Vatican Museums - Initiatives

Presentation of the book “Domenico Anderson (1854-1938) Fotografo in Vaticano”

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:21:40 +0200

Thursdays in the Museums on 14 April will be dedicated to the book “Domenico Anderson (1854-1938) Fotografo in Vaticano” [Domenico Anderson (1854-1938) Photographer in the Vatican], published by Edizioni Musei Vaticani. The book retraces the histo...

Museums at Work

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:44:10 +0100

The Barberini Tapestries Workshop

El Greco in the mirror

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:46:04 +0100

Starting from 14 March, the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo will host “El Greco in the mirror. Two paintings compared”, an exhibition intended to create a dialogue between two small masterpieces by the great artist. A previously unseen painting by...

The Sarcophagus of Jonah, between Villa Medici and the Vatican

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:13:56 +0100

Meeting on the occasion of the entry of the sarcophagus cast to the collections of the Villa Medici

Musica ai Musei

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:24:51 +0100

The song of the seasons: a journey through light, passion and spirituality

The Attic dinos from the workshop of Sophilos

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:35:34 +0200

Thursdays in the Museums from 19 February is dedicated to the recent restoration of the Attic black figure dinos, dating from the first decades of the 6th century B.C., and preserved in Room XVIII of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum. The dinos (a he...

The Gregorian Etruscan Museum

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:07:07 +0100

The first event of the year of the cultural programme Thursdays in the Museums will be dedicated to the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, with a conference with Francesco Roncalli, who was the Curator of the Museum for around twenty years from the mid-19...

Presentation of the book “Le Raccolte del Museo Profano, V”

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:53:06 +0100

The new edition of Thursdays in the Museums on 27 November will be dedicated to the presentation of the book “Le Raccolte del Museo Profano, V. Ori precolombiani” (The Collections of the Profane Museum, V. Pre-Colombian Gold), edited by Jean-Franç...

Ob luminibus restitutis in the Lapidary Gallery

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:41:22 +0100

On Thursday 20 November, as part of the Thursdays in the Museums cultural programme, the recent restoration of the inscriptions on wall XLVII of the Lapidary Gallery, one of the most evocative architectural and exhibition spaces in the Vatican Mus...

"Irrepressible Curiosity"

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:28:40 +0100

From 14 November, the Vatican Museums will welcome the public with the exhibition “Irrepressible Curiosity. Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century from the Leone Piccioni Collection” curated by Micol Forti, Director of the Modern and Contemporary A...

Study Days “Early Christian Roman sarcophagi: new studies, new approaches”

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:32:19 +0100

Entitled “Early Christian Roman sarcophagi: new studies, new approaches”, two Study Days, organised by the Vatican Museums in collaboration with the German Archaeological Institute of Rome, will offer an important opportunity for scholars of Chris...

Conference “A century after the Vatican Missionary Exhibition, a watershed moment for a glocal world (1925-2025)”

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:11:05 +0100

“A century after the Vatican Missionary Exhibition, a watershed moment for a glocal world (1925-2025)” is the title of the International Conference to be held on 5 November at the IULM University in Palazzo Cipolla and on 6 November at the Pontifi...

In Defence of the Pope

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:31:17 +0100

On the occasion of the Jubilee 2025, the Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the Directorate of the Pontifical Villas, is promoting a dual exhibition project, to be inaugurated on 18 October at the Papal Palace of C...

Museums at Work

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:45:10 +0100

The Seven Churches of Rome

The Atrium of the Four Gates

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:48:42 +0200

On 25 September the Vatican Museums will dedicate an event as part of the Thursdays in the Museums series to the restoration of the ancient sculptures on display in the Atrium of the Four Gates. Between 2023 and 2024, a complex conservation work w...

From Raphael to Laureti

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:49:45 +0200

On 26 June, the Vatican Museums will dedicate an important Thursday in the Museums event to the conclusion of the long and complex restoration of the pictorial cycle of the Hall of Constantine, the largest of the Raphael Rooms. The conservation i...

Pope Paul VI and Jacques Maritain: The Renewal of Sacred Art between France and Italy (1945–1973)

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:43:01 +0200

On the eightieth anniversary of the appointment of Jacques Maritain as Ambassador of France to the Holy See, the Vatican Museums are celebrating the great French philosopher with an exhibition that retraces his thought, relationships and cultural ...

Presentation of the book “Le Raccolte del Museo Profano, I”

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:45:15 +0100

For over two centuries an integral part of the Vatican heritage, the Profane Museum (1761) represents an important testimony to the pontifical interest in “antiquity”. Thanks to a major study and cataloguing project, its collections now find a new...

Conference Proceedings "Francesco Borromini 1599-1667"

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:10:07 +0200

For years, the Vatican Museums have been a key figure in international art-historical research, thanks to the conferences, publications and academic collaborations that actively contribute to scientific and cultural production. It is in this spiri...

Miniature Mosaics: a new layout in the Vatican Museums

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:00:11 +0200

On 16 May 2025, the new layout of the collection of the Vatican Museums’ Miniature Mosaics will be presented, in the Library Galleries in the historic Pauline Hall II. A renovated, permanent exhibition route, which invites the visitor to rediscove...