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Vatican Museums

January 01, 1970

The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of Vatican City, enclave of Rome. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most well-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,[1] and currently employs 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.[4]

Vatican Museums
Musei Vaticani
The Vatican Museums as seen from the dome of St. Peter's Basilica
Established1506; 518 years ago (1506)
Location Vatican City
Coordinates41°54′23″N 12°27′16″E / 41.90639°N 12.45444°E / 41.90639; 12.45444
TypeArt museum
Collection size70,000[1]
Visitors5,080,856 (2022)[2]
DirectorBarbara Jatta[3]
Public transit access Ottaviano – San Pietro – Musei Vaticani
Websitewww.museivaticani.va
Vatican Museums from outside

Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century.[5] 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.[6]

In 2023, the Vatican Museums were visited by 6.8 million persons,[7] They ranked second in the List of most-visited art museums in the world after the Louvre, third on the list of most-visited museums[8]

There are 24 galleries, or rooms, in total, with the Sistine Chapel, notably, being the last room visited within the Museum.[9]

History edit

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.[10] 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.[11][12]

Benedict XIV founded the Museum Christianum, and some of the Vatican collections formed the Lateran Museum, which Pius IX founded by decree in 1854.[13]

The museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006 by permanently opening the excavations of a Vatican Hill necropolis to the public.[14]

On 1 January 2017, Barbara Jatta became the Director of the Vatican Museums, replacing Antonio Paolucci who had been director since 2007.[15][16]

Pinacoteca Vaticana edit

 
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.[17] The museum's paintings include:

Collection of Modern Religious Art edit

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.[18]

Sculpture museums edit

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 edit

 
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),[19] constructed c. 120 BC;[20] 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.[21]

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.[22]
  • 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.[23]
  • Sala degli Animali: so named because of the many ancient statues of animals.[22]

Museo Chiaramonti edit

 
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 edit

 
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.[24] The collection include vases, sarcophagus, bronzes, terracotta, ceramics as well as works from the Falcioni and Guglielmi Collections.

Museo Gregoriano Egiziano edit

 
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.[25] Such material includes papyruses, sarcophagi, mummies, sculptures and reproductions of the Book of the Dead.[26]

Vatican Historical Museum edit

The Vatican Historical Museum (Italian: Museo storico vaticano) was founded in 1973 at the behest of Paul VI,[27] 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 edit

 
Gallery of Maps
 
Bramante Staircase; spiral stairs of the Vatican Museums, designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932

Visitors edit

 
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 edit

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).[28]

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.[29]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b . Divento. Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  2. ^ The Art Newspaper, March 27, 2023
  3. ^ Troszczynska, Katarzyna (1 January 2017). "To ona rządzi w Watykanie. Kim jest Barbara Jatta?" [Who is Barbara Jatta? She is the director of the Vatican] (in Polish). Virtual Poland. from the original on 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  4. ^ Jatta, Barbara (16 October 2016). "The Vatican Museums: transformation of an organisation" (PDF). Vatican Museums. (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  5. ^ Bianchini, Riccardo (30 August 2017). "Vatican Museums – Rome". Inexhibit. from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Musei Vaticani and Cappella Sistina". Time Out Rome. from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  7. ^ "Vatican Museums: attendance 2022". Statista. from the original on 2024-01-28. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  8. ^ The Art Newspaper visitor survey, March 27, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Vatican Museums". www.romesightseeing.net. from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  10. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (2005-04-18). "An Ancient Masterpiece or a Master's Forgery?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  11. ^ Lapointe, Joe. "Muralist has grand plans for Cobo fresco". The Detroit News. from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  12. ^ Grovier, Kelly. "Laocoön and His Sons: The revealing detail in an ancient find". www.bbc.com. from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  13. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Christian Museums" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  14. ^ McMahon, Barbara (10 October 2006). "Ancient Roman treasures found under Vatican car park". The Guardian. Manchester. from the original on 10 March 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  15. ^ Glatz, Carol (20 December 2016). "Pope names first woman to head Vatican Museums". The Catholic Herald. from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  16. ^ Rykner, Didier (7 December 2007). . The Art Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Pinacoteca". Vatican Museums. from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  18. ^ "The Vatican Museums". Vatican City State. from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  19. ^ Saddington, D. B. (2011). "Classes: the Evolution of the Roman Imperial Fleets Plate 12.2 on p. 204". In Erdkamp, Paul (ed.). A Companion to the Roman Army. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 201–217. ISBN 978-1-4051-2153-8. from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  20. ^ Coarelli, Filippo (1987). I Santuari del Lazio in età repubblicana [The Sanctuaries of Lazio in the Republican age] (in Italian). Carocci. pp. 35–84. ISBN 9788843006793. from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ a b "Waking the gods: how the classical world cast its spell over British art". the Guardian. 21 October 2016. from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ "Museo Gregoriano Etrusco". Vatican Museums. from the original on 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  25. ^ "Gregorian Egyptian Museum". Vatican Museums. from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  26. ^ . Archived from the original on 5 July 2011.
  27. ^ Guide to the Vatican Museums and City. Musei Vaticani. 1986. ISBN 978-88-86921-11-4. from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  28. ^ Winfield, Nicole (25 December 2023). "Vatican court convicts climate activists for damaging statue, fines them more than 28,000 euros". Associated Press. from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  29. ^ Chisholm, Johanna (20 December 2023). "US tourist arrested after smashing ancient Roman sculptures in response to not seeing Pope at Vatican". The Independent. from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

