Vatican Museums

Short description: Museums of the Vatican City

Short description: Art museum in Viale Vaticano , Rome

Vatican Museums

Musei Vaticani

The Vatican Museums as seen from the dome of St. Peter's Basilica

Established| 1506; 520 years ago (1506)
Location|  Vatican City
Viale Vaticano 6, I-00192, Rome[1]
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] :
Type| Art museum
Collection size| 70,000[2]
Visitors| 6,825,436 (2024)[3]
Director| Barbara Jatta[4]
Public transit access|  Ottaviano – San Pietro – Musei Vaticani
Website| www.museivaticani.va

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Vatican Museums from the Cortile della Pigna and the dome of St. Peter's

The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the best-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display,[2] and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.[5]

Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century.[6] The Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling and altar wall decorated by Michelangelo, and the Stanze di Raffaello (decorated by Raphael) are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums,[7] considered among the most canonical and distinctive works of Western and European art.

In 2024, the Vatican Museums were visited by 6.8 million people.[8] They ranked second in the list of most-visited art museums and museums in the world after the Louvre.[9]

There are 24 galleries, or rooms, in total, with the Sistine Chapel, notably, being the last room visited within the Museum.[10]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Pinacoteca Vaticana
* 3 Collection of Modern Religious Art
* 4 Sculpture museums
* 4.1 Museo Pio-Clementino
* 4.2 Museo Chiaramonti
* 4.3 Museo Gregoriano Etrusco
* 4.4 Museo Gregoriano Egiziano
* 5 Vatican Historical Museum
* 6 Highlights
* 7 Visitors
* 8 Incidents
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 Further reading
* 12 External links

## History

The Vatican Museums trace their origin to a single marble sculpture, purchased in the 16th century: Laocoön and His Sons was discovered on 14 January 1506, in a vineyard near the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Pope Julius II sent Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo, who were working at the Vatican, to examine the discovery.[11] On their recommendation, the Pope immediately purchased the sculpture from the vineyard owner. The Pope put the sculpture, which represents the Trojan priest Laocoön and his two sons, Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by giant serpents, on public display at the Vatican exactly one month after its discovery.[12][13]

Benedict XIV founded the Museum Christianum, and some of the Vatican collections formed the Lateran Museum, which Pius IX founded by decree in 1854.[14]

The museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006 by permanently opening the excavations of a Vatican Hill necropolis to the public.[15]

On 1 January 2017, Barbara Jatta became the Director of the Vatican Museums, replacing Antonio Paolucci who had been director since 2007.[16][17]

## Pinacoteca Vaticana

Tourists in the Pinacoteca Vaticana

The art gallery was housed in the Borgia Apartment until Pius XI ordered construction of a dedicated building. The new building, designed by Luca Beltrami, was inaugurated on 27 October 1932.[18] The museum's paintings include:

* Giotto: Stefaneschi Triptych
* Olivuccio di Ciccarello: Opere di Misericordia
* Filippo Lippi: Marsuppini Coronation
* Giovanni Bellini: Pietà
* Melozzo da Forlì: Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library
* Pietro Perugino: Decemviri Altarpiece and San Francesco al Prato Resurrection
* Leonardo da Vinci: Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
* Raphael: Madonna of Foligno, Oddi Altarpiece and Transfiguration
* Titian: Frari Madonna
* Antonio da Correggio: Christ in Glory
* Paolo Veronese: The Vision of Saint Helena
* Caravaggio: The Entombment of Christ
* Domenichino, The Last Communion of Saint Jerome
* Nicolas Poussin, The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus
* Jan Matejko: Sobieski at Vienna

## Collection of Modern Religious Art

The Collection of Modern Religious Art was added in 1973 and houses paintings and sculptures from such artists as Carlo Carrà, Giorgio de Chirico, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Salvador Dalí, and Pablo Picasso.[19]

## Sculpture museums

The group of museums includes several sculpture museums surrounding the Cortile del Belvedere. These are the Museo Gregoriano Profano, with classical sculpture, and others as below:

### Museo Pio-Clementino

The Braschi Antinous is in the Sala Rotonda (Round Hall) of Pio-Clementine Museum. Hall of Animals, Pio-Clementino Museum A Roman naval bireme depicted in a relief from the Temple of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste (Palestrina),[20] constructed c. 120 BC;[21] in the Museo Pio-Clementino

