Diocesan Museum

Description

The Diocesan Museum of Jesi was founded in 1966 in order to collect, preserve and enhance the vestiges of religious art coming from the territory around the town.
At present it preserves a wide cultural and artistic heritage that belonged to the churches of the Diocese, dating between the 4th and the 19th centuries.
Housed in some rooms of Palazzo Ripanti Nuovo, next to the Cattedrale di San Settimio, the museum is a meeting point between the beautiful and the sacred, the century-old traditions of Christian communities of the Vallesina valley and the community living at present in this territory.
The museum does not only preserve memories, but has also got a rich section of contemporary art, resulting from the present dialogue between art and faith in local and national artists.

The Diocese of Jesi
According to a century-old tradition, the local church was founded by Saint Septimius, the first bishop of the Roman colony called "Aesis", who was martyred at the beginning of the 4th century because of his evangelization work in the territory.
The bishop's see is the town of Jesi, where the cathedral was consecrated in 1208.
The Diocese includes most towns of the Vallesina valley, old villages founded on the tops of the hills surrounding the valley of the Esino river: Castelbellino, Castelplanio, Cupramontana, Maiolati Spontini, Monsano, Monte Roberto, Montecarotto, Poggio San Marcello, Rosora, San Marcello, San Paolo di Jesi, Santa Maria Nuova.

Opening hours

Contact details

Phone: +39 0731 226749

E-mail: museo@jesi.chiesacattolica.it

Website: www.museodiocesanojesi.wordpress.com

Ticketing

Free of charge

JESI MUSEUM PASS
One ticket to visit 9 museums:

• Palazzo Pianetti Civic Museums;
• Printing Museum;
• Colocci-Vespucci House Museum;
• Old and rare book collection in Palazzo della Signoria;
• Frederick II Museum - Stupor Mundi;
• Diocesan Museum;
• Exhibition Halls of Palazzo Bisaccioni;
• Pergolesi and Spontini's Rooms in G.B. Pergolesi Theatre;
• Landscape Interpretation Centre and IME experience.

Tickets: €15
Reductions: €10 (children/young from 6 to 25 years of age, groups of min. 15 people, residents in Jesi)
Families: €30
Free: children up to the age of 5
Retailers: Palazzo Pianetti Civic Museums and Frederick II Museum - Stupor Mundi

JESI CULTURA CARD
A Membership card offering one year of unlimited free access to Jesi's museums, as well as free or discounted guided tours, free publications, free or discounted workshops and discounts at the theatre
It includes: 

• Palazzo Pianetti Civic Museums, which include the Archaeological Museum, the Civic Art Gallery and the Contemporary Art Gallery;
• the Colocci-Vespucci House Museum;
• the Printing Museum;
• the Old and rare book collection in Palazzo della Signoria;
• the Landscape Interpretation Centre ;
• the Frederick II Museum - Stupor Mundi;
• the Pergolesi and Spontini's Rooms in G.B. Pergolesi Theatre;
• the IME – Marche Region Food and Wine Institute;
• the Diocesan Museum.

Standard (for adults aged 26 to 64): €30
Young (for children/young aged 6 to 25): €20
Senior (for adults aged over 65): €25
Double (two Standard cards, for couples or friends): €55
Family (two Standard cards pulus two Young cards): €75
Special (for teachers): €25
Retailers: Palazzo Pianetti Civic Museums and Frederick II Museum - Stupor Mundi

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