Vatican Museums

The volume, published exclusively in English language, was born as a legacy and in-depth analysis of the conference about Preventive Conservation, held in Vatican City in October 2018. The book is realized thanks to the donation of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums.

On the occasion of the conference, museum directors, art historians, archaeologists and experts shared their own experiences about Preventive Conservation and safeguard measures used in the most important museums in the world, in order to preserve their treasures and hand them on intact to future generations. The book is made up of three main sections concerning as many specific themes. The first section illustrates the peculiar experience of the Vatican Museums, their always cutting-edge safeguard, promotion and granted accessibility of the works of art. The second part gathers the contributions of the directors of some of the main museums in the world, like the London National Gallery, the Ermitage and the Louvre, to mention but a few: they describe the delicate work carried out in the museums and the conservative challenges to be faced every day. The last section collects the reflections of well-known experts, sharing their own point of view on Preventive Conservation.