VATICAN MUSEUMS LAUNCH NEW MULTIMEDIA WEBSITE

The Vatican Museums has unveiled a multimedia web site at www.museivaticani.va, which enables visitors to explore thousands of items from the vast collection. The web site—the product of three years of work—includes 4,000 images of the Vatican’s art works. There are also more than 50 videos, including virtual tours of the museums. The site is accessible in English, Italian, Spanish, French, and German language versions. The site will eventually include images of the 20,000 items currently on display to visitors at the museums, which reflects only a small proportion of the Vatican collection, most of which is kept in storage.