
Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape
May 14–November 9, 2025 (closed July 6–September 8)
Open Friday & Saturday, 4:00–7:00pm
May 14–November 9, 2025 (closed July 6–September 8)
Open Friday & Saturday, 4:00–7:00pm
Wall fresco from the Necropolis ostiensis, Via Laurentina, Colombario 31, date: 3rd century. The wall painting depicts the loading of a river vessel, named here as the Isis Geminiana, with goods, measured by volume. Image: Musei Vaticani, Inv. 79638
Thursday, June 26–Friday, June 27, 2025
2:00pm (Thu) & 9:00am (Fri)
Carol E. Harrison’s project A Women’s History of Vatican I explores how lay Catholic women opposed papal infallibility during the First Vatican Council (1869–70).
For over a century, the Rome Prize has supported innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the prize is awarded to about thirty artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their careers.
Buy tickets for the November 2 celebration.