Society and Culture

The Holy Father
From Leo XIII to John Paul II.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/index.htm

Musei Vaticani - The Vatican Museums
Contain high definition images and virtual visits for Sistine Chapel, Raphaels Rooms, Pinacoteca, Egyptian Museum, Etruscan Museum and Ethnological Missionary Museum in 5 languages.
http://mv.vatican.va/StartNew_EN.html

Vatican Library and Secret Archives
Collections and documents. Online Public Access Catalog of the Vatican Library.
http://www.vatican.va/library_archives/index.htm

Vatican Library Exhibit : The City Reborn
US Library of Congress exhibit presenting the Vatican Library's most precious manuscripts, books, and maps. Presents the untold story of the Vatican Library as the intellectual driving force behind the emergence of Rome as a political and scholarly superpower during the Renaissance.
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/Vatican.exhibit.html

Vatican Observatory
Ancient astronomical research institution. Includes history, profiles of personnel, details of telescopes, and a streaming video on the relation of science and religion.
http://clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo/