A journey across Piceno of yesterday and today comes in the form of the museums of Monterubbiano, Montefiore dell’Aso, Offida, and Ripatransone which make up a local network (for information on Musei Piceni opening hours see www.museipiceni.it).
These are respected locations (two Franciscan convents and two mansions) that exhibit rich, extremely diverse collections depicting Piceno, its history and its people from every point of view.
This tour must start from the floor model in Monterubbiano archaeological museum, in the San Francesco cultural centre, which reproduces the valley of the River Aso. Not to be missed, Offida’s museum of bobbin lace, Ripatransone’s “L. Mercantini” historical museum of the Risorgimento, and a polyptych painted by Carlo Crivelli now in the San Francesco museum of Montefiore dell’Aso.
