100 Years Of the Vatican Museums Restoration Laboratory

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 11: Restorers work on a painting at Vatican Museums Restoration Laboratory during “Beyond the surface. The restorer's gaze": the exhibition initiative promoted by the Pope's Museums as part of the celebrations for the hundredth anniversary of the activity of the Laboratory for the Restoration of Paintings and Wooden Materials of the Vatican Museums on December 11, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. In addition to being the oldest restoration laboratory founded within the Vatican Museums, the Paintings and Wooden Materials Restoration Laboratory represents an operational and organizational entity of primary importance for the protection of the artistic heritage of the "Pope's Museums". (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)