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Vatican Museums - Sistine Chapel
Monday-Saturday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm, last admission 4.00 pm;
Last Sunday of  the month: 9.00 am to 2.00 pm, last admission 12.30 pm, free admission.

Closed: Sunday
January 1, 6
February 11
March 19
Easter and Easter Monday
May 1
June 29
August 15
November 1
December 8, 25, 26

PLEASE NOTE: September 27 (World day of Tourism): free admission.

Adults:  € 15,00;

Concessions: € 8,00
- Children and young people aged between 6 and 18 years (18 years included);
- Students aged not more than 26 years on presentation of a valid International Student Card, a student identity document or other documentation stating their registration to a university or institution of higher education;
- Universities (Students between 19 and 26 years of age on presentation of a letter of application on headed paper of the university institution with the stamp of the institute and signature of the Headmaster of the faculty or the Rector of the university, pointing out the number of students, of the teachers and of the possible companions). The Reduced Ticket is granted every 10 students to the students, to the teacher or companion; the teacher and companion in excess pay the full fare. Free tickets are not granted;
- Priests and religious (with identify document);
- Pilgrimages on presentation of a request letter on headed paper of the Parish or the Diocese of affiliation. A free ticket is granted for the priest companion of the pilgrimage on preentation ot fhe celebret;
- Primary, Middle and High Schools booking directly and not through an Agency or other institution;
- Employers of all the offices, ministries and organisms of the Holy See or of the Vatican City State and retired people of the same and their relatives (consorts, children, parents, brothers, sisters) on simple identification.

Scholastic reduced ticket: € 4,00
- Primary, Middle and High Schools (except universities) without distinction of places, on presentation of a letter of request on headed paper with the stamp of the institute and signature of the Headmaster, pointing out the number of the students, the teachers and possibile companions; the Scholastic reduced ticket is granted to all students. A free ticket is granted also to a teacher or companion every 10 students. Other teachers or companions in excess pay the full fare.

Free Entrance:
- On the last Sunday of each month;
- World Tourism Day (September 27);
- Children under 6 years of age;
- Directors of museums, ministries, superintendences or governmental organizations assigned to archelogical, artistic, artistic heritage preservation;
- Disabled (with a certification that attests the invalidity of more than 74%) and one companion each;
- Journalists authorized by the Direction of the Museums after clearance from the Press Room of the Holy See, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the Foreign Press Association and the "Ordine Nazionale Italiano dei Giornalisti";
- Holders of valid ICOM (International Council of Museums) and ICOMONS (International Council of Monuments and Sites) membership cards;
- Donors of works and patrons: Patrons and Friends of the Vatican Museums;
- University professors (Chairs of Archaeology, Art History, Architecture and Ethnology), professors of academies seated in Rome. Academic Teaching Specialists may give special lectures in particular sections of the Museums on subjects within their specialization by presenting a written request to the Direction of the Museums. The authorization is not valid for a subsequent visit outside those sections. To continue the visit outside those sections it is necessary to buy the entrance ticket.