Further reading edit

  • 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.
  • Peter Rohrbacher: Völkerkunde und Afrikanistik für den Papst. Missionsexperten und der Vatikan 1922–1939 in: Römische Historische Mitteilungen 54 (2012), 583–610.

External links edit

 
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  • Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica: A Journey Through Divine Artistry

January 01, 1970
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The Vatican Museums Italian Musei Vaticani Latin Musea Vaticana are the public museums of Vatican City enclave of Rome They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries including several of the most well 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 1 and currently employs 640 people who work in 40 different administrative scholarly and restoration departments 4 Vatican MuseumsMusei VaticaniThe Vatican Museums as seen from the dome of St Peter s BasilicaEstablished1506 518 years ago 1506 Location Vatican CityCoordinates41 54 23 N 12 27 16 E 41 90639 N 12 45444 E 41 90639 12 45444TypeArt museumCollection size70 000 1 Visitors5 080 856 2022 2 DirectorBarbara Jatta 3 Public transit accessOttaviano San Pietro Musei VaticaniWebsitewww wbr museivaticani wbr va Vatican Museums from outside Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century 5 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 6 In 2023 the Vatican Museums were visited by 6 8 million persons 7 They ranked second in the List of most visited art museums in the world after the Louvre third on the list of most visited museums 8 There are 24 galleries or rooms in total with the Sistine Chapel notably being the last room visited within the Museum 9 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 linksHistory editThe Vatican Museums trace their origin to a single marble sculpture purchased in the 16th century Laocoon 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 10 On their recommendation the Pope immediately purchased the sculpture from the vineyard owner The Pope put the sculpture which represents the Trojan priest Laocoon and his two sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by giant serpents on public display at the Vatican exactly one month after its discovery 11 12 Benedict XIV founded the Museum Christianum and some of the Vatican collections formed the Lateran Museum which Pius IX founded by decree in 1854 13 The museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006 by permanently opening the excavations of a Vatican Hill necropolis to the public 14 On 1 January 2017 Barbara Jatta became the Director of the Vatican Museums replacing Antonio Paolucci who had been director since 2007 15 16 Pinacoteca Vaticana edit nbsp 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 17 The museum s paintings include Giotto Stefaneschi Triptych Olivuccio di Ciccarello Opere di Misericordia Filippo Lippi Marsuppini Coronation Giovanni Bellini Pieta Melozzo da Forli 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 ViennaCollection of Modern Religious Art editThe Collection of Modern Religious Art was added in 1973 and houses paintings and sculptures from such artists as Carlo Carra Giorgio de Chirico Vincent van Gogh Paul Gauguin Marc Chagall Paul Klee Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso 18 Sculpture museums editThe 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 edit nbsp The Braschi Antinous is in the Sala Rotonda Round Hall of Pio Clementine Museum nbsp Hall of Animals Pio Clementino Museum nbsp A Roman naval bireme depicted in a relief from the Temple of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste Palestrina 19 constructed c 120 BC 20 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 21 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 Laocoon 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 22 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 23 Sala degli Animali so named because of the many ancient statues of animals 22 Museo Chiaramonti edit nbsp 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 edit nbsp 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 24 The collection include vases sarcophagus bronzes terracotta ceramics as well as works from the Falcioni and Guglielmi Collections Museo Gregoriano Egiziano edit nbsp 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 25 Such material includes papyruses sarcophagi mummies sculptures and reproductions of the Book of the Dead 26 Vatican Historical Museum editThe Vatican Historical Museum Italian Museo storico vaticano was founded in 1973 at the behest of Paul VI 27 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 edit nbsp After LeocharesApollo BelvedereMuseo Pio Clementino nbsp Agesander Athenodorus and PolydorusLaocoon and His SonsMuseo Pio Clementino nbsp ApolloniusBelvedere TorsoMuseo Pio Clementino nbsp Roman 1st century ADAugustus of Prima PortaMuseo Chiaramonti nbsp Leonardo da VinciSaint Jerome in the WildernessPinacoteca Vaticana nbsp MichelangeloThe Creation of AdamSistine Chapel ceiling nbsp RaphaelThe School of AthensRaphael Rooms nbsp RaphaelThe TransfigurationPinacoteca Vaticana nbsp MichelangeloThe Last JudgmentSistine Chapel nbsp CaravaggioThe Entombment of ChristPinacoteca Vaticana nbsp Sleeping AriadneGalleria delle Statue