Regional Museum of Messina was founded in 1914 in a former silk weaving factory, located on the coastal road from Messina to the lighthouse. The museum houses a collection of the City Museum peloritantsev, as well as a huge number of objects recovered from the ruins of palaces and churches that were destroyed during an earthquake in 1908 and during World War II. Among the most valuable exhibits - paintings by Antonello da Messina and Caravaggio.

The museum consists of several sections - archeology, medieval art, Renaissance art, jewelry art, etc. All the exhibits on display in the 14 rooms and offer visitors to get acquainted with the cultural life of Messina different periods.

At the entrance welcomes visitors to the statue of Neptune by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli mid-16th century. Here, on the walls, you can see 9 bronze panels jewelry masters Spins - they depict the legend of the letter given to the Virgin Mary envoys from Messina, who visited it in Palestine.

Byzantine era artifacts include fragments of the cathedral with paintings on the theme of stories of the Old and New Testaments and mosaics of the 14th century. A gothic period is represented in the museum marble Madonna degli Storpi, work Gozo Di Gregorio of the 14th century and a wooden triptych of the Sienese school.

Fans of Renaissance art worth seeing the statue of the Virgin Mary with the Infant Babochcho work of piperine, which once adorned the door of the Cathedral, an enormous wooden crucifix, bas Desiderio of Settignano and Domenico Gagini relief depicting St. George defeating the Dragon.

In one of the rooms display masterpieces by Antonello da Messina - San Gregorio polyptych dated 1473, the year. Polyptych in the 18th century, was pulled apart. Today, they are again brought together, but one of the top center. Here you can see paintings of Flemish artists. Finally, a separate room is devoted to the works of Caravaggio, who worked at Messina in 1608-1609-m respectively. Here are two of his masterpieces - "The Adoration of the Magi" and "The Resurrection of Lazarus".