• Most tourists

• Visits organized by schools, academies or other educational establishments may be requested in writing on the institute’s stationery letterhead and addressed to the Direction of the Museums.

• Pilgrimages organized by dioceses or parish churches by presenting a written request, authorized by the local diocese and addressed to the Direction of the Museums.

• Students under 26 years of age in possession of a valid student card or other document proving their status in the institute for the current year.
  Children under 14 years of age.

Special admission fee Euro 4,00

• Visits organized by schools of all grades (excluding university level) located in Rome and Latium, by presenting a request on the school letterhead exclusively during the months of January, February, November and December.

Guided Tours (for schools located in Rome and Latium)

• Specifically adapted for the individual class program, the guided tours are intended to increase knowledge about one particular sector of the Museums. Guided Tours with operator are limited to small groups (max. 30 people). They must be reserved in advance, by faxing a properly compiled booking application form to the office for didactic activities and special visits (06.6988.1573)

• On the last Sunday of each month; World Tourism Day (September 27).

• Directors of museums, ministries or governmental organizations assigned to archeological, artistic, artistic heritage preservation.

• Disabled (with 100% invalidity) and one companion each.

• Journalists authorized by the Direction of the Museums after clearance from the “Sala Stampa della Santa Sede”, 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.

• Children under 6 years of age.

• University professors (Department Chairs of Archaeology, Art History, Architecture and Ethnology), professors of academies with seat in Rome, 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.