The Vatican Museums: Persevering Through a Pandemic

View of a corridor of the Vatican Museum taken on its reopening day to the public in Vatican City on Feb. 1, 2021. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images

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On Monday, May 3, the Vatican Museums will reopen to the public. The Vatican Museums were founded in 1506, when Pope Julius II discovered and acquired the sculpture, “Laocoön and His Sons.” Today, the Vatican Museums house one of the oldest and most important art collections in the world.