Volterra - Diocesan Museum

(Local Name: Museo Diocesano d'Arte Sacra) The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art is housed in part of the cloister to the northwest of the cathedral. It contains ecclesiastical and liturgical objects from the diocese of Volterra, including a glazed terracotta bust of St Linus (first successor of St Peter) by Andrea della Robbia; a Reliquary of Sant'Ottaviano, of beaten silver by Antonio del Pollaiuolo (15th century), and a Reliquary of St Victor, of enameled silver (Sienese workmanship, 14th century); a wooden tabernacle decorated with miniatures (Umbrian school, 15th century); a gilt-bronze Crucifix by Giambologna (16th century); and valuable priestly vestments of the 16th to 18th centuries.

A collection of bells, the oldest dating from 1069, and a gilt-bronze Crucifix by Giambologna (16th century) are notable.