Museo Diocesano Palazzo Rospigliosi
Museum complex of the Diocese of Pistoia in Palazzo Rospigliosi: sacred art of the area and the 17th-century apartment of Pope Clement IX.
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About the museum
The Museo diocesano was founded in 1968, when objects withdrawn from churches in the area, which were exposed to the risk of deterioration and theft, were gathered in some rooms of the Bishop's Palace in Via Puccini. A more suitable seat was found in the Palazzo Rospigliosi, where the museum is today, together with the Museo Clemente Rospigliosi.
The palazzo stands in the Ripa del Sale, the lane that separates the cathedral from the Palazzo del Comune, and was built in the mid-16th century by Giovan Battista Rospigliosi, who brought together existing buildings. The last descendant, Clemente, who died in 1981, bequeathed to the cathedral the apartment known as that of Pope Clement IX, with the obligation to keep it as a museum for ever.
On the first floor the two adjoining units open: the Museo Clemente Rospigliosi, with four rooms with almost intact 17th-century furnishings, damask, coffered ceilings and the picture gallery of Giacinto Gimignani; and the Museo Diocesano, with 12th-century processional crosses, censers, chalices, vestments and paintings of the Pistoian school, to which Chinese ceramics are added.
Highlights
- Apartment of Pope Clement IX with 17th-century furnishings
- Picture gallery of Giacinto Gimignani
- Gilt-bronze processional crosses of the 12th and 13th centuries
- Censers, chalices and liturgical vestments from the Pistoia area
- Chinese ceramics
- Detached sections at La Ferruccia and Popiglio
Permanent exhibitions
- Museo Clemente Rospigliosi – Appartamento di papa Clemente IX – Four rooms on the piano nobile with 17th-century furnishings, damask, coffered ceilings and paintings by Giacinto Gimignani.
- Museo Diocesano – Liturgical furnishings, processional crosses, censers, chalices, vestments and paintings of the Pistoian school from the churches of the diocese.
- Founded
- 1968
- Operated by
- Diocesi di Pistoia
- Visitors per year
- approx. 600
Admission & discounts
| Reduced | –children under 12, groups of at least 12 people, university students with a student card, holders of the Carta dello Studente Toscana, the Associazione Caravan e Camper and the “Obiettivo Pistoia” tourist card |
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| Children & teens | –Reduced rate for children under 12. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and one companion |
| Students & apprentices | –Reduced rate for university students with a student card and with the Carta dello Studente Toscana. |
| Groups (12+ people) | –Reduced rate for groups of at least 12 people |
The website lists the reduced-rate categories (not combinable) but does not publish the amounts.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The website offers a virtual visit of the Museo Clemente Rospigliosi and the Museo Diocesano. The complex also includes the detached sections at La Ferruccia and Popiglio. |
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