Vatican Museum

Museums with children can be quite daunting. Lets face it there are even times museums are overwhelming for adults. We usually take a "quick guide" approach. Any visit lasting longer than an hour requires treats and a good place to run around. We didn't even come close to exploring all that the Vatican Museum has to offer. The kids were excited to see a real ancient mummy and relics from Egypt. Then we trotted through the Roman art gallery and headed straight for the Sistine Chapel. Taylor tried to offer a little insight here and there. His high school European Studies teacher would have been proud. I was proud of the kids and how they had a pretty good attention span. The Sistine Chapel was amazing. The girls had done an art experiment at home and tried to paint a picture of an angel while lying flat on their backs. This gave them a greater appreciation for Michaelangelo and all of those amazing artists who's work we admire today.