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The Museo Pio Cristiano is one of the
The Vatican: spirit and art of Christian Rome
a book from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on the museum (pp. 176–189) Art museums and galleries in Rome Art museums established in 1854 Vatican Museums 1854 establishments in the Papal States {{Italy-museum-stub
The Museo Pio Cristiano is one of the Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums ( it, Musei Vaticani; la, Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of ...
. It houses various works of Christian antiquity.
The museum was founded by Pope Pius IX in 1854, two years after the establishment of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology The Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology ( it, Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra) is an official board of the Vatican founded in 1852 by Pope Pius IX for the purpose of promoting and directing excavations in the Catacombs of Rome an ...
.
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*The Vatican: spirit and art of Christian Rome
a book from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on the museum (pp. 176–189) Art museums and galleries in Rome Art museums established in 1854 Vatican Museums 1854 establishments in the Papal States {{Italy-museum-stub