Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Ente/Istituzione

Category:

Museums

The museum, unique in its kind, does not offer a simple visit but leads to an experience that allows visitors to "leave" their lives and travel in a dimension that is new and ancient at the same time. Entering the great hall housing the exhibition, visitors are in fact projected into a dimension without units of measurement of either time or space. The hall, formerly part of the ancient church of Santa Maria in Castello, was later incorporated into the 17th century building turning it into the locutory of the monastery, the sole point of contact between seclusion and the outside world. Of the original structure of the church, only part of a remarkable century fresco depicting the Virgin Mary of Providence from the school of Antoniazzo Romano and located at the end of the hall remains. Entering the hall, visitors pass from the light - the outside – to darkness, interrupted only by the light from the display cases containing objects, forming islands of light according to a pre-established scheme. Themes of significance to the lives of the nuns have been chosen: prayer, silence, discipline, sewing, pharmacy, kitchen, work. Material life refers to the spiritual life of the community. The themes are accompanied by a series of images projected on the ceiling of the room, emphasising the function of the objects and at the same time depriving them of any reference to space or time.