Salzburg’s Dommuseum, which was founded in 1974, is situated in the southern oratories of the Cathedral. The exhibits range from the 8th century Carolingian St. Rupert’s crucifix, 12th to 18th century objects from the Cathedral treasury, for example Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich’s monstrance of 1697, sculpture and paintings from the 15th to the 18th century, to the 17th century curiosities of the ‘Royal Art and Rarities Collection’. Apart from the permanent exhibitions, the museum also holds special annual themed exhibitions of art and church history.