articles/Sistine Chapel to get even more crowded — theartnewspaper.com

The Vatican "is not MoMA in New York, but a palace that was not built to be a museum," two anonymous employees told El Pais The Vatican Museums hope to see the number of visitors to the Sistine Chapel nearly triple, after a new climate control system is installed this autumn. While it will be almost invisible to visitors, the switch to more energy-efficient and powerful heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology in October is expected to have a major impact on attendance. The Chapel’s maximum capacity will increase from 700 to 2,000 people at a time, Vatican Radio reported last month.

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