Established | 24 June 1981 |
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Location | Rabat, Malta |
Coordinates | 35°52′53.9″N 14°23′55.9″E / 35.881639°N 14.398861°E |
Founder | John Azzopardi |
Curator | John Azzopardi |
Website | www |
The Wignacourt Museum is a museum in Rabat, Malta. It is 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.
The museum is linked to St. Paul's Grotto, where Paul the Apostle is believed to have stayed while he was shipwrecked in Malta, as well as a number of hypogea and World War II-era air raid shelters. Its collections mainly focus on art and religious artifacts.