The 9 Best Museums in Viterbo, Lazio

The Museum is located in the center of the beautiful S. Pellegrino, medieval district full of small squares, alleyways, of profferli, arches and towers preserved perfectly in their thirteenth century aspect, in a wonderful atmosphere. The exhibition is spread over two floors, in the entrance hall on the ground floor we can admire 10 scale models of various Macchine di S.Rosa transported into the past, they are exhibited in chronological order from the oldest extant, the 1690 models after referring to the twentieth century up to the present "Wings of Light" and porter designed by architect Raffaele Ascenzi. On the first floor there is the audiovisual room where you can attend the screening of films related transport and recent past so he can re-create in visitors the same suggestion and emotion that this spectacular event gives rise to thousands who flock the evening of September 3 all along the way. The transportation of Macchina of Santa Rosa has recently become "Cultural Heritage of UNESCO"

The Museum was created for the 2000 Jubilee Year. In 2005 the management of the structure was given to Archeoares which, in agreement with the Curia, decided to enlarge the touristic offers with guided visits to the hidden parts of the Cathedral and Papal Palace, giving life to a new Monumental complex. The museum is divided into three sections (see the works by clicking on each section): a) Archeology section b) Historical Artistical Section c) Sacred Art-the Papal treasures

The Museum is located on the ground level of Palazzo Brugiotti and was open to the public in 1996 thanks to the Carivit Foundation and the city of Viterbo. The collection of about 400 artifacts reconstructs the evolution of various types of ceramics produced in Northern Lazio between the 13th and 19th centuries.

Il Museo Storico Didattico dei Cavalieri Templari è il primo museo a tema in Italia. Allestito dal Sacrum Ordinis Militum Templi, vanta decine di oggetti originali appartenenti a collezioni private oppure donati. Ci sono anche riproduzioni fedeli e plastici ricostruiti sulla base di anni di studio e ricerche.

"Massimo Lanzi, with his works, creates the agreement between the myth and the modern way of life, between history and legend, the truth, doubt and imagination" Ludovico Pagani, Art Critic. Exhibitions of paintings, sculptures and laminosculture. Art gallery in the historic center of Viterbo.