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.