Mary-Major Art History | Location | Opening Hours Tickets | Authorisations
Art History Apse | Altar Baldachin | Central Nave | Tomb Pope Francis | Triumphal Arch Mosaics | Sides Mosaics | Cosmatesque Pavement Nave | Confession Crypt | Baptistery | Paolina Chapel | Sistine Chapel | Portico | Blessings Lodge | Pope's Hall | Treasury

The treasure museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome

The Treasure Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
The Treasure Museum of the Basilica The Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major is fairly recent, having been inaugurated by Pope John Paul II on 8 December 2001.

The museum displays the Basilica's treasures, including paintings, liturgical objects, relics and objects that belonged to Pope Pius V.

You can also admire a bust of Pope Paul V by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Giovan Antonio Bazzi il Sodoma, Jesus meets his mother on the ascent to Calvary, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Bazzi il Sodoma
Domenico Beccafumi, Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Anthony of Padua, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Beccafumi Virgin Catherine Siena St Anthony
Domenico Beccafumi, Virgin and Child and St John the Baptist Child, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Beccafumi Virgin Child
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, bust of Pope Paul V, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pope Paul V
Liturgical objects, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Liturgical objects
Keystone with the arms of Cardinal Guglielmo d'Estouteville, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Keystone, arms of Cardinal d'Estouteville
Embossed silver cover of a Roman missal, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Missal cover
Manuscript of the mass La Stella, by Domenico Scarlatti, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
La Stella, Scarlatti
Service for Holy Mass, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Service for Holy Mass
Objects that belonged to Pope Pius V, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Objects of Pope Pius V
Objects that belonged to Pope Pius V, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Objects of Pope Pius V
Paris Bordon, Jesus with the crown of thorns and a soldier, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Paris Bordon, Jesus
Reliquary of St Matthew the Evangelist, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Reliquary of St Matthew
Reliquary of a thorn from the crown of Christ, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Reliquary thorn crown
Pietro Gentili, reliquary of Saint Bibiana virgin and martyr Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Saint Bibiana reliquary
Vincenzo Belli, Reliquary of Saint Marcellin pope and martyr, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
St Marcellin Reliquary
Benedetto Cacciatore, reliquary of St Thomas of Canterbury bishop and martyr, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
St Thomas of Canterbury
Baroque urn with the Last Supper and the Deposition of Christ, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Last Supper urn
Standard with a bell and the Salus Populi Romani, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Salus Populi Romani
Standard with a bell and the Salus Populi Romani, Museum of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
Salus Populi Romani

Art History Apse | Altar Baldachin | Central Nave | Tomb Pope Francis | Triumphal Arch Mosaics | Sides Mosaics | Cosmatesque Pavement Nave | Confession Crypt | Baptistery | Paolina Chapel | Sistine Chapel | Portico | Blessings Lodge | Pope's Hall | Treasury
Mary-Major Art History | Location | Opening Hours Tickets | Authorisations


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