Days & Hours of closure

Opening days and times 2025

From Monday to Saturday
08.00 a.m. – 08.00 p.m.
 (final entry 06.00 p.m.)

Every last Sunday of the month
(provided this does not coincide with Easter Sunday, 29* June Sts. Peter and Paul, 25 December Christmas Day, 26 December Feast of St. Stephen and 31 December Feast of St. Sylvester)
09.00 a.m. – 02.00 p.m. (final entry 12.30 p.m.)
Free entry – Possibility of guided tours upon reservation

Visitors are required to leave the halls 30 minutes before museum closing time

Closures 2025

Sunday (except the last Sunday of each month, if not in conjunction with the Feast of 29* June, Saints Peter and Paul),
1 and 6 January,
11 February,
19 March,
21 April,
1 May,
29* June,
15 and 16 August,
1 November,
8, 25 and 26 December

 


Temporary and extraordinary closures

Sistine Chapel

  • Period: 14 February
    Hour of closure: 05.30 p.m. – 08.00 p.m.  

    Last entrance: 05.00 p.m.

  • Period: 21 March
    Hour of closure: 06.00 p.m. – 08.00 p.m.  

    Last entrance: 05.30 p.m.

  • Period: 28 March
    Hour of closure: 05.30 p.m. – 08.00 p.m.  

    Last entrance: 05.00 p.m.

  • Period: 4 April
    Hour of closure: 06.00 p.m. – 08.00 p.m.  

    Last entrance: 05.30 p.m.