Lux in arcana - The Vatican Secret Archive reveals itself
March 1, 2012
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September 9, 2012
Documentary / Bibliographic
An unprecedented cultural and media event: 100 original documents, preserved for 400 years in the Popes' Archive, will leave the confines of the Vatican City walls for the first time in history, and will be admired at the Capitoline Museums in Rome, from February till September 2012, for the exhibition Lux in arcana - The Vatican Secret Archives reveals itself. Conclaves, heresies, popes and emperors. Crusades, excommunications, ciphered letters. Manuscripts, codices, ancient parchments. A unique and once-in-a-lifetime event recounting history through its sources.
OPENING HOURS
Tuesday-Sunday: 9.00 am - 8.00 pm; December 24 and 31: 9.00 am - 2.00 pm (last admission 1 hour before closing time)
CLOSED
Monday
CLOSED ON HOLIDAY
December 25, January 1, May 1
ADMISSION
Full € 8,50
Concession € 6,50