Modern Art Gallery Sant'Anna (Galleria d'Arte Moderna Sant'Anna), founded in 1910, is dedicated to works of art from the 19th and 20th century. It is ... read more
Monastero dei Benedettini di San Nicolò l'Arena, dating back to 1500, is the second biggest Benedictine monastery in Europe. Today it hosts the Department of ... read more
Monastery of Jeronimus was built between 1501 and early 1600, on the site of the former chapel where Vasco da Gama and his crew prayed before setting sail to the ... read more
The Musei Civici di Padova or degli Eremitani comprises several museums and historic sites, grouped around the former convent of the Eremitani, an Augustinian order. ... read more
The Museo Civico di Bassano del Grappa, located in a former Franciscan convent, houses natural history collections, books and paintings, including donations from the ... read more
The Museo di Roma in Trastevere, located in the former Carmelite monastery of Sant'Egidio, is dedicated to Roman Folklore and Roman poets. Its permanent ... read more
The Canonic Museum - Picture Gallery is set up in the cloister of the Cathedral Santa Maria Matricolare, in an area that is based on the remains of two basilicas early ... read more
Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, opened in 1953, is the largest science and technology museum in Italy and one of the four major museums of its kind in ... read more
The Museum of San Marco consists of the former perfectly preserved fifteenth century Dominican convent, restored and enlarged to its present size for Cosimo the Elder ... read more
The Museum de La Cour d'Or, founded in 1839, brings together Gallo-Roman, medieval and Fine Arts collections. It is a complex comprising the former Abbey des Petits ... read more
The Archeologisch Museum (UGent) houses the important archaeological collection of Ghent University, located in the historic Het Pand, a former Dominican convent. The ... read more
Museum of Natural History of Siena, is part of the Siena Academy of Sciences and houses collections of natural and historical specimens, period instruments and ... read more
The Museums of the Basilica of Sant’Eustorgio includes the early Christian burial ground, the Chapter house, the monumental sacristy of the ancient Dominican monastery, ... read more
The Musée dauphinois, in the former convent of Sainte-Marie d'en-Haut (17th century), is dedicated to the archeology, regional, rural or industrial heritage of the ... read more
The Musée de la Castre, located in the ruins of the medieval monastery of Lérins, displays collections of primitive art from the Himalayas-Tibet, Oceania and ... read more
Musée de Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, housed in five locations of the ensemble of the abbey site, is dedicated to the history of the Abbey and of the order of the ... read more
The Musée des Arts et Métiers, or officially the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, was founded in 1794 by Henri Grégoire, and is a museum for ... read more
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon), created in 1803 and located in a former twelfth century Benedictine convent, features one of the largest ... read more
Musée du Compagnonnage, opened in 1968 and housed in a former dormitory of the monks of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Julien (13th-18th century), is dedicated to the ... read more
The Musée National de Port-Royal des Champs, located at the 30 ha estate of the former Abbaye de Port-Royal des Champs, displays 17th- and 18th-century paintings and ... read more