Museo diocesano Pio IX
Diocesan museum and picture gallery of Imola in the bishop’s palace, with over two thousand works, the apartments of Pius VII and Pius IX and the carriage museum.
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About the museum
The Imola diocesan museum was inaugurated in 1962 and is housed in the bishop’s palace, next to the cathedral of San Cassiano. It holds over two thousand works dating from the 9th to the 21st century: a picture gallery with paintings from the 14th to the 19th century, liturgical textiles, coins and medals, contemporary sacred art, terracottas and sacred silverware.
Part of the route is a house museum: the red apartment, the Pio VII gallery and the green apartment were inhabited by the popes Pius VII and Pius IX during the years in which they were bishops of Imola. The complex also includes the Carriage Museum, with two 18th-century berlines and neoclassical liveries and, since May 2021, the Giardino storico Monsignor Giovanni Signani (historic garden), open on the same weekend days as the museum.
Highlights
- Picture gallery with paintings from the 14th to the 19th century
- Apartments of Popes Pius VII and Pius IX
- Carriage museum with 18th-century berlines
- Liturgical textiles, numismatics and sacred silverware
- Giardino storico Monsignor Giovanni Signani
Permanent exhibitions
- Museo e Pinacoteca Diocesani – Picture gallery, liturgical textiles, numismatics, contemporary sacred art and silverware, with the red and green apartments and the Pio VII gallery.
- Museo delle carrozze – Two 18th-century berlines and neoclassical liveries of the bishop’s palace.
- Founded
- 1962
- Operated by
- Diocesi di Imola
- Visitors per year
- approx. 10,000
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free-will admission.
Accessibility
- 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: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The city’s tourist website indicates that the museum is accessible to people with disabilities.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | For admission and bookings you can contact the museum. |
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