The Civic Museum of Rimini is housed in a former Jesuit monastery built in the mid-18th century by Bologna architect Alfonso Torreggiani. Nearby, in Piazza Ferrari, stands the Church of San Francesco Saverio.
From 1797 to 1977, the monastery housed a hospital, first military, then civilian, and now its building has been given over to the City Museum. In 40 galleries, covering an area of ​​3,000 square meters, over 1,500 different exhibits relating to the history of Rimini and its environs are stored. The courtyard garden houses a collection of ancient Roman epigraphs. On the first floor of the museum there is a section dedicated to René Grouault, the famous local fashion designer who died in 2004. The former cellar of the monastery now houses a new archaeological section, opened in 2010. It contains artifacts from prehistoric times to late antiquity, telling the story of Rimini. You can continue your acquaintance with imperial Rimini on the first floor - excellent mosaics from the Palazzo Diotallevi, sculptures, coins, ceramics, bronzes, glass, etc. are exhibited here. The priceless exhibit of this section are the surgical instruments found in the so-called House of the Surgeon in Piazza Ferrari.
The second and third floors of the museum are occupied by the Art Gallery, whose works date back to the 14th-19th centuries. On the second floor, you can see frescoes, ceramics and paintings from the 15th and 16th centuries, commissioned by the powerful ruler of Malatesta. And here is also kept the 14th-century fresco "Judgment Day", which once adorned the walls above the triumphal arch in the church of Sant Agostino. The section of the Middle Ages contains about 300 exhibits - sculptures, illustrated manuscripts, works of art of the 14th century.

On the third floor, paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries are displayed, among the authors of which are Guido Cagnacci, Il Centino, Il Guercino, Simone Cantarini and Giovanni Battista Costa.