Visitors have been barred from the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave of cardinals will vote to elect the next pope.

Pope Francis's passing has created an unexpected opportunity for budget-conscious travelers seeking to witness Vatican ...

Like everything in New York, the fabulous Frick Collection at Fifth Ave. and 70th St., closed down due to COVID in mid-March 2020. But unlike everything else, the Frick art museum is only now ...

Henry Clay Frick, aggressive in art collecting as well as business, acquired many of the masterpieces of the museum ... a collection of significant portraits, clocks and other works and treasures.

The following year, in November 2022, Francis ordered the Vatican Museums to return three Parthenon marble fragments held in their collections since the 19th century to Greece. Vatican officials r ...

This four-day itinerary will take you through some of the most iconic and inspiring artistic sites in the country. From ...

The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant. The Hearst Foundations has awarded the Seattle Art Museum with a grant.

As the proprietor in trust of the Vatican's library and art collections, his cultural legacy ... In 2024, nearly 50 Vatican Museum workers filed a class-action complaint against the administration ...

Around three years later, after Pope Francis was elected, a miniature version of 'The Three Companions' found a home in his personal collection ... end up in the Vatican museum," said Jim and ...

At this time, people from all over can visit Pope Francis' remains and attend the funeral mass in his honor. According to the ...

When summoned by Valerian to deliver the church’s property, wealth and treasures ... them inside of the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, and inviting them inside of the Vatican Museums, or sending ...

But only about 15% of the museum’s 60,000-piece-strong collection are on view at any ... they’ll find showstopping treasures in each section. Those include a 1910 Honus Wagner trading card ...