Assisi is a true guardian of art and knowledge. A visit to its museums is a fascinating journey through past, present and future.
Mediaeval and Renaissance frescoes and paintings, sculptures and contemporary graphics in multi-media, interactive venues: unique places that reveal the extraordinary cultural heritage of the territory.
The People’s Tower is a rectangular building erected together with the People’s Captain’s Palace, next to the so-called Temple of Minerva.
Defensive bastion of Assisi under the rule of Frederick Barbarossa and later of the Church. Today it is part of the museum circuit.
The Permanent Exhibition of Geo-Paleontology champions the cultural, geological and paleontological heritage of Mount Subasio. It also provides educational activities featuring guided tours and educational workshops for schools, families and groups.
A visit to the Art Gallery means immersing yourself in the history of art and local painting to get to know the main artists in the area and in the town.
The Diocesan Museum, established in 1941, is packed not only with works belonging to the cathedral, but also with frescoes, paintings on wood and canvas and collections.
The multi-media, interactive spaces of the MUMA – Missionary Museum of the Amazonia, one of the town’s most fascinating venues, tell the stories and describe the places and objects linked to the Capuchin missionaries in Amazonia.
The Porziuncola Museum is housed in the rooms that survived the construction of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli and is home to some of the most significant works in the history of the Franciscan community.
The Museum of Memory recalls the horrendous period of the Second World War and tells the story of how the displaced Jews arriving in Assisi to seek help were saved by the Franciscan spirit of hospitality.
The collection of the Pro Civitate Christiana Contemporary Art Gallery contains about 2,500 works of painting, sculpture and contemporary graphics by about 700 artists.
The Museum of the Treasure is housed inside Palazzo Papale and is the most important collection of mediaeval art in the region with works of different genres on display.
The archeological area of the Roman Forum preserves various rooms and finds from the ancient Roman era.
