Vatican Museums
museums of the Vatican City
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Summary
Vatican Museums is an art museum[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of art museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,178 views/month, #13 of 1,666).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vatican City[3]
- Country: Vatican City[4]
- Instance of: national museum[5]
- Founder: Julius II[6]
- Headquarters location: Vatican City[7]
- Performer: Ibrahim Kodra[8], James Rivière[9]
- Commons category: Vatican Museums[10]
- Has part(s): Museo Chiaramonti[11], Pinacoteca Vaticana[12], Pio-Clementino museum[13], Anima Mundi[14], Gregorian Egyptian Museum[15], Gregorian Etruscan Museum[16], Gregoriano Profano Museum[17], Museo Pio Cristiano[18], Museo filatelico e numismatico[19], Vatican Historical Museum[20], Collection of Modern Religious Art, Vatican Museums[21], Museum of Vatican Apostolic Library[22]
- Inception: 1506[23]
- Coordinate location: 41.906388888889, 12.454444444444[24]
- Official website: http://www.museivaticani.va[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vatican Museums[26]
- Main subject: archaeology[27], painting[28], art of sculpture[29], philately[30], numismatics[31]
- Commons gallery: Vatican Museums[32]
- Email address: mailto:info.musei@scv.va[33], mailto:musei@scv.va[34]
- Director / manager: Barbara Jatta[35]
- Visitors per year: 6,756,186[36], 5,500,000[37], 6,882,931[38], 1,612,530[39]
- Phone number: +39 06 6988 3145[40]
- Commons Institution page: Musei Vaticani[41]
- Date of official opening: 1771[42]
- Native label: Musei Vaticani[43]
- Owner of: Stanza di Eliodoro[44]
- Language used: Italian[45], English[46]
- Open days: Monday to Saturday[47], last Sunday of the month[48]
Why It Matters
Vatican Museums has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]