The museum takes its name from two popes: Clement XIV, who established the museum, and Pius VI, who brought it to completion. Clement XIV came up with the idea of creating a new museum in Innocent VIII's Belvedere Palace and started the refurbishment work.[22]

Clement XIV founded the Museo Pio-Clementino in 1771; it originally contained artworks of antiquity and the Renaissance. The museum and collection were enlarged by Clement's successor Pius VI. Today, the museum houses works of Greek and Roman sculpture. Some notable galleries are as follows:

* Octagonal Court (aka Belvedere Courtyard and Cortile delle Statue): this was where some of the first ancient classical statues in the papal collections were first displayed. Some of the most famous pieces, the Apollo of the Belvedere and Laocoön and His Sons have been here since the early 1500s.
* Sala Rotonda: shaped like a miniature Pantheon, the room has ancient mosaics on the floors, and ancient statues lining the perimeter, including a gilded bronze statue of Hercules and the Braschi Antinous.
* Greek Cross Gallery (Sala a Croce Greca): with the porphyry sarcophagi of Constance and Saint Helena, daughter and mother of Constantine the Great.
* Gallery of the Statues (Galleria delle Statue): as its name implies, holds various important statues, including Sleeping Ariadne and the bust of Menander. It also contains the Barberini Candelabra.[23]
* Gallery of the Busts (Galleria dei Busti) Many ancient busts are displayed.
* Cabinet of the Masks (Gabinetto delle Maschere). The name comes from the mosaic on the floor of the gallery, found in Villa Adriana, which shows ancient theater masks. Statues are displayed along the walls, including the Three Graces.
* Sala delle Muse: houses the statue group of Apollo and the nine muses, uncovered in a Roman villa near Tivoli in 1774, as well as statues by important ancient Greek or Roman sculptors. The centerpiece is the Belvedere Torso, revered by Michelangelo and other Renaissance men.[24]
* Sala degli Animali: so named because of the many ancient statues of animals.[23]

### Museo Chiaramonti

The Mars of Todi is an ancient Etruscan bronze statue from the late 400s BC; in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum.

This museum was founded in the early 19th century by Pius VII, whose surname before his election as Pope was Chiaramonti. The museum consists of a large arched gallery in which are exhibited several statues, sarcophagi and friezes. The New Wing, or Braccio Nuovo, built by Raffaele Stern, houses statues including the Augustus of Prima Porta, the Doryphoros, and The River Nile. It is in the Neoclassical style and has a wide arched roof with skylights. The Galleria Lapidaria forms part of the Museo Chiaramonti, and contains over 3,000 stone tablets and inscriptions. It is accessible only with special permission, usually for the purpose of academic study.

### Museo Gregoriano Etrusco

The inside of this Egyptian 'Yellow Coffin' Sarcophagus is filled with intricate iconic and textual symbols; in the Museo Gregoriano Egiziano.

Founded by Gregory XVI in 1837, this museum has nine galleries and houses Etruscan pieces, coming from archaeological excavations in the territory of the Papal State as well as other works already held in the Vatican.[25] The collection include vases, sarcophagus, bronzes, terracotta, ceramics as well as works from the Falcioni and Guglielmi Collections.

### Museo Gregoriano Egiziano

Statue of the Nile recumbent, 1st–2nd century AD; in the Museo Gregoriano Egiziano

This museum houses a large collection of artifacts from Ancient Egypt and also many Egyptian works of Roman production in nine rooms. The Carlo Grassi Collection of bronzes is part of the collection.[26] Such material includes papyruses, sarcophagi, mummies, sculptures and reproductions of the Book of the Dead.[27]

## Vatican Historical Museum

The Vatican Historical Museum (Italian: Museo storico vaticano) was founded in 1973 at the behest of Paul VI,[28] and was initially hosted in environments under the Square Garden. In 1987, it moved to the main floor of the Lateran Palace, where it opened in March 1991.

