The Museum of Christian Art occupies part of the Convent of St Monica on Holy Hill and holds the most important collection of Indo-Portuguese Christian art in the world. The collection brings together processional crosses, ivory sculptures, gilded altarpieces, liturgical silverware, vestments, and painted panels produced in Goa between the 16th and 18th centuries — art made by Goan craftsmen working in a hybrid tradition that merged Portuguese Catholic iconography with Indian techniques and aesthetics.
The museum is small but carefully curated, and the objects are exceptional. The ivory sculptures in particular — crucifixes, figures of saints, and nativity scenes — show a range of Indian artistic influence that you will not see in European religious art. Entry requires a ticket separate from the other monuments.