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Avoid the queue by booking your admission ticket or guided tour.
The admission ticket gives the right to visit the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. |
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The Vatican Museums by Night
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The 2010 edition of The Vatican Museums by Night will continue after the summer break every Friday of the months of September and October from 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm. [More]
Booking online is obligatory.
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London: Raphael pays homage to the Pope
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To coincide with the Pope's visit to the United Kingdom (16-19 September), the exhibition "Raphael cartoons and tapestries for the |
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Sistine Chapel" will be inaugurated tomorrow in London at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Thanks to the joint collaboration between the V&A and the Vatican Museums, four of the ten tapestries designed by Raphael, will be for the first time displayed alongside their preparatory Cartoons. [More]
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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 civilization. Here, in the Museums of the Popes of Rome... [continues]
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- Virtual online Tour of the Vatican Museums (explore the Sistine Chapel)
- 3 selections of 'must-see' works
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Important restorations
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Everyday thousands of tourists walk through the evocative Room of the Tributes as they leave the Sistine Chapel. |
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The Braccio Nuovo, famous for its rich collection of classical sculptures, is one of the most admired galleries of the Vatican Museums. |
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Educational Activities
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Come and explore the unique collections of the Vatican Museums with your school.
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