Vatican Museums

museums of the Vatican City
Organization art_museum Q182955
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The Vatican Museums is an art museum founded in 1506. It was established by Julius II, who played a significant role in its creation. The organization is headquartered in Vatican City.

Vatican Museums

Summary

Vatican Museums is an art museum[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of art_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (840 views/month, #13 of 1,666).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vatican Museums is located in Vatican City[3].
  • Vatican Museums is in the country of Vatican City[4].
  • Vatican Museums's image is recorded as Mura vaticane - ingresso ai Musei 00410.JPG[5].
  • Vatican Museums's instance of is recorded as art museum[6].
  • Vatican Museums's instance of is recorded as national museum[7].
  • Vatican Museums's founder is recorded as Julius II[8].
  • Vatican Museums's logo image is recorded as Musei vaticani Coat of Arms.svg[9].
  • Vatican Museums's headquarters location is recorded as Vatican City[10].
  • Vatican Museums's performer is recorded as Ibrahim Kodra[11].
  • Vatican Museums's performer is recorded as James Rivière[12].
  • Vatican Museums's ISNI is recorded as 0000000108073165[13].
  • Vatican Museums's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141443926[14].
  • Vatican Museums's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 309159477909327990008[15].
  • Vatican Museums's GND ID is recorded as 235092-0[16].
  • Vatican Museums's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81003002[17].
  • Vatican Museums's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500356366[18].
  • Vatican Museums's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12312427s[19].
  • Vatican Museums's IdRef ID is recorded as 032013795[20].
  • Vatican Museums's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00629518[21].
  • Vatican Museums's Commons category is recorded as Vatican Museums[22].
  • Vatican Museums's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20009640[23].
  • Vatican Museums's has part is recorded as Museo Chiaramonti[24].
  • Vatican Museums's has part is recorded as Pinacoteca Vaticana[25].
  • Vatican Museums's has part is recorded as Pio-Clementino museum[26].
  • Vatican Museums's has part is recorded as Anima Mundi[27].

Body

Founding

Vatican Museums's founder is recorded as Julius II[8]. +1506-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28].

Leadership

Vatican Museums's director / manager is recorded as Barbara Jatta[29].

Operations

Vatican Museums's headquarters location is recorded as Vatican City[10].

Why It Matters

Vatican Museums ranks in the top 0.78% of art_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (840 views/month, #13 of 1,666).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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  11. [13] . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . ricerca.repubblica.it. ricerca.repubblica.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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