SCRINIVM®, a cultural enterprise to serve the most important Vatican Institutions, works at preserving and promoting the immense historic and cultural wealth of the Holy See.

In 1984 when the underground store of the antique manuscripts of the Apostolic Library was inaugurated, John Paul II began a unique cultural project in all time: "open the inaccessible places which conserve the knowledge of mankind".

This cultural project was immediately recognised as the greatest and most ambitious of our time and the leading Vatican authorities promoted it to fulfil their historic responsibility to conserve and spread an enormous cultural heritage that is unique in the world. The perfect reproductions of the most amazing works and documents have permitted the Vatican authorities to conserve the precious treasures undamaged by the wear of time and any other damage that could be caused to this extraordinary heritage.

The Vatican Institutions

Vatican Apostolic Library
The place chosen by Popes to collect and conserve the knowledge of our civilisation. An enormous heritage of engravings, incunabulum, antique and modern books. A really ancient history and unique setting make the Vatican Apostolic Library unequalled in the world.

Vatican Secret Archives
The inaccessible heart of the Holy See, where the historic memory of mankind is conserved. For centuries the Archives have been the treasure chests of the wealth of documents of the Vatican.

Vatican Museums
Known throughout the world for the wonderful works of art that the Roman Popes have ordered, collected and conserved. The Sistine Chapel with the frescoes by Michelangelo and the collection of art by the most famous artists are visited every year by more than three million visitors..