Accascina Regional Museum

The Museo Regionale Accascina di Messina is one of the most important museums in Sicily, showcasing artworks and historical artifacts from antiquity to the Renaissance, with a strong focus on the artistic heritage of Messina.

The Museo Regionale Accascina of Messina, also known as the Regional Interdisciplinary Museum, is one of Sicily’s leading cultural institutions. It houses an extensive collection of artworks originating from churches, monasteries, and private collections across Messina and its surrounding area.

Among its most valuable works are masterpieces by artists such as Antonello da Messina, Caravaggio, and other prominent Renaissance and Baroque masters. The museum is especially renowned for its medieval and Renaissance sections, as well as for sculptures and artifacts recovered from buildings destroyed in the 1908 earthquake