Museums · Ascoli Piceno

Diocesan museum of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

Museo diocesano (Ascoli Piceno)

museum in Ascoli Piceno, Italy

  • TypeMuseums
  • WhereAscoli Piceno, Italy
  • AddressPiazza Arringo, 10B - Ascoli Piceno

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About Diocesan museum of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

The Diocesan Museum in the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno is located in one wing of the ecclesiastical palazzo, which also contains the city's pinacoteca and the state archeological museum. Created with the aim of reuniting and preserving as much of the artistic patrimony of the diocese of Ascoli-Piceno as possible, the museum was opened in 1961 by bishop Marcello Morgante.

The space consists of seven areas that house wooden and stone sculpture, paintings on canvas and wood, silver and sacred vestments made by the minor schools of the city that had a notable growth in the 1400s. There is also notable Florentine art of the 16th century. Many of the objects come directly from the city of Ascoli, while others were recovered from elsewhere in the diocesan territory.

As a whole, the collection includes works from the 13th century to the present day.

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Visitors a year
2,000 (2018)
Opening hours
Sat-Sun 10:30-12:30 from OpenStreetMap; check before you go
Official website
museodiocesanoascoli.it
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