Vatican Museums

Vatican City / Vatican City StateSeptember 02, 2026

The Vatican Museums: five centuries of art at the heart of Rome

Within the walls of the world's smallest country lies one of its greatest treasure houses. The Vatican Museums hold the immense art collection amassed by the popes over five hundred years — a labyrinth of galleries that culminates in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel and ranks among the largest and most visited museum complexes on earth. To walk them is to travel through the history of Western...