Up to 35,000 visitors come every day to find inspiration by the collections of the Church. Only few are aware that even more treasures are stowed away beneath the Vatican Museums in vast vaults.

Pope Francis's passing has created an unexpected opportunity for budget-conscious travelers seeking to witness Vatican history. Discover how flexibility and local knowledge can unlock experiences that ...

Some of these treasures are over 2,000 ... confirm its textual reliability. A collection of 17 love letters to his second wife, Ann Bolyn, are kept in the Vatican. In a rare peek into the mind ...

Also on show at “In Leonardo’s Shadow” are 18th-century paintings of the ritual, 19th-century lithographs, and two never-before-exhibited drawings from the Vatican Museums collection.

"Baldwin’s Treasure" is a premier collection of Byzantine sacred antiquities, including rare Christian and Jewish objects, currently held discreetly in Vatican museums. Ever wondered what was in ...

For many travelers, a visit to one of the great treasure-chest museums - Paris' Louvre, London's British Museum, Rome's Vatican - is ... and because their collections are rarely encyclopedic ...

The Vatican Museums, which lent more than 200 of their artistic treasures to three major American ... The show, called ''Vatican Collections: Papacy and the Arts,'' was seen by about 2 million ...

The Vatican’s Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum, nestled in the heart of Vatican City, is home to thousands of Indigenous ...