Why should you visit the Vatican museum?

When we take a tour of Rome, we think about visiting the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Piazza Navona, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, etc.
But why should you inevitably visit the Vatican, even if you are not a believer and seek to escape the crowds?
During your stay in Rome, you will not be able to miss neither the papal city nor its works of art.

There are several good reasons to visit the Vatican : Why should you visit the Vatican museum?

For the incredible wealth of art collections.
For visiting the Apostolic Palace.
To review some concepts from the history of European art.
For its archaeological remains.
Visiting the Vatican Museums attracts almost 4 million visitors every year and not without reason: they go through more than 2,000 years of history, through 7 kilometers of rooms and corridors .
We will explore all the ancient, feudal, modern and contemporary eras:
The Gregorian Egyptian Museum: covers the period from the Neolithic to the Pharaohs.
The Gregorian Etruscan Museum: exhibits objects found in archaeological excavations, used from the 9th to the 1st century BC
The ethnological museum, which has more than 80,000 pieces of art from prehistoric times.
The Museo Pío Clementino: the largest of the twelve museums, exhibiting collections dating from ancient Greece and ancient Rome.
In the Apostolic Palace, it is undoubtedly the Sistine Chapel that will attract the most visitors.
Inaugurated on August 15, 1483, it is so popular, partly due to the mural fresco and cupola painted by Michelangelo, that tourist overcrowding poses a real threat to the preservation of the frescoes.
In addition to these monuments, you can also pass by the Nicoline chapel and the Raphael rooms : these are reception rooms located in the houses of the popes and the frescoes represent masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.
Finally, do not miss the Bramante staircase , with double propellers, made so that the descent does not pose a problem for the ascent!
To visit the Vatican well, we recommend that you visit the museums early in the morning, late in the afternoon, to avoid the crowds and not have to queue long.