Vatican museums promoting blood donation

The Vatican Museums are part of a cooperative effort to raise awareness about the need to keep up the hospital blood supply and to encourage exposure to the great cultural patrimony of Western civilization. The RossoArte initiative is a joint venture by the Vatican Museums, Rome’s Tor Vergata Policlinico (General Hospital) and Hospital Chaplaincy and the volunteer organization In punta di piedi.

From now until the end of the year, all donors who present themselves at the Tor Vergata transfusion center will receive a personal voucher for a very special ticket rate that comes with skip the line privileges. A press release from the Museums explains that the RossoArte initiative seeks to unite the joy of giving to the thrill of experiencing the masterpieces kept in the Pope’s Museums, and offer a concrete sign of gratitude towards all those who, in a profoundly significant act of civic responsibility and solidarity periodically, anonymously and responsibly donate blood. A press conference to present further details of the initiative is scheduled for the 7th of April in the Vatican Museums’ Conference Hall.