## Highlights

* After Leochares
Apollo Belvedere
Museo Pio-Clementino

* Agesander, Athenodorus and Polydorus
Laocoön and His Sons
Museo Pio-Clementino

* Apollonius
Belvedere Torso
Museo Pio-Clementino

* Roman, 1st century AD
Augustus of Prima Porta
Museo Chiaramonti

* Leonardo da Vinci
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Pinacoteca Vaticana

* Michelangelo
The Creation of Adam
Sistine Chapel (ceiling)

* Raphael
The School of Athens
Raphael Rooms

* Raphael
The Transfiguration
Pinacoteca Vaticana

* Michelangelo
The Last Judgment
Sistine Chapel

* Caravaggio
The Entombment of Christ
Pinacoteca Vaticana

* Sleeping Ariadne
Galleria delle Statue

* Walcott Inlet area, Western Australia
Depiction of Wandjina
Anima Mundi

* Vincent van Gogh – Pietà

Gallery of Maps Bramante Staircase; spiral stairs of the Vatican Museums, designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932 Sphere Within Sphere; Cortile del Belvedere, designed by Arnaldo Pomodoro in 1990

* The red marble papal throne, formerly in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
* Roman sculpture, tombstones, and inscriptions, including the Early Christian Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus and Dogmatic sarcophagus, and the epitaph of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus.
* The Raphael Rooms with many works by Raphael and his workshop, including the masterpiece The School of Athens (1509–1511).
* The Niccoline Chapel.
* The Sistine Chapel, including the Sistine Chapel ceiling (gallery).
* The Gallery of Maps: topographical maps of the whole of Italy, painted on the walls by friar Ignazio Danti of Perugia, commissioned by Gregory XIII (1572–1585). It remains the world's largest pictorial geographical study.
* The frescoes and other works in the Borgia Apartment built for the Borgia pope Alexander VI.
* The Bramante Staircase is a double spiral staircase designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932. The staircase has two parts, a double helix, and is of shallow incline, being a stepped ramp rather than a true staircase. It encircles the outer wall of a stairwell about fifteen metres (49 feet) wide and with a clear space at the centre. The balustrade around the ramp is of ornately worked metal.

## Visitors

On the last Sunday of each month, the Vatican Museum is open to the public for free. It is popular and common for people to wait in line for many hours. The other days of the week tickets are available online or in person. This image is a panoramic view of one small stretch of the entire queue on Sunday 29 April 2007, which continues for some distance in both directions beyond view.

## Incidents

On 18 August 2022, two members of the climate activist group Ultima Generazione glued themselves to the marble base of the Laocoon statue and unfurled a banner calling for an end to fossil fuels while a third member filmed them. Conservationists said that the act resulted in permanent damage to the sculpture, with restoration works costing 3,148 euros. A Vatican court subsequently sentenced the three to a nine-month suspended prison sentence and fines of up to 28,000 euros ($30,000).[29]

On 5 October 2022, an American tourist was arrested after hurling a Roman bust at the Chiaramonti Museum and damaging another bust. Il Messaggero reported that the man damaged the artefacts in anger after he was informed that he could not have an audience with Pope Francis as part of his vacation wish. The museum's press director Matteo Alessandrini said one bust lost part of a nose and an ear, while the other was knocked off its pedestal. Conservation and repair works on the sculptures were estimated to cost 15,000 euros ($14,800 US) and took about 300 hours to be completed.[30]

## See also

* Index of Vatican City–related articles
* List of largest art museums
* List of most visited art museums
* List of museums in Rome
* Michelangelo Simonetti

