Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums 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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vatican Library and Sistine Chapel.

Vatican Library

Library

Photo: Melozzo da Forlì, Public domain.

The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library.

Sistine Chapel

Church

Photo: Snowdog, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Sistine Chapel is situated 220 metres south of Vatican Museums.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.

Vatican

Photo: Michelangelo, Public domain.

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

Old Rome

Photo: jimmyweee, CC BY 2.0.

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

North Rome

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.

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

Vatican Museums

Type: Museum
Also known as: “Musees du Vatican”
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Municipio Roma XIV, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

41.90493° or 41° 54′ 18″ north

Longitude

12.45462° or 12° 27′ 17″ east

Elevation

40 metres (131 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

8FHJWF33+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 255959482

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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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