nbsp Walcott Inlet area Western AustraliaDepiction of WandjinaAnima Mundi nbsp Vincent van Gogh Pieta nbsp Gallery of Maps nbsp Bramante Staircase spiral stairs of the Vatican Museums designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932 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 edit nbsp 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 editOn 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 28 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 29 See also editIndex of Vatican City related articles List of largest art museums List of most visited art museums List of museums in RomeReferences edit a b Meet Antonio Paolucci Divento Archived from the original on 2016 12 29 Retrieved 2016 12 28 The Art Newspaper March 27 2023 Troszczynska Katarzyna 1 January 2017 To ona rzadzi w Watykanie Kim jest Barbara Jatta Who is Barbara Jatta She is the director of the Vatican in Polish Virtual Poland Archived from the original on 2019 08 04 Retrieved 2017 08 29 Jatta Barbara 16 October 2016 The Vatican Museums transformation of an organisation PDF Vatican Museums Archived PDF from the original on 30 August 2017 Retrieved 29 August 2017 Bianchini Riccardo 30 August 2017 Vatican Museums Rome Inexhibit Archived from the original on 9 December 2022 Retrieved 30 August 2017 Musei Vaticani and Cappella Sistina Time Out Rome Archived from the original on 2023 05 30 Retrieved 2021 10 17 Vatican Museums attendance 2022 Statista Archived from the original on 2024 01 28 Retrieved 2024 01 28 The Art Newspaper visitor survey March 27 2023 The Vatican Museums www romesightseeing net Archived from the original on 2021 10 17 Retrieved 2021 10 16 Shattuck Kathryn 2005 04 18 An Ancient Masterpiece or a Master s Forgery The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on 2021 10 17 Retrieved 2021 10 17 Lapointe Joe Muralist has grand plans for Cobo fresco The Detroit News Archived from the original on 2021 10 17 Retrieved 2021 10 17 Grovier Kelly Laocoon and His Sons The revealing detail in an ancient find www bbc com Archived from the original on 2021 10 17 Retrieved 2021 10 17 Herbermann Charles ed 1913 Christian Museums Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company McMahon Barbara 10 October 2006 Ancient Roman treasures found under Vatican car park The Guardian Manchester Archived from the original on 10 March 2024 Retrieved 29 August 2017 Glatz Carol 20 December 2016 Pope names first woman to head Vatican Museums The Catholic Herald Archived from the original on 16 July 2017 Retrieved 29 August 2017 Rykner Didier 7 December 2007 Antonio Paolucci the new Director of the Vatican Museums The Art Tribune Archived from the original on 17 October 2018 Retrieved 28 August 2017 Pinacoteca Vatican Museums Archived from the original on 29 December 2015 Retrieved 29 August 2017 The Vatican Museums Vatican City State Archived from the original on 11 June 2017 Retrieved 28 August 2017 Saddington D B 2011 Classes the Evolution of the Roman Imperial Fleets Plate 12 2 on p 204 In Erdkamp Paul ed A Companion to the Roman Army Malden Wiley Blackwell pp 201 217 ISBN 978 1 4051 2153 8 Archived from the original on 2022 11 20 Retrieved 2020 11 22 Coarelli Filippo 1987 I Santuari del Lazio in eta repubblicana The Sanctuaries of Lazio in the Republican age in Italian Carocci pp 35 84 ISBN 9788843006793 Archived from the original on 2021 05 26 Retrieved 2020 09 27 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 a b Waking the gods how the classical world cast its spell over British art the Guardian 21 October 2016 Archived from the original on 17 October 2021 Retrieved 17 October 2021 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 Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Vatican Museums Archived from the original on 2021 01 19 Retrieved 2021 01 05 Gregorian Egyptian Museum Vatican Museums Archived from the original on 2014 10 27 Retrieved 2014 08 21 Monuments exhibited in Room II of the Egyptian Museum Archived from the original on 5 July 2011 Guide to the Vatican Museums and City Musei Vaticani 1986 ISBN 978 88 86921 11 4 Archived from the original on 2024 03 10 Retrieved 9 May 2013 Winfield Nicole 25 December 2023 Vatican court convicts climate activists for damaging statue fines them more than 28 000 euros Associated Press Archived from the original on 13 June 2023 Retrieved 12 June 2023 Chisholm Johanna 20 December 2023 US tourist arrested after smashing ancient Roman sculptures in response to not seeing Pope at Vatican The Independent Archived from the original on 7 October 2022 Retrieved 8 October 2022 Further reading editG 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 Peter Rohrbacher Volkerkunde und Afrikanistik fur den Papst Missionsexperten und der Vatikan 1922 1939 in Romische Historische Mitteilungen 54 2012 583 610 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vatican Museums Official website nbsp Vatican Museums official on line ticket office Official English information On line arts Catalogue Vatican Museum s 360 degree panorama virtual tour Vatican Museums and St Peter s Basilica A Journey Through Divine Artistry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vatican Museums amp oldid 1218405132, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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