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Vatican museum

The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the . 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.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Sunday: 9:00 AM—2:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museums of the Vatican City
  • Also known as: “Musei Vaticani”, “Museums in Vatican City”, and “Vatican Museums”
  • Inscription: “1507”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vatican Library and Saint Peter’s Basilica.

Library
Photo: Melozzo da Forlì, Public domain.
The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known as the or informally as the Vat, is the of the Holy See, located in , and is the city-state's national library. is situated 250 metres southeast of Vatican museum.

Church
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in , an independent microstate enclaved within the city of , Italy. is situated 460 metres south of Vatican museum.

Church
Photo: Snowdog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a chapel in the , the pope's official residence in . Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. is situated 400 metres south of Vatican museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and North Rome.

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of . While the oldest section of Rome is at the , and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.

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The North of is comprised of Municipi III, XI-XV.

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is a district in . The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.

Vatican museum

Latitude
41.90627° or 41° 54′ 23″ north
Longitude
12.45274° or 12° 27′ 10″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWF43+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Geo­Names ID
6946427
Wiki­data ID
Q182955
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Vatican museum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vatikaanse Museums”
  • Arabic: “الفاتيكان”
  • Arabic: “متاحف الفاتيكان”
  • Arabic: “متحف الفاتيكان”
  • Arabic: “موزي فاتيكاني”
  • Armenian: “Վատիկանի թանգարաններ”
  • Asturian: “Museos Vaticanos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vatikan muzeyləri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vatikan Muzeyləri”
  • Bashkir: “Ватикан музейҙары исемлеге”
  • Basque: “Museo Vaticanoak”
  • Basque: “Museo Vatikanoak”
  • Basque: “Vatikanoko Museoak”
  • Belarusian: “Ватыканскія музеі”
  • Belarusian: “Ватыканскія музэі”
  • Belarusian: “Музеі Ватыкана”
  • Belarusian: “Спіс музеяў Ватыкана”
  • Bosnian: “Vatikanski muzej”
  • Bosnian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Bosnian: “Мuzej u Vatikanskim palačama”
  • Bulgarian: “Ватикански музеи”
  • Bulgarian: “Ватикански музей”
  • Catalan: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Catalan: “Museu Pío-Clementino”
  • Catalan: “Museus Vaticans”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂冈博物馆”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂岡博物館”
  • Croatian: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Croatian: “Vatikanski muzej”
  • Croatian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Croatian: “Мuzej u Vatikanskoj palači”
  • Czech: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Czech: “Vatikánská muzea”
  • Danish: “Vatikanmuseerne”
  • Danish: “Vatikanmuseet”
  • Dutch: “Vaticaans museum”
  • Dutch: “Vaticaanse Musea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متاحف الڤاتيكان”
  • Esperanto: “Vatikanaj muzeoj”
  • Estonian: “Musea Vaticana”
  • Estonian: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Estonian: “Vatikani muuseumid”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaanin museo”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaanin museot”
  • French: “Musée du Vatican”
  • French: “Musees du Vatican”
  • French: “musées du Vatican”
  • French: “Musées du Vatican”
  • Galician: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Galician: “Museos Vaticanos”
  • Georgian: “ვატიკანის მუზეუმები”
  • Georgian: “ვატიკანის მუზეუმების სია”
  • German: “Vatikanische Museen”
  • German: “Vatikanisches Museum”
  • German: “Vatikanmuseum”
  • Greek: “Μουσεία Βατικανού”
  • Hebrew: “מוזאון הוותיקאן”
  • Hebrew: “מוזאון הוותיקן”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון הוותיקן”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון הותיקן”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאוני הוותיקן”
  • Hindi: “वेटिकन संग्रहालय”
  • Hungarian: “Vatikáni Múzeum”
  • Hungarian: “Vatikáni Múzeumok”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Vatikan”
  • Italian: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Italian: “Museo del Vaticano”
  • Japanese: “ヴァチカン博物館”
  • Japanese: “ヴァチカン美術館”
  • Japanese: “ヴァチカン美術館群”
  • Japanese: “ヴァティカン博物館”
  • Japanese: “ヴァティカン美術館”
  • Japanese: “ヴァティカン美術館群”
  • Japanese: “バチカン博物館”
  • Japanese: “バチカン美術館”
  • Japanese: “バチカン美術館群”
  • Javanese: “Musiyum Vatikan”
  • Korean: “바티칸 미술관”
  • Korean: “바티칸 박물관”
  • Latin: “Musea Vaticana”
  • Latvian: “Vatikāna muzeji”
  • Lithuanian: “Vatikano muziejai”
  • Lombard: “Musee Vatican”
  • Macedonian: “Ватикански музеи”
  • Malayalam: “വത്തിക്കാൻ മ്യൂസിയം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatikanmuseene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatikanmuseet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vatikanmusea”
  • Norwegian: “Vatikanmuseene”
  • Persian: “موزه واتیکان”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ واتیکان”
  • Persian: “موزه‌های واتیکان”
  • Polish: “Muzea Watykańskie”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Watykańskie”
  • Portuguese: “Musei vaticani”
  • Portuguese: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Portuguese: “Museu do Vaticano”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Vaticano”
  • Portuguese: “Museus do vaticano”
  • Portuguese: “Museus Vaticanos”
  • Romanian: “Muzeele Vaticane”
  • Romanian: “Muzeele Vaticanului”
  • Russian: “Ватиканские музеи”
  • Russian: “Ватиканский музей”
  • Russian: “Музеи Ватикана”
  • Russian: “Этнологический миссионерский музей”
  • Scots: “Vatican Museums”
  • Serbian: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Serbian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Serbian: “Ватикански музеји”
  • Serbian: “Музеј (Ватикан)”
  • Serbian: “Музеј Ватикан”
  • Serbian: “Музеј у Ватикану”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vatikanski muzej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Slovak: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Slovak: “Vatikánske múzeá”
  • Slovenian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Spanish: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Spanish: “Museo del Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “Museo Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “Museos Vaticanos”
  • Swedish: “Vatikanmuseerna”
  • Swedish: “Vatikanska museet”
  • Tagalog: “Mga Museong Batikano”
  • Thai: “Vatican Museums”
  • Thai: “กลุ่มพิพิธภัณฑ์วาติกัน”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์วาติกัน”
  • Turkish: “Vatikan Müzeleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Ватиканський музей”
  • Ukrainian: “Ватиканські музеї”
  • Ukrainian: “Музеї Ватикану”
  • Urdu: “عجائب گھر ویٹی کن”
  • Urdu: “ویٹیکن عجائب گھر”
  • Urdu: “ویٹیکن میوزیم”
  • Uzbek: “Vatikan muzeylari”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Vatican”
  • Western Frisian: “Fatikaansk Museum”
  • Wu Chinese: “梵蒂冈博物馆”
  • Yue Chinese: “梵蒂岡博物館”

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