“The “San Domenico Factory Museum” is located within the factory building of the former Convent of San Domenico, whose construction (1638-1774) was begun by Mons. Giacinto Petronio, a Dominican friar who became Bishop of Molfetta. After the suppression of religious orders, it became the property of the municipality and was repurposed for other uses until its current function as a Museum and cultural center. In fact, the building also houses, in the former icehouse, the ethnographic exhibition “”De li mastri lavoranti vascelli nei cantieri di Molfetta,”” curated by the Archeoclub, featuring drawings, models, work tools, and more. On the ground floor, there is the “Beniamino Finocchiaro Conference Hall,” the “Giulio Cozzoli” Plaster Cast Gallery, the Municipal Historical Archive, a multimedia educational laboratory, and an internet point. On the first floor, alongside the “G. Panunzio” municipal library, the children’s library and the philatelic section, is situated the San Domenico Factory Museum, which is organized into exhibition sections located in rooms and a gallery corridor. The sections address the following thematic areas: SEA, TERRITORY, ART AND FAITH, and preserve evidence from the great historical-cultural periods of the MIDDLE AGES, RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE, and the 19TH-20TH CENTURIES.”
Information about San Domenico Factory Museum
Via S. Domenico, 69
70056 Molfetta (Bari)
0803359331
Source: MIBACT