## References

1. ↑ Vatican Museums. "How to get to the Vatican Museums". https://www.vaticanmuseumsrome.com/where-are-vatican-museums.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Meet Antonio Paolucci". Divento. http://www.divento.com/en/content/304-meet-antonio-paolucci.
3. ↑ The Art Newspaper, March 2025
4. ↑ Bowles, Hamish (February 13, 2018). "Meet Barbara Jatta, the First Woman Director of the Vatican Museums". Vogue. https://www.vogue.com/article/barbara-jatta-interview-vogue-march-2018-issue.
5. ↑ Jatta, Barbara (16 October 2016). "The Vatican Museums: transformation of an organisation". Vatican Museums. http://m.museivaticani.va/content/dam/museivaticani/pdf/eventi_novita/iniziative/eventi/2016/73_case_study_Jatta.pdf.
6. ↑ Bianchini, Riccardo (30 August 2017). "Vatican Museums – Rome". Inexhibit. https://www.inexhibit.com/mymuseum/vatican-museums-rome/. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
7. ↑ "Musei Vaticani and Cappella Sistina" (in en). https://www.timeout.com/rome/museums/musei-vaticani-and-cappella-sistina.
8. ↑ "Vatican Museums: attendance 2022" (in en). https://www.statista.com/statistics/1137402/vatican-museums-attendance/.
9. ↑ The Art Newspaper visitor survey, March 27, 2023.
10. ↑ "The Vatican Museums". https://www.romesightseeing.net/the-vatican-museums-tickets/.
11. ↑ Shattuck, Kathryn (2005-04-18). "An Ancient Masterpiece or a Master's Forgery?" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/arts/design/an-ancient-masterpiece-or-a-masters-forgery.html.
12. ↑ Lapointe, Joe. "Muralist has grand plans for Cobo fresco" (in en-US). https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/08/29/hubert-massey-educates-art/89572026/.
13. ↑ Grovier, Kelly. "Laocoön and His Sons: The revealing detail in an ancient find" (in en). https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210721-laocon-and-his-sons-the-ultimate-expression-of-suffering.
14. ↑ Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). "Christian Museums". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
15. ↑ McMahon, Barbara (10 October 2006). "Ancient Roman treasures found under Vatican car park". The Guardian (Manchester). https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,,1891559,00.html.
16. ↑ Glatz, Carol (20 December 2016). "Pope names first woman to head Vatican Museums". The Catholic Herald. http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/pope-names-first-woman-to-head-vatican-museums/.
17. ↑ Rykner, Didier (7 December 2007). "Antonio Paolucci, the new Director of the Vatican Museums". http://www.thearttribune.com/Antonio-Paolucci-the-new-Director.html.
18. ↑ "Pinacoteca". Vatican Museums. http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/PIN/PIN_Main.html.
19. ↑ "The Vatican Museums". Vatican City State. http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/monumenti/musei-vaticani.html.
20. ↑ Saddington, D. B. (2011). "Classes: the Evolution of the Roman Imperial Fleets Plate 12.2 on p. 204". in Erdkamp, Paul. A Companion to the Roman Army. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 201–217. ISBN 978-1-4051-2153-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=1D612o_X2VYC&q=bireme&pg=PR10. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
21. ↑ Coarelli, Filippo (1987) (in it). I Santuari del Lazio in età repubblicana. Carocci. pp. 35–84. ISBN 9788843006793. https://books.google.com/books?id=XZBoAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
22. ↑ Bertoldi, Susanna (2011). The Vatican Museum: Discover the history, the works of art, the collections. Vatican City: Sillabe. pp. 46, 96. ISBN 978-88-8271-210-5.
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Waking the gods: how the classical world cast its spell over British art" (in en). the Guardian. 21 October 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/21/waking-the-gods-how-the-classical-world-cast-its-spell-over-british-art.
24. ↑ Montebello, Philippe De; Kathleen Howard (1983). "Sala delle Muse". The Vatican: Spirit and Art of Christian Rome. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 178–180. ISBN 978-08-70993480. https://books.google.com/books?id=VZUsI-lePtIC&pg=PA178.
25. ↑ "Museo Gregoriano Etrusco". Vatican Museums. http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-gregoriano-etrusco.html.
26. ↑ "Gregorian Egyptian Museum". Vatican Museums. http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MEZ/MEZ_Main.html.
27. ↑ "Monuments exhibited in Room II of the Egyptian Museum". http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/x-Schede/MEZs/MEZs_Sala02_03.html.
28. ↑ Guide to the Vatican Museums and City. Musei Vaticani. 1986. ISBN 978-88-86921-11-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=_yONbB1g9zcC. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
29. ↑ Winfield, Nicole (25 December 2023). "Vatican court convicts climate activists for damaging statue, fines them more than 28,000 euros". Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/vatican-climate-protest-museum-protest-environment-pope-94c9c2646cae6839f6d3f7be68866f3f.
30. ↑ Chisholm, Johanna (20 December 2023). "US tourist arrested after smashing ancient Roman sculptures in response to not seeing Pope at Vatican". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/american-tourist-vatican-busts-arrested-b2197265.html.

## Further reading

* G. Spinola, Il Museo Pio-Clementino (3 vol.s, 1996, 1999, 2004)
* G. B. Visconti and E. Q. Visconti, Il Museo Pio-Clementino Descritto (8 vols., 1782–1792)
* Daley, John (1982). The Vatican: spirit and art of Christian Rome. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0810917118. https://books.google.com/books?id=QHEkAQAAMAAJ&q=The+Vatican:+Spirit+and+Art+of+Christian+Rome.
* Peter Rohrbacher: Völkerkunde und Afrikanistik für den Papst. Missionsexperten und der Vatikan 1922–1939 in: Römische Historische Mitteilungen 54 (2012), 583–610.

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