<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Vatican Museums - News</title><link>http://www.museivaticani.va</link><description>Museivaticani.va: latest news</description><atom:link href="http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie.rss.xml" rel="self" /><language>en</language><image><title>Vatican Museums - News</title><url>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/dam/museivaticani/immagini/rss/logo-mv-rss.png</url><link>http://www.museivaticani.va</link><width>134</width><height>19</height></image><item><title><![CDATA[We open late on Saturday 21 – but for a special reason!]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 16:04:46 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/apertura-posticipata-2019-udienza-papa.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/apertura-posticipata-2019-udienza-papa.html</guid><description><![CDATA[On Saturday 21 December the doors of the Vatican Museums will be opened at 1.30 p.m., to enable all staff to accept the Holy Father's invitation to all employees of the Holy See to attend a special audience dedicated to them.

The Directorate woul...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pope at the Vatican Museums]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:53:42 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/inaugurazione-museo-etnologico-anima-mundi-papa-francesco.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/inaugurazione-museo-etnologico-anima-mundi-papa-francesco.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Last Friday, in the Vatican Museums, Pope Francis was the first visitor to the renovated Ethnological Museum, which not only has a new structure and layout, but also a new and particularly evocative name: “Ethnological Museum&nbsp;Anima Mundi”.
It...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magic of the Decemviri Altarpiece, recreated in Perugia]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:10:12 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/prestito-pala-dei-decemviri-perugino.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/prestito-pala-dei-decemviri-perugino.html</guid><description><![CDATA[From 11 October 2019 to 26 January 2020, the National Gallery of Umbria of Perugia will be the backdrop to an exceptional art event made possible thanks to collaboration with the Vatican Museums. After two centuries, the Decemviri Altarpiece, by P...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy birthday, Professor Paolucci!]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:04:23 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/buon-compleanno-paolucci.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/buon-compleanno-paolucci.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Professor Antonio Paolucci, Director of the Vatican Museums from 2007 to 2016, will have 80 candles to blow out on Sunday 29 September. 
His former colleagues all unite, with affection, esteem and warmth, in wishing him a happy and serene birthday...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open doors for World Tourism Day]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:36:34 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/porte-aperte-per-la-giornata-mondiale-del-turismo.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/porte-aperte-per-la-giornata-mondiale-del-turismo.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Friday 27 September free entry to the Vatican Museums on World Tourism Day.
The visitors will have free access to the Papal Collections during the usual opening hours: 9.00 a.m. - 06.00 p.m. (last entry at 04.00 p.m.).

Instead, entry by payment a...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accreditation for tour guides at the Museums – Year 2020]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 05:00:48 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/accreditamento-guide-turistiche-2020.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/accreditamento-guide-turistiche-2020.html</guid><description><![CDATA[The Directorate of the Museums, in accordance with the regulation of the practice of the professional activity of tour guide within the Vatican Museums, invites all interested workers in the sector holding the necessary permits to practice the pro...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lunar landing, 50 years ago]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:17:47 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/sbarco-sulla-luna-cinquanta-anni.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/sbarco-sulla-luna-cinquanta-anni.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Donato Creti, Astronomical observations, 1711 (Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museums)
 
 On 20 July 1969 man landed on the moon and, on the fiftieth anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s first steps on the moon, the Museums pay homage to thi...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Vatican by train” – Notice to visitors]]></title><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 11:18:55 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/vaticano-in-treno-manutenzione-ferroviaria.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/vaticano-in-treno-manutenzione-ferroviaria.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Due to extraordinary summer maintenance work on the Ciampino-Albano Laziale railways (viceversa), and in order to keep inconvenience to visitors at the minimum possible, on the days of&nbsp;Saturday 3,&nbsp;10, 17, 24&nbsp;and&nbsp;31&nbsp;August&...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conflagration at the Notre Dame Cathedral]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:08:33 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/incendio-cattedrale-notre-same-parigi.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/incendio-cattedrale-notre-same-parigi.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Akagi Kojiro, Paris, Je t'aime... Notre Dame de Paris, 1975 (Collection of Contemporary Art in the Vatican Museums)
 
