Museo del Tesoro del Duomo

About the museum

The Museo del Tesoro del Duomo is in the Archbishop’s Palace in Vercelli and holds goldsmiths’ work, textiles, paintings and sculptures from the heritage of the Cathedral of Sant’Eusebio. The route tells the long history of the Diocese of Vercelli, the oldest in Piedmont, and of the religious, political and social events in which bishops and canons were involved.

It is run by the Fondazione Museo del Tesoro del Duomo e Archivio Capitolare, set up by the Archdiocese, the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Vercelli and the Metropolitan Chapter, which also looks after the Biblioteca e Archivio Capitolare, where the famous Vercelli Book is kept.

The ground-floor rooms, partly frescoed in the 16th century, house, among other things, the great Ottonian crucifix of the Cathedral, German textiles of the 13th and 14th centuries, the binding of a 4th-century codex and one of the main collections of reliquaries in northern Italy. On the upper floor, the Stanze del Papa (Pope’s Rooms) recall John Paul II’s visit in 1998 and the commissions of figures such as Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere. Since 2021 the route has ended with the Armadio dei Vescovi (Bishops’ Wardrobe), devoted to the liturgical accessories and jewels of the bishops of Vercelli in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Highlights

• Ottonian crucifix of the Cathedral
• Collection of reliquaries from the 7th to the 17th century
• German textiles of the 13th and 14th centuries
• Stanze del Papa (Pope’s Rooms)
• Armadio dei Vescovi (Bishops’ Wardrobe)
• Picture gallery with paintings from the 15th to the 18th century

Permanent exhibition

• Museo e Pinacoteca – Route with goldsmiths’ work, textiles, reliquaries, the Stanze del Papa, the Armadio dei Vescovi and a picture gallery with paintings from the 15th to the 18th century.

Operated by

Fondazione Museo del Tesoro del Duomo e Archivio Capitolare

Visitors per year

approx. 4,910

Admission & discounts

Free admission also for holders of the Abbonamento Torino Musei and for tour guides accompanying groups. Tickets can be bought online via Artsupp.

Accessibility

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

Access for people with disabilities is guaranteed in the ground-floor rooms; the Stanze del Papa on the upper floor can be visited through a virtual tour with dedicated stations in the museum. Videos in LIS (Italian Sign Language) are available on the Foundation’s YouTube channel.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The museum is at Piazza Alessandro D’Angennes 5, beside the Cathedral of Sant’Eusebio, in the centre of Vercelli.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

VercelliBookshop with the Foundation’s publications.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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