The Franciscan Museum of Rome is not an artistic, historical, or archaeological museum, although it includes many objects of high artistic quality and great historical value. Instead, it falls into the category of specialized museums. Through the objects displayed in its rooms, the museum illustrates the history of the Franciscan Order.
A particular feature of the museum is that it documents Franciscan art and culture through the centuries, from the thirteenth century up to the 20th century.
The Museum, registered by ministerial decree of September 15, 1965 among non-state museums as “Minor, diocesan or religious Museum No. 246,” is classified as a specialized museum.
Through the objects displayed in its rooms, some of high artistic quality, the museum illustrates the entire span of history and spirituality of the Franciscan Order. In this sense, it is unique in its kind. There are no museums, even in other Orders, that similarly visually document their own history.
In the new and spacious premises, the Museum has been organized to provide a broad historical illustration of Franciscanism, starting from the iconography of St. Francis, other Saints, and the most notable persons somehow connected to the Order, whose apostolate is then richly and variously documented.
Detail info on hours:
Mon. 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM; Tue. 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM / 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM; Wed. 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM / 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Fri. 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM / 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM; Sat. 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM; Sun. 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
