Diocesan Museum La Maddalena

The exhibition is housed in the parish church of Santa Maria Maddalena. The main theme of the exhibition is the “Treasure of Santa Maria Maddalena,” ex-votos offered by devotees to the Holy Patroness. The treasure includes Gallurese jewelry from the 16th to 18th centuries. Visitors can admire statues, paintings, tapestries, ancient books, tabernacles, sacred vestments, and altar furnishings such as monstrances, pyxes, chalices, patens, censers, and glory cards. Equally important are the liturgical silverworks bearing the coat of arms of Baron Giorgio Andreas De Geneys, appointed commander of the Sardinian navy in 1799 by Viceroy Carlo Felice. An inventory of the “treasure” and ancient documentation of the offerings for the church’s construction are also present. Attached to the museum is a specialized library of religious culture with essays and specific bibliography on the Saint, both New Testament and apocryphal.