- Address: Viale Vaticano, 00165
- Established: 1839
- Founder: Pope Gregory XVI
The Gregorian Egyptian Museum (Museo Gregoriano Egizio) is part of the Vatican Museum complex. This museum was founded by Pope Gregory XVI in the middle of the 19th century (1839), but the first exhibits were collected by Pope Pius VII. The development of Egyptian art began with the creation of posthumous masks for pharaohs and other first persons of the state, later the Egyptian masters became famous for their ability to create excellent busts and sculptures.
Exhibits of the museum
The Gregorian Egyptian Museum is divided into 9 rooms, where you can get acquainted not only with the exhibits of ancient Egyptian culture, but also see the finds of ancient Mesopotamia and Syria. The first room is decorated in Egyptian style, there is a statue of Ramses 2 sitting on the throne, a statue of the priest Ujagorresent without a head and a doctor, as well as a large collection of stele with hieroglyphics. In the second room, in addition to household items, there are mummies, wooden painted sarcophagi, figures of Ushabti, canopies. In the seventh hall there is a large collection of bronze and clay products of Hellenistic and Roman sculpture dating back to the 4th-2nd centuries BC, as well as Christian and Islamic ceramics (11th-14th centuries) from Egypt.
Time of work and cost of excursion
The Gregorian Egyptian Museum opens its doors every day from 9.00 to 16.00 hours. On Sundays and holidays the museum does not work. Ticket to the museum must be purchased on the day of the visit (to avoid queues, you can buy a ticket on the site), because its validity is 1 day. The Egyptian Museum is part of the Vatican Museum complex, which can be visited on a single ticket. The cost of an adult ticket is 16 euros, children under 18 and students with an international student card up to 26 years can visit the museum for 8 euros, groups of schoolchildren for 4 euros, children under 6 years can go for free.
How to get there?
You can reach the museum by:
- From Termini Station, take the A (red) metro to Ottaviano-SPietro or Cipro-Musei Vaticani.
- buses number 64, 40, 60, 62.
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