To Promote, Restore, and Conserve.

Help us take action to restore and preserve the precious art in the Vatican Museums.

Our Mission

The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums is a 501(c)(3) interfaith group committed to restoring, conserving and promoting the collections and buildings of the Vatican Museums, while furthering its members’ understanding and knowledge of these works of art through lectures, meetings and visits to the Vatican.

Upcoming & Recent Events

  • The School of Athens, fresco (detail with Raphael’s self portrait)

    Art and Power: Raphael’s Vatican Frescoes and the Politics of Papal Patronage

  • From Bricks to Bytes: The Virtual Basilica of St. Paul in Rome

  • Connoisseurship and the Old Master Market: Tools and Tactics for Navigating the world of Old Master Paintings

Recent News

  • Exploring the Artistic and Spiritual Wonders of the Vatican Museums with Fr. Mark Haydu

    October 10, 2024

  • Vatican Museums Restoration Laboratories - Patronage matters

    Vatican Museums Restoration Laboratories – Patronage matters

    August 13, 2024

  • Forty years of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums - 1983/2023

    Forty years of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums – 1983/2023

    October 10, 2023

Recent Projects & Restorations

  • Rospigliosi Triptych

  • Terrestrial Globe by W.J. Blaeu

  • Celestial Globe by Matthaeus Greuter and Terresttrial Globe by John Baptist Nicolosi

    Celestial Globe by Matthaeus Greuter and Terrestrial Globe by John Baptist Nicolosi