Vatican Museums

Why visit / Interesting facts:

• One of the most known museums in the world
• Fabulous collection

Time required: 150 minutes

Phone: +39 06 69884676

Web site: http://saintpetersbasili...

Opening hours:

Time period	Opening hours
Mar - Oct, Mon-Fri:	8:45am - 3:20pm
Mar - Oct, Sat:	8:45am - 12:20pm
Nov - Feb:	8:45am - 12:20pm
Sun, except the last Sun of each month:	Closed
Many holidays:	Closed

Admission:

Ticket type	Charge
General:	15 €
Reduced:	8 €
Under 6:	Free
Last Sunday of every month:	Free

Public transport:

• Metro Line A: Ottaviano San Pietro station

Address: Viale Vaticano, 00165  Rome

Things you need to know:

• The Vatican Museums are among the greatest and richest museums in the world
• Pope Julius II founded the museums more than 500 years ago by displaying the sculpture of Laocoon to the public
• It features some of the most renowned classical sculptures and most important Renaissance masterpieces
• Highlights include The Sistine Chapel, the Gallery of maps and works from Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Angelico, Giotto, Raphael, Nicolas Poussin and Titian or the red marble papal throne
• The Sistine's frescoes were decorations by some of the greatest Renaissance artists
• Pope Sixtus IV commissioned wall frescoes for the Pope's Chapel in 1481-83
• The frescoes were intended to underscore papal authority, in question at the time, by displaying a line of power from God to the pope