Vatican Museums

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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  • Type: Museum
  • Also known as: “Musees du Vatican”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vatican Library and Sistine Chapel.

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.

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 220 metres south of Vatican Museums.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.

Photo: Michelangelo, Public domain.
City is the world's smallest country both by area and by population, and is the centre of Catholicism. This tiny country completely within is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world, and indeed many countries.

Photo: jimmyweee, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
The North of is comprised of Municipi III, XI-XV.

Vatican Museums

Latitude
41.90493° or 41° 54′ 18″ north
Longitude
12.45462° or 12° 27′ 17″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWF33+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 255959482
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11822423
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Vatican Museums” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متاحف الفاتيكان”
  • Belarusian: “Музеі Ватыкана”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂冈博物馆”
  • Czech: “Vatikánská muzea”
  • Danish: “Vatikanmuseet”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaanin museot”
  • French: “Musées du Vatican”
  • German: “Vatikanische Museen”
  • Hungarian: “Vatikáni Múzeumok”
  • Italian: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Japanese: “バチカン美術館”
  • Korean: “바티칸 박물관”
  • Polish: “Muzea Watykańskie”
  • Portuguese: “Museus Vaticanos”
  • Russian: “Музей Ватикана”
  • Spanish: “Museos Vaticanos”
  • Swedish: “Vatikanmuseerna”

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