The Factory of San Domenico Museum

Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Ente/Istituzione

Category:

Museums

The Factory of San Domenico Museum is located in the building of the former San Domenico Convent, whose construction (1638-1774) began with Monsignor Giacinto Petronius, a Dominican friar who became Bishop of Molfetta. After the suppression of religious orders, it was made available to the municipality and was intended for other uses until its current purpose of museum and cultural centre. In fact, the building also hosts in the former ice house, the ethnographic exhibition "De li mastri lavoranti vascelli nei cantieri di Molfetta", curated by the Archeoclub with drawings, models and work equipment etc. On the ground floor instead, the "Beniamino Finocchiaro" Conference Room, the "Giulio Cozzoli" Gipsoteca, the Historical Archives, the teaching multimedia laboratory and the internet point are located. On the first floor, together with the "G. Panunzio " municipal library, the library for kids and the philatelic section, is the Factory of San Domenico Museum, which is arranged in exhibition sections located in rooms and a hallway gallery.The sections cover the following subject areas: SEA, LAND, ART AND FAITH and preserves examples of great historical and cultural periods from the MIDDLE AGES,RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE and NINETEENTH-CENTURY.