Vatican Museums

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Museums of the Vatican City

The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the best-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.

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Vatican CityHistorical Site · 290 m
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Sistine ChapelLandmark · 380 m
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St. Peter's BasilicaLandmark · 470 m
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Saint Peter's SquareLandmark · 520 m
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PantheonLandmark · 2.1 km
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ColosseumHistorical Site · 3.6 km

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