Vatican Museums
Appointmentsnews
From the archive | Pope Francis appoints Vatican Museums' first female director
Barbara Jatta will take up her new role on 1 January
Conservation archive
Vatican begins final work on Raphael rooms
The work may make it possible to identify which parts of the frescoes were painted by Giulio Romano, Raphael’s most trusted apprentice
From the archive | ‘Because of him, even more people come to Rome’: director of the Vatican museums describes the crowd-pulling impact of Pope Francis
Antonio Paolucci discusses the role of the Vatican's museums as custodians of sacred and profane art after the city state makes its underground necropolis accessible during Francis's first year as spiritual leader of the world's catholics
Raphaelarchive
Colour restored to Vatican’s Raphaels
After more than a decade, restoration of the monumental fresco cycle has finally been completed
Exhibitionsarchive
Vatican lends Raphael’s finest tapestries
Papal blessing and private funder for Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sistine show