Museo diocesano d'arte sacra «Cardinale Rodolfo Pio di Savoia»

About the museum

The diocesan museum is housed in the church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola, built by the Jesuits between 1670 and 1682 and later belonging to the episcopal seminary. It is named after Cardinal Rodolfo Pio di Savoia, a churchman of the Counter-Reformation era, scholar and collector, and was inaugurated on 17 May 2008.

The works come from churches in the diocese and were kept in the Museo civico until 1998; in 1999 the Ministry for Cultural Heritage returned them to the Diocese of Carpi, which set them up in the new site. After closing because of the 2012 earthquake, the museum reopened on 5 May 2019.

The route occupies the church, left intact with its furnishings and altarpieces, and two former sacristies. On display are liturgical furnishings and vessels, silverware from the 16th to the 20th century, paintings, prints, sculptures, textiles and scagliola. Outstanding are the cathedral antiphonaries made by Damiano Gafori between 1515 and 1534, the reliquaries from the workshop of Bartolomeo Spani, 15th-century terracotta sculptures of Tuscan origin, and 17th- and 18th-century Emilian paintings.

Highlights

• Cathedral antiphonaries by Damiano Gafori (1515–1534)
• Reliquaries from the workshop of Bartolomeo Spani
• 15th-century terracotta sculptures of Tuscan origin
• Silverware from the 17th to the 19th century
• Paintings by Scarsellino, Stringa, Lamberti and Malatesta

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso permanente nella chiesa di Sant'Ignazio – Liturgical furnishings and vessels, silverware, paintings, sculptures, textiles and antiphonaries from the churches of the diocese.

Founded

2008

Operated by

Diocesi di Carpi

Visitors per year

approx. 2,500

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
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• Accessible restroom: no information
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• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
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Visitors with mobility difficulties should alert the staff inside the museum and go to the Seminary courtyard, entered from via Andrea Cosa 54.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the center of Carpi, at corso Manfredo Fanti 44; for step-free access, enter from the Seminary courtyard at via Andrea Cosa 54.

Amenities & dining

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