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cedintheVaticanPalaces.In1854PiusIXaddedthePioChristianMuseu
nSanErcolanoandSanAurea(1856-1869),aswellasfromPrinceA.Torlo
ictureGallery,placedintheBorgiaApartmentunderPiusVII,thenint
heThirdLoggiabyGregoryXIII.In1909itwastakenbySaintPiusXtothe
logicalMuseumwasfoundedbyPiusXIin1926,andarrangedintheupperf
nastheOctagonalCourtyard.Theseartcollectionsarecurrentlyhous
amedforitsfounder,SixtusIV;theBorgiaApartment,homeofAlexande
Ifounded:theEtruscanMuseum(1837)withrelicsrecoveredfromexcav
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inallyputinaspecialbuildingbyPiusXIin1932;theMissionaryEthno
tti.Thesetwocollectionsweretransported,attherequestofJohnXXI
JohnXXIII,intotheVatican,whereitwasreopenedtothepublicinthes
MuseumandtheLateranProfaneMuseum(1844).Theseincludedbas-reli
rVI,restoredandopenedtothepublicbyLeonXIIIin1897;theVaticanP
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tworoomsofartifactstakenfromtheexcavationsofOstiacarriedouti
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sotherpiecesfoundintheclassicalartcollection,intheCapitoline
kofClementXIVandPiusVI,andforthisreasonthenameoriginallywast
ramontiMuseum,theBraccioNuovoandtheLapidaryGallery.GregoryXV
deupofseveralothersections:theGalleryofTapestries,acollectio
displayedintheso-called"CourtyardofStatues",whichtodayisknow
ameGregorianProfaneMuseumandPioChristianMuseum.TheMuseumisma
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edtogetherandmadeavailabletothepublicindifferentbuildingswit
hinthemuseum.ThePapalMuseumsandGalleriesoriginatedfromthewor
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noftapestriesofdifferentfabricsfromthe16thand17thcenturies;t
mtotheLateranProfaneMuseum,whichismadeupofsculptures,especia
llysarcophagi,andancientChristianinscriptions,andlateradding
theChapelofNicholasV,paintedbyFraAngelico;theSistineChapel,n
tican;in1970thesecollectionswerereopenedtothepublic,withthen
ationsinsouthernEtruriabeginningfrom1828;theEgyptianMuseum(1
tionwasaddedcontaining137inscriptionsfromancientHebrewcemete
efs,statues,andmosaicsoftheRomanperiodthatwerenotabletobepla
eStanzeandtheLoggiaofRaphael,commissionedbyJuliusIIandLeonX;
I;theSobieskiRoomaswellastheRoomoftheImmaculateConception;th
riesinRome,inalargepartfromthecemeteryonViaPortuense,donated
niainPortoin1866.UnderthepontificateofSaintPiusX,in1910,asec
loorsoftheLateranPalace;itwaslatertransported,attherequestof
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