Wignacourt Museum, Island of Malta, Malta

4.0 (229 reviews) Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #5 in Rabat Speciality Museums

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The Wignacourt Collegiate Museum has been reopened after a thorough refurbishment.The Complex includes St. Paul's Grotto; the cradle of Christianity in Malta as well a labyrinth of Punic, Roman and Christian Hypogea with architectural features and a complex of World War II shelters. The Museum, within a beautiful Baroque building, houses a magnificent collection of paintings, silver, vestments and other unique artefacts.

Address

Triq Il-Kulleg, Rabat, Malta.

Mobile

+356 2749 4905

Website

http://www.wignacourtmuseum.com

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Monday, May 13, 2024, 0:40

User Ratings

4.0 based on (229 reviews)

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Reviews

4raynerjosephine 5:00 PM Nov 11, 2022
A quick tour around but it was wonderful!
I adored it alot. First of all the grotto and catacombs underneath are large and you can take your time walking around them as they have a lot of history and their use changed throughout time. The art collections they hold here are amazing too and I recommend going. One thing with Malta is it tends to be better Museum hunting when the heat drops a little as if I was to do it in the heat it would have been difficult!
5Julian Cassar 5:00 PM Dec 23, 2020
A must see
As a Maltese individual myself who loves history and visiting museums, I would highly recommend this place, It is absolutely wonderful. This museum consists a high degree of historical value. housed in an 18th-century Baroque building which housed the Chaplains of the Order of St. John, and it is named after Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt, who ruled over the Maltese Islands between 1601 and 1622. It also take underneath the catacombs of st Pauls grotto it also contains a number of Punic, Roman and Early Christian hypogea which are interconnected with a complex of World War II-era air raid shelters. The building includes a garden and a small chapel, which was originally used for private worship by the chaplains.