The Diocesan Museum
 

The present location of the Museum corresponds to the repairs of the structure of the Diocesan Seminary, that, together with the Library and Archives is to become a great culture pole of the city and the province. Its collections are very important and express a section of the culture from the Middle Ages up to the 18th century.
Among the works the cycle of ivories and the Exultet play a very important role. Yhe ivories from Salerno are the largest and the most complete collection of ivory tables of the Christian Middle Ages in the world.
They consist of 69 pieces of which 37 are illustrated with episodes of the Old and New Testaments. They are dated back to the first decades of the 12th century.
The Exultet is a roll of parchment paper of the 13th century, sonsisting in 11 sheets with some illustrations that were used during the liturgy of Holy Saturday. Among the collections of the Museum the medieval codes represent an important section, with many historical and artistic implications.
The picture-gallery is composed of almost 100 paintings, representing a remarkable section of the artistic culture of Southern Italy from the 13th to the 18th century. Among the works it is possible to admire a painted Cross of the 13th century, the Giottesque Crucifixion (Crocifissione Giottesca) by Roberto d'Oderisio of the 14th century, the Pietà of Avignon workmanship, the Virgin's Coronation (Incoronazione della Vergine) by Eboli, a small table with Saint Michael Archangel by Cristoforo Sacco. There are also some paintings by Andrea Sabatini such as Pietà, the Virgin and saints Aniello and Leonardo (La Madonna e i santi Aniello e Leonardo). The presence of naturalistic painting is also remarkable; there are Giuditta, Saint Peter crying (San Pietro piangente), Saint Jerome repentant (San Girolamo penitente), Saint Brunone (San Brunone) and the Virgin with the Baby (Madonna con Bambino).
The Baroque period is represented by two large paintings by the Piedmontese Giovan Battista Beinaschi who portrayed Saint Erasmus's martydrom (Martirio di Sant'Erasmo) and Mosè causes the water to gush from the rock (Mosè fa scaturire l'acqua dalla roccia). 
Sculpture is present with few pieces but of a remarkable value such as Saint Joseph (San Giuseppe) in gilded wood and Saint Martin (San Martino).

Address: Largo Plebiscito, 12 
Telephone: +39 089 239126