Vatican Museums

From Monday to Saturday
09.00 a.m. – 06.00 p.m. (final entry 04.00 p.m.)

From 5 May to 28 October
On Fridays extended opening hours until 10.30 p.m. (final entry 08.30 p.m.)
On Saturdays extended opening hours until 08.00 p.m. (final entry 06.00 p.m.)

Every last Sunday of the month
(provided this does not coincide with Easter Sunday, 29 June Sts. Peter and Paul, 25 December Christmas Day, 26 December Feast of St. Stephen and 31 December Feast of St. Sylvester)
09.00 a.m. – 02.00 p.m. (final entry 12.30 p.m.)
Free entry

N.B.: in December, the Sunday opening with free admission will be brought forward exceptionally to the 24^th of the month

Visitors are required to leave the halls 30 minutes before museum closing time

Sunday (except the last Sunday of each month),
1 and 6 January,
11 February,
10 April,
1 May,
29 June,
15 and 16 August,
1 November,
8, 25, 26 and 31 December