Vatican museum

The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the . They display works from the immense collection amassed by the 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: “Musée du Vatican”, “Musees du Vatican”, “Musei vaticani”, “Museo del Vaticano”, “Museo Vaticano”, “Museo Vaticanoak”, “Museo Vatikanoak”, “Museu do Vaticano”, “Museu Pío-Clementino”, “Museu Vaticano”, “Museums in Vatican City”, “Museus do vaticano”, “Muzeele Vaticanului”, “Muzeum Watykańskie”, “Vaticaans museum”, “Vatican Museums”, “Vatikaanin museo”, “Vatikanisches Museum”, “Vatikanmuseum”, “Vatikanska museet”, “Vatikánske múzeá”, “Vatikanski muzej”, “Ватикански музей”, “Ватиканский музей”, “Ватиканський музей”, “Ватиканські музеї”, “Ватыканскія музеі”, “Мuzej u Vatikanskim palačama”, “Мuzej u Vatikanskoj palači”, “Музеј (Ватикан)”, “Музеј Ватикан”, “Музеј у Ватикану”, “ვატიკანის მუზეუმების სია”, “מוזאון הוותיקאן”, “מוזאון הוותיקן”, “מוזיאון הותיקן”, “الفاتيكان”, “عجائب گھر ویٹی کن”, “متحف الفاتيكان”, “موزهٔ واتیکان”, “موزي فاتيكاني”, “กลุ่มพิพิธภัณฑ์วาติกัน”, “ヴァチカン博物館”, “ヴァチカン美術館”, “ヴァチカン美術館群”, “ヴァティカン博物館”, “ヴァティカン美術館”, “ヴァティカン美術館群”, “バチカン博物館”, and “バチカン美術館群”
  • Inscription: “1507”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Vatican Library and St. Peter’s Basilica.

Library
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The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known… 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. is situated 460 metres south of Vatican museum.

Church
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The is a chapel in the… 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 .

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

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the … is situated 3 km southeast of Vatican museum.

Vatican museum

Latitude
41.90627° or 41° 54′ 23″ north
Longitude
12.45274° or 12° 27′ 10″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FHJWF43+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 112137587
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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: “متاحف الفاتيكان”
  • Armenian: “Վատիկանի թանգարաններ”
  • Asturian: “Museos Vaticanos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vatikan muzeyləri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vatikan Muzeyləri”
  • Bashkir: “Ватикан музейҙары исемлеге”
  • Basque: “Vatikanoko Museoak”
  • Belarusian: “Ватыканскія музэі”
  • Belarusian: “Музеі Ватыкана”
  • Belarusian: “Спіс музеяў Ватыкана”
  • Bosnian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Bulgarian: “Ватикански музеи”
  • Catalan: “Museus Vaticans”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂冈博物馆”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂岡博物館”
  • Croatian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Czech: “Vatikánská muzea”
  • Danish: “Vatikanmuseerne”
  • Danish: “Vatikanmuseet”
  • Dutch: “Vaticaanse Musea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متاحف الڤاتيكان”
  • Esperanto: “Vatikanaj muzeoj”
  • Estonian: “Vatikani muuseumid”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaanin museot”
  • French: “musées du Vatican”
  • French: “Musées du Vatican”
  • Galician: “Museos Vaticanos”
  • Georgian: “ვატიკანის მუზეუმები”
  • German: “Vatikanische Museen”
  • Greek: “Μουσεία Βατικανού”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון הוותיקן”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאוני הוותיקן”
  • Hindi: “वेटिकन संग्रहालय”
  • Hungarian: “Vatikáni Múzeum”
  • Hungarian: “Vatikáni Múzeumok”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Vatikan”
  • Italian: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Japanese: “バチカン美術館”
  • 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 Nynorsk: “Vatikanmusea”
  • Norwegian: “Vatikanmuseene”
  • Persian: “موزه واتیکان”
  • Persian: “موزه‌های واتیکان”
  • Polish: “Muzea Watykańskie”
  • Portuguese: “Museus Vaticanos”
  • Romanian: “Muzeele Vaticane”
  • Russian: “Ватиканские музеи”
  • Russian: “Музеи Ватикана”
  • Russian: “Этнологический миссионерский музей”
  • Scots: “Vatican Museums”
  • Serbian: “Ватикански музеји”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Slovak: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Slovenian: “Vatikanski muzeji”
  • Spanish: “Museos Vaticanos”
  • Swedish: “Vatikanmuseerna”
  • Tagalog: “Mga Museong Batikano”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์วาติกัน”
  • Turkish: “Vatikan Müzeleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Музеї Ватикану”
  • Urdu: “ویٹیکن عجائب گھر”
  • Urdu: “ویٹیکن میوزیم”
  • Uzbek: “Vatikan muzeylari”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Vatican”
  • Western Armenian: “Վատիկանի Թանգարաններ”
  • Western Frisian: “Fatikaansk Museum”
  • Wu Chinese: “梵蒂冈博物馆”
  • Yue Chinese: “梵蒂岡博物館”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Piazza dei Protomartiri Romani and Prati.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: V.le Vaticano/Musei Vaticani and Alimandi Tunisi.

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