Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City. Vatican Museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, which were amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries.
Vatican Museums are extremely popular, you would better book the tickets online in advance or you need to line up for a long time.
Pope Clement XIV founded the Pio-Clementino museum in 1771, then the museum was enlarged by Clement's successor Pius VI. Today, the museum houses works of Greek and Roman sculpture.
Gregoriano Egiziano Museum was inaugurated on 2 February 1839 to commemorate the anniversary of Gregory XVI's accession to the papacy, which houses a large collection of artifacts from Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece.
Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century, now the museums are among the most-visited art museums in the world.
Pinacoteca Vaticana is an art gallery inaugurated on 27 October 1932, which displays the masterpieces of famous artists such as Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio.
The Collection of Modern Religious Art of the Vatican Museums is a collection of contemporary paintings, graphic art and sculptures.
There are 54 galleries in total, the collection includes several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.