 “The Holy See has received with shock and sorrow the news of the terrible conflagration that has devastated the Cathedral of Not...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vatican Museums by night: better with Atac!]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:14:02 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/atac-metrebus-aperture-notturne.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/atac-metrebus-aperture-notturne.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Also for the year 2019 the Vatican Museums confirm their attention to the residents of Rome by renewing the collaboration agreement with Atac. Exclusively on the occasion of the Night Openings, all Metrebus and èRoma cards holders, accompanied by ...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spend a Sunday at the Villas of Castel Gandolfo!]]></title><pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:56:52 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/domenica-alle-ville-castel-gandolfo-2019.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/domenica-alle-ville-castel-gandolfo-2019.html</guid><description><![CDATA[From April to October, with the exception of the months of July and August, the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo&nbsp;will welcome visitors also on a Sunday. With the arrival of the warmer season, the special Sunday opening (from 10.00 a.m. to...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renewed for 2019 and 2020: two-year partnership between the Vatican Museums and three leading tour operators in the sector]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:07:10 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/partnership-biennale-musei-e-tour-operator.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/partnership-biennale-musei-e-tour-operator.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Following the fruitful experience of the two-year periods 2013-2014, 2015-2016 and 2017-2018, the Vatican Museums will continue the collaboration that has enabled improvement and expansion of the range of services to the visitors.
Also for the two...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[An even more special Sunday at the Vatican Museums]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:45:06 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/domenica-visita-guidata-musei.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/domenica-visita-guidata-musei.html</guid><description><![CDATA[From 31 March, the by-now historic extraordinary free-of-charge opening on the last Sunday of the month will enable citizens and tourists from all over the world not only to have free access to the “Pope’s Museums”, but will also offer, – at an ad...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tuesday 9 April Via Crucis in the Vatican]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:22:29 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/9-aprile-via-crucis-in-vaticano.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/9-aprile-via-crucis-in-vaticano.html</guid><description><![CDATA[As is by now customary, in the time of Lent, on Tuesday 9 April the Vatican Museums, joining with all the Church who follows the Lord towards Calvary and the Resurrection, will delay opening time until 11.00 a.m. (for visitors with booking) and un...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holocaust Remembrance Day]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:18:32 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/giorno-della-memoria-2019.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/giorno-della-memoria-2019.html</guid><description><![CDATA[On the international Holocaust Remembrance Day celebrated on 27 January every year to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, the Vatican Museums remember the horror of the Shoah through an exhibition initiative that, for the third consecutive y...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renewed again for 2019 the cultural collaboration between the Vatican Museums and accredited tour operators]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:13:23 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/collaborazione-musei-vaticani-e-tour-operator.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2019/collaborazione-musei-vaticani-e-tour-operator.html</guid><description><![CDATA[The Directorate of the Museums, following the fruitful collaboration undertaken in recent years with a significant number of accredited tour operators, has developed further scientific and cultural projects for the year 2019 with some operators in...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[18, 19 and 21 December the Pontifical Villas will be closed to the public]]></title><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 14:09:38 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2018/chiusure-natalizie-ville-pontificie-2018.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2018/chiusure-natalizie-ville-pontificie-2018.html</guid><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 18, Wednesday 19 and Friday 21 December the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo will be exceptionally closed to the public to enable the employees to be able to accept the invitation addressed by the Holy Father to all the workers of t...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[We open late on Friday 21 – but for a special reason!]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:32:49 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2018/apertura-posticipata-2018-udienza-papa.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2018/apertura-posticipata-2018-udienza-papa.html</guid><description><![CDATA[On&nbsp;Friday 21 December the doors of the Vatican Museums will be opened at 1.30 p.m., to enable all staff to accept the Holy Father's invitation to all employees of the Holy See to attend a special audience dedicated to them.

The Directorate w...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo: once again witness to art’s mission of dialogue]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 08:56:49 +0100</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2018/concerto-ville-pontificie-cina.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2018/concerto-ville-pontificie-cina.html</guid><description><![CDATA[Two years on from 21 October 2016, when the notes of the Chinese&nbsp;Guangzhou Opera House&nbsp;Orchestra resounded for the first time, the&nbsp;Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo&nbsp;will once more become, on&nbsp;Wednesday 24 October, the sym...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vatican Museums in Frankfurt for the 70th Book Fair]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:19:58 +0200</pubDate><link>http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2018/fiera-del-libro-di-francoforte-2018.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/notizie/2018/fiera-del-libro-di-francoforte-2018.html</guid><description><![CDATA[The presence of the Vatican Museums also for the 2018 edition of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, the prestigious international book fair in Frankfurt from Wednesday 10 to Sunday 14 October, is confirmed again this year. With Georgia as the guest of hon...]]></description></item></channel></rss>