Oristano, Arborense Diocesan Museum

The diocesan museum was created in 2016 to preserve, document and above all enhance the vast heritage of sacred art belonging to the diocese of Oristano.
It covers an area of over a thousand square meters and inside there are several rooms that house permanent and temporary collections. The Saint Pius X Room houses liturgical furniture, sacred vestments and precious ritual elements that go from the Middle Ages to the modern age. Among the works, we remember in particular the dossal Madonna with Child and Saints, from the end of the 13th century, probably the first gold-based work to come to Sardinia that testifies to the Tuscan Gothic culture inspired by Franciscan culture; it houses the Liturgical Codes section of the Cathedral of Santa Maria, which houses some dating back to the end of 1200 that present some miniatures of both individual figures and historical initials.
Another permanent collection is the collection of more than 500 ceramic pieces from Tharros, belonging to the heritage of the Archbishop's Seminary.
Finally, the Exhibition Gallery, the Aula Magna and the Mythos Room are dedicated to temporary exhibitions aimed at highlighting above all the new narratives expressed by contemporary art.
The Diocesan Arborense Museum, through initiatives and events, aims to bring the public closer to the knowledge and spiritual beauty of art.

Why it is important to visit it
there are many points of historical and artistic interest: from the 17th-19th century wooden statuary, to the modern silver and vestments from the Cathedral, to the exhibition space dedicated to the patron of the Archdiocese of Oristano: Sant'Archelao.

Tag

Structure category: museum, gallery and/or collection

Content type: Heterogeneous exposure

Usability: Open

Province: Oristano

Common: Oristano

Macro Territorial Area: Central Sardinia

POSTAL CODE: 09170

Address: piazza Duomo, 1

Telephone: +39 342 5887847

E-mail: info@museodiocesanoarborense.it direttore@museodiocesanoarborense.it

Website: www.museodiocesanoarborense.it

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January - December

Wednesday

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Information on tickets and access: Please note that several cumulative ticket offers can be purchased at various affiliated facilities in Oristano. On the Public Services page of the museum's official website, you can consult: the regulations, the information useful for accessing the museum, and the instructions for shooting photographs and/or videos.

Access mode: For a fee

Tickets :

Integer : 5 €, grownups, For a visit to the temporary exhibitions and the Saint Pius X room .

Reduced : 4 €, children from 6 to 18 years old, students up to 25 years old with a card, adults over 65, For a visit to the temporary exhibitions and the Saint Pius X room .

Reduced : 3.5 €, groups of minimum 15 people, .

Freeware : 0 €, minors up to 5 years old, one companion per group, priests, men and women religious, disabled, For a visit to the temporary exhibitions and the Saint Pius X room .

Services information: Guided tours of the Museum's temporary and permanent exhibitions are included in the ticket price, for groups or school classes it is necessary to book them in advance by e-mail or telephone.

Update

16/3/2026 - 10:56

Services

Teaching room