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Fabergé
The Sacred Images

15 April - 11 June 2011

From 15 April 2011 in the Salone di Raffaello, visitors can admire the exhibition, "Fabergé. The Sacred Images". Over 140 works of art are on show, from the famous Easter Eggs belonging to the Czars to precious icons from the Imperial period, bought and collected by the Russian philanthropist, Viktor Vekselberg, through his historical-cultural foundation...

The Way of the Sea

From 1 December 2010

On Wednesday 1 December 2010 the Vatican Museums inaugurate the new exhibition area along the Helicoidal Ramp. Visitors entering the Museums, who wish to enter on foot rather than use the mobile escalator, can admire a collection of miniature ships from all continents, alongside black and white photographs taken by missionaries at the beginning of the twentieth century. The aim of this exhibition project, Professor Antonio Paolucci, is...

Rituals of Life
The Spirituality and Culture of Aboriginal Australians: the Vatican Museums Collection

Starting 16 October 2010

The exhibition "Rituals of Life" is accessible to visitors to the Vatican Museums, starting from Saturday 16 October 2010 and will be on display for all of 2011. "Rituals of Life" is a journey through the spirituality and culture of the Aboriginal people of Australia through the collection brought together in the Ethnological Museum of the Vatican Museums...

Memory and Hope
Liturgical furnishings to be saved from the earthquake stricken Abruzzo region

31 March - 31 May 2010

A year after the earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region this exhibition displays to the public, for the first time, the extraordinary liturgical furnishings and altar cloths that re-emerged from the debris of several of the Aquiline churches and other sites hit by the tragic event. The exhibition has been organized thanks to the brotherly and profitable collaboration between...

AStrum 2009
Astronomy and Instruments
The historical Italian heritage four hundred years after Galileo

16 October 2009 - 16 January 2010

On occasion of the International Year of Astronomy and of the 4th Centenary of the introduction of astronomic observation, the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF), the Vatican Observatory and the Vatican Museums have organized an exhibition...

Saint Paul in the Vatican
The figure and the word of the Apostle of the peoples in the Papal Collections

26 June 2009 - 27 September 2009

As we reach the end of the Pauline Year, this exhibition invites the visitors to the Vatican Museums to rediscover the figure and the work of Saint Paul, through selected works of art housed in various cultural institutions of the Holy See. The exhibition is occasioned through a combined initiative of Prof. Antonio Paolucci, Director of the Vatican Museums and...