The museum;unique in its kind;does not offer a simple visit but leads to an experience that allows visitors to "leave" their lives and travel in a dimension that is new and ancient at the same time.Entering the great hall housing the exhibition;visitors are in fact projected into a dimension without units of measurement of either time or space.The hall;formerly part of the ancient church of Santa Maria in Castello;was later incorporated into the 17th century building turning it into the locutory of the monastery;the sole point of contact between seclusion and the outside world.Of the original structure of the church;only part of a remarkable century fresco depicting the Virgin Mary of Providence from the school of Antoniazzo Romano and located at the end of the hall remains.Entering the hall;visitors pass from the light - the outside – to darkness;interrupted only by the light from the display cases containing objects;forming islands of light according to a pre-established scheme.Themes of significance to the lives of the nuns have been chosen:prayer;silence;discipline;sewing;pharmacy;kitchen;work.Material life refers to the spiritual life of the community.The themes are accompanied by a series of images projected on the ceiling of the room;emphasising the function of the objects and at the same time depriving them of any reference to space or time.