Ordo Praedicatorum: la colección museográfica de la iglesia de Santo Domingo de Osuna

Abstract

Santo Domingo's Church, an old Dominican temple in Osuna (Seville), is where are celebrated the parroquial ceremonies of Assumption's Collegiate and one of the social landmarks of the town. This place was chosen to house the museum and permanent exhibit named Ordo Praedicatorum for various reasons, namely, its long history, its monumental architecture, its archive and its magnificent collection of sculptures, paintings and silver ornaments. This paper studies the museum's curatorial standards on the one hand, and of the items that compose the four parts of the collection on the other. The appropriate preservation and dissemination of the exhibits has turned this religious centre of worship into a new exhibition space in accordance with the designation of the town as National Heritage Site.