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[[File:Ancientlibraryalex.jpg|thumbnail|Figure 2. An artist's reconstruction of the Musaeum.]]
==Early Renaissance==
The two oldest continuous museums are found in Rome, the Capitoline and Vatican Museums. The former was essentially a collection of Roman sculptures gifted by Pope Sixtus IV. Discovery of sculptures also inspired the Vatican museum, as Pope Julius II was inspired by the discovery to preserve the pieces in the Vatican's collections.
