the Third Intermediate Period. The approach will be multidisciplinary and will link historical and textual-iconographic analysis with the most sophisticated scientific technology which has been applied to the study of both the materials used and the painting techniques, as well as restoration. [More]
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