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This show was not only for those of the Catholic faith but to everyone interested in history and/or art. I would recommend that any one attending in the future not wait until the final weekend. If I could do it over I would have gone earlier and probably a second time to absorb all there. Some on the art was able to raise ones emotions.
I was VERY glad I ordered the audio tour. Since there were no guides I learned much more than just reading the signs. Someone at work was going and I insisted her and her family get it.
This was truly a very beautiful and educational tour. It was extremely interesting to see all the old artifacts and models of the original vaticans and how they have evolved thru the centuries into what it is today. It was very interesting learning about the different popes from other eras and how they impacted the church.
THE DISPLAY WAS VERY INTERESTING,HOWEVER IT WAS WAY TOO CROWDED AND THE LACK OD ABILITY TO CONTROL PEOPLE FROM JUMPING LINE AND WALKING IN FRONT OF YOU WAS A LITTLE ANNOYING
This was a phenomenal exhibit. A once in a lifetime experience.
While the items were from the Vatican, they fell short of being splendid. The exhibit was well marked, and it provided a wonderful history lesson. Getting the audio tour did nothing to enhance the experience.
This event was unforgettable. Perfect place to bring the family and learn about the history of our faith.
With the wealth of art and historical objects that the Vatican has it was very unimpressive! There were too many reproduced artifacts and too much emphasis on the Popes in the end. If you weren't Catholic it certainly was not worth the time and effort.
I went to the Vatican exhibit in Cincinnati several years ago and enjoyed it tremendously. I enjoyed this exhibit also. I am so glad I went and took a friend who loved it also!!!
Items were great- but the layout and flow of the actual tour was not very good. The numbering was often hard to find to match the next part of the audio tour. Since the Musem did not open until 10 AM there was a long line to get in and therefore, although you had 10 AM tickets you were late getting in, which caused every time to overlap and too many people in the area at one time. At other tours I have taken at different venues, the actual site opened earlier and then the first tour time was slightly later- such as at the Tut exhibit in NYC the venue opened earlier and then the first tour was at 9:30 at least 30 minutes after opening. I realize that many of the people at the Missouri History Museum are volunteers, but they need some assistance in laying out the flow of the exhibit and need to delay the first tour in the future to at least 10:30 or open the Musuem ealier to get people in and then get the lines started. Also, the placement of the introductory film was poor- there was nothing to block the noise of people entering and visiting the exhibit- they were talking and learning how to operate the audio tour machines- the sound was so low that it was difficult to hear and there was constant interruption during the film/video. I was also disappointed in the fact that many of the items were reproductions of the actual items- I believe this is the first time I have been to anything with this many reproductions and yet the advertisements did not indicate this. Overall, it was informative and interesting but not one of the best exhibits I have attended. I did think that the audio was excellent and it gave a lot of information that would be missed without it. Sometimes the audio just repeats what you can read- but this one was information and helpful.
An interesting view of the Catholic Church's history through the eyes of the Vatican. The items are mostly reproductions, but still lovely. The Pieta was my favorite.
The information around St. Peter's was the most interesting to us. We have been to the vatican and had a sense of the layout of it and the surrounding area. We like the information about the circus on which the Vatican and St. Peter's Church was built. Previous to this I could not understand how they would have known St. Peter was buried there. Placing him in a cemetary outside of the circus makes sense to me. The other intersting thing was the time it took to built St. Peter's and the changes the design of it underwent.
