Minnesota and North Dakota Chapter
The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums in Rome has released the official 2014 Wishbook. The 2014 Wishbook documents all of the projects that our restoration staff and museums experts have identified as being in the most urgent need of funding. (more…)
As you may have noticed, our chapter launched a new website a few months ago, but in addition to that, the official website for the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums in Rome has also been re-launched with a brand new look and more functionality. (more…)
Since the beginning of this year The Vatican Museums have joined the prestigious Five Million Club of World Class museums. Together with the Louvre and the British Museums, The Vatican Museums had more than 5,000,000 visitors in 2011. This means that about 14,000 people visited the museums on any given day.
On his recent trip to visit the Minnesota and North Dakota Chapters of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, Governer Cardinal Giovanni Lajollo enjoyed a private tour of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, including a personal presentation by Eike D. Schmidt, Ph.D. – James Ford Bell Curator Decorative Arts and Sculpture Decorative Arts, […]
At the invitation of Archbishop Nienstedt, the MN/ND Chapter of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums and The Basilica of Saint Mary, Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo, President of the Governatorato of Vatican City State and of the Vatican Museums will be visiting the Twin Cities in June of 2010. A longtime church diplomat, […]
Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo, Governor of Vatican City State, is presiding over a meeting of the leaders of the fifteen United States chapters of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums in Los Angeles, California, November 6th through 8th.