01 Jul Vatican Museums Night Openings
Again this year the Vatican Museums renew their usual seasonal appointments in the form of the Night Openings. Every Friday evening, until 28 October – except in August – the monumental door of the Pope’s Museums will open at sunset to reveal over a thousand years of treasures in the Vatican Collections.
The cultural and musical accompaniment to enrich the experience of some of the evening openings has also been confirmed.
Every Friday from May 2nd to July 29th and from September 2nd to October 28th, the Museums will be open to visitors from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm (last entrance at 9:30 pm).
Visitors will be able to admire important collections, following an itinerary that includes the Pio-Clementine Museum, the Egyptian Museum, the Upper Galleries (Candelabra, Tapestries and Maps), the Raphael’s Rooms, the Borgia Apartment, the Collection of Modern Religious Art, the Sistine Chapel.
Booking online is mandatory.
Exit from the galleries begins 30 minutes prior to closing time.
VATICAN MUSEUMS
18 min (Metro Line A, from Repubblica Direction Battistini, Stations: Ottaviano-S. Pietro-Musei Vaticani; Cipro. From both stations 10 minutes walk)
Viale Vaticano
Info +39 0669884676 – +39 0669883145
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