Museo civico San Rocco

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The museum is housed in a building in the historic centre of Fusignano, on the site where the Hospitale dè pellegrini, designed by Giacinto Corelli, stood in 1517. The present building was erected towards the end of the 18th century as a hospital for the town’s poor and opened in 1796. The façade on Piazza Emaldi was restored by the architect Alberto Legnani after the nearby church of San Rocco was destroyed in the Second World War. The upper floor contains a hall with columns and statues of the praying Madonna and Saint Roch by Paolo Visani of Cotignola (1865).

The municipality turned the building into a civic museum at the beginning of the 2000s. The core of the collections is the collection of devotional images and ceramics donated by Sergio Baroni: over two hundred pieces from the 16th to the 20th century, mostly from Emilia-Romagna and other Italian regions, with two foreign examples, one French and one Spanish. Since 2001 the collection has been expanded with a section on southern Italy, which includes large painted Neapolitan majolica from the 18th and 19th centuries, with the Madonna del Carmine, the Deposition and the Trinity.

On the first floor, the permanent exhibition “La terra e lo spirito”, curated by the architect Antonio Ravalli and opened in 2019, tells the story of Fusignano through images and objects and devotes a section to the local artists Annibale Luigi Bergamini, Francesco Verlicchi and Raoul Vistoli.

Highlights

• Baroni collection of devotional images and ceramics (16th–20th century)
• Painted Neapolitan majolica from the 18th and 19th centuries
• Permanent exhibition “La terra e lo spirito” on the history of Fusignano
• Hall with columns and statues by Paolo Visani (1865)
• 19th-century building of the former San Rocco hospital

Permanent exhibitions

• Collezione Baroni di immagini devozionali e ceramiche – Over two hundred ceramics and popular devotional images from the 16th to the 20th century, including a section of Neapolitan majolica.
• La terra e lo spirito – Route on the first floor, opened in 2019, which traces the history of Fusignano with images and objects and commemorates the local artists Bergamini, Verlicchi and Vistoli.

Operated by

Comune di Fusignano

Visitors per year

approx. 1,500

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The Musei Italiani portal states that the museum is accessible to people with disabilities.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the historic centre, along the main street leading to the town square; there is parking along the road.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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