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The Museum consists of several thematic sections: very interesting those dedicated to painting, sculpture, sacred vestments and jewelry.
In the collection of paintings stand out two oils on panel of the sixteenth century: the Deposition of Francesco da Torremaggiore of 1515 and the Madonna della Grazie of Carlo Tolentino (called the Tartaglia) of 1565. Also interesting is a Saint Martin who gives the cloak to the poor, attributed to the Flemish painter Gaspar Hovic, and a Judith and Holofernes. Among the sculptures, in addition to the eighteenth-century statues representing San Michele Arcangelo, the Guardian Angel and San Francesco Antonio Fasani attributed to Giacomo Colombo, of valuable manufacture are the Madonna della Melagrana (XIV century) and the triptych of the Madonna delle Stelle (century XIV).
The Treasure of the Cathedral Chapter includes pissids, monstrances, crucifixes, candelabra, liturgical books, seats and episcopal seals of various eras. Among the most evocative works are a reliquary shaped like a pyx in red jasper of the thirteenth century, according to tradition coming from the destroyed cathedral of Fiorentino; a pastoral coming from the destroyed cathedral of Tertiveri; a diptych (or covered with gospel) of the fourteenth century school of Sulmona, consisting of two silver sheets embossed with figures of Christ on the cross and Christ enthroned among the four Evangelists; the keys and crowns of the icon of Saint Mary Patron Saint of Lucera.
Noteworthy is the section dedicated to liturgical vestments, true masterpieces of textile art: a linen shirt with gold friezes, a stole and a hat belonged to Blessed Agostino Kasotic, who ruled the diocese in 1322, the wool cloak of San Francesco Antonio Fasani (17th century) and further textiles of the 18th-20th centuries.
Precious is also the furniture of the halls: doors, armchairs, tables, curtains, wooden chandeliers, bronze and wrought iron, desks, bookcases, wardrobes and living rooms (18th-20th centuries). Among the objects of furniture to be observed with attention to an artistic wardrobe-chapel (late eighteenth century), containing the golden wooden altar belonged to the family of Mons. Freda.
