Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
Guide
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≈ A$35MuseumAllow 3–4 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Room after room of the popes' collections, from ancient sculpture to Raphael's rooms, ending in the Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's ceiling and Last Judgment.
A brief history
The museums hold around 70,000 works, about 20,000 of them on display. The Sistine Chapel was built in 1473–81 under Pope Sixtus IV, and it's still where new popes are elected.
Tips
- Best time
- Book the earliest slot
- Cost
- About €20 (check before you go)
- Allow
- 3–4 h
- Free days
- Usually the last Sunday of the month, with very long queues (check)
- Hours
- Usually closed Sundays except the last Sunday of the month (check)
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Source: Wikipedia, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- Vatican and Prati: St Peter's and the Vatican Museums, with quieter streets and good-value places to stay in Prati.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Step-free
- Free entry
- Free on the last Sunday of the month, mornings only, with very long queues (check)
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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