Vatican Museums

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The Vatican Museums are a vast complex of art and historical museums in Vatican City, renowned for their extensive collections including the Sistine Chapel and masterpieces spanning from ancient to Renaissance art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum complex
museum system
tourist attraction
associatedWithReligion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
collectionIncludes Christian art
Egyptian antiquities
Etruscan antiquities
Renaissance paintings
ancient Greek art
ancient Roman art
classical sculpture
ethnological collections
frescoes
maps
medieval art
tapestries
containsWorkBy Gian Lorenzo Bernini
surface form: Bernini

Canova
Caravaggio
Fra Angelico
Giotto
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Perugino
Raphael
Titian
country Vatican City
foundedBy Pope Julius II
hasOnlinePresence official website
hasPart Borgia Apartments
Braccio Nuovo
Carriage Pavilion
Vatican Museums self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chiaramonti Museum

Ethnological Museum Anima Mundi
Gallery of Maps
Gallery of Tapestries
Gallery of the Candelabra
Gregorian Egyptian Museum
Gregorian Etruscan Museum
Vatican Museums self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pinacoteca Vaticana

Pio-Christian Museum
Vatican Museums self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pio-Clementine Museum

Raphael Rooms
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Historical Museum
heritageDesignation part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Vatican City
inception 16th century
languageOfOfficialName Italian
locatedIn Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
surface form: Rome metropolitan area

Vatican City
mainEntrance Viale Vaticano, Vatican City
notableWork Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes
surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling

The Last Judgment
The School of Athens
officialName Vatican Museums self-linksurface differs
surface form: Musei Vaticani
operatedBy Holy See
ownedBy Holy See
partOf Vatican City
significantEvent opening of public access in the 18th century
touristAttractionType cultural tourism
visitorStatistics one of the most visited museums in the world

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Braccio Nuovo operatedBy Vatican Museums
Braccio Nuovo touristAttraction Vatican Museums
Gregorian Egyptian Museum partOf Vatican Museums
Gregorian Egyptian Museum operatedBy Vatican Museums
Vatican Historical Museum partOf Vatican Museums
Vatican Historical Museum operatedBy Vatican Museums
Perugino hasWorkInCollection Vatican Museums
Vatican City Fire Brigade protectsSite Vatican Museums
Pauline Chapel partOf Vatican Museums
this entity surface form: Vatican Museums complex
Roman antiquities displayedAt Vatican Museums
Tower of the Winds locatedIn Vatican Museums
Cardinal Alessandro Albani collectionHeldAt Vatican Museums
subject surface form: Alessandro Albani
rongorongo tablets currentLocation Vatican Museums
subject surface form: Rongorongo tablets
Creation of Eve isPartOf Vatican Museums
this entity surface form: Vatican Museums collection
Valentin de Boulogne hasWorkInCollection Vatican Museums
Mars of Todi currentLocation Vatican Museums
Royal Staircase partOf Vatican Museums
this entity surface form: Vatican Museums visitor route
Laocoön and His Sons currentLocation Vatican Museums
Laocoön and His Sons currentCollection Vatican Museums
this entity surface form: Museo Pio-Clementino