All times

Opening days and times

FROM 1 JULY TO 31 OCTOBER 2021

Monday to Thursday
08.30 a.m. – 06.30 p.m. (final entry 04.30 p.m.)
Friday and Saturday
08.30 a.m. – 10.30 p.m. (final entry 08.30 p.m.)

FROM 2 NOVEMBER 2021

Monday to Saturday
08.30 a.m. – 06.30 p.m. (final entry 04.30 p.m.)

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

ALL THE EXTRAORDINARY OPENINGS OF THE LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH ARE SUSPENDED

ENTRY TO THE MUSEUMS IS BY OBLIGATORY ONLINE BOOKING

Closures

1 November
8 and 25 December

Temporary and extraordinary closures

VATICAN MUSEUMS (all sectors)

  • Period: 31 December
    Hour of closure: 03.30 p.m. – 06.30 p.m.  

    Last entrance: 01.30 p.m.

  • Period: 24 December
    Hour of closure: 03.30 p.m. – 06.30 p.m.  

    Last entrance: 01.30 p.m.

  • Period: 10 November
    Hour of closure: 08.30 a.m. – 09.00 a.m.  

EXCAVATIONS OF ST. JOHN LATERAN

  • Period: Reopening date to be confirmed