Museums in Tuscany
Accademia Gallery
Florence
It is one of the most popular museums in the world because it displays Michelangelo's renowned David
Alberto della Ragione Collection
Florence
It is situated in the shadow of Palazzo Vecchio, and represents an extraordinary treasure of works of art
Alessandro Malaspina Centre of Studies
Massa-Carrara
It was opened in 1987 in Mulazzo nel 1987 in order to remember Alessandro Malaspina
Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi
Pistoia
This palazzo had the appearance of a real fortress, with an imposing tower at one corner and battlements running along its whole perimeter
Archaeological Museum
Florence
It stems from the collections of the Medici and Lorraine families that were initally exhibited along with other treasures in the Uffizi Gallery and moved to the Palazzo della Crocetta
Archaeology Antiquarium
Pisa
It is an University Museum, composed by a heterogeneous collection of some 1500 original artefacts accompanied in most cases by generic information about their origin
Archiepiscopal Archives
Pisa
The archives were recovered in November 2001 and are currently managed by Don Nieri
Art and archaeology museum
Grosseto
It was established thanks to an ecclesiastic, Giovanni Chelli, an intellectual and open-minded man
Art Collection of the Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa
Pisa
It preserves works of art which are linked to the cultural and artistic life of Pisa
Audiovisual Museum of the Resistance
Massa-Carrara
It is located in a former children summer camp, which was build in 1949 by a group of resistance fighters and volunteers
Bargello National Museum
Florence
The Museum has a remarkable collection of sculpture and works of art, with fundamental works by Donatello, Della Robbia, Verrocchio and Michelangelo
Botanical Museum
Florence
It was established only in 1842, that is fairly late as compared to other Florentine Museums
Botanical Museum
Pisa
Today the museum preserves plant collections relating to the research work conducted by scientists over the centuries
Casa di Dante
Florence
The museum is arranged on three floors according to the three most important stages in his life
Casa Guidi
Florence
The Guidi House, as we see it today, has the same number of rooms and the same layout of the flat rented in 1847 by the couple Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barret Browning
Casa natale di Giacomo Puccini
Lucca
Puccini was born in this house in Corte San Lorenzo, where he spent his childhood until he moved to Milan at the age of 22
Cassero - Museo Comunale - Monte San Savino
Arezzo
Entirely renovated in the seventies, the Cassero is now the City Museum - displaying ceramic vessels and various works of art
Castiglioncello National Archaeological Museum
Livorno
It is situated on the Castiglioncello headland in an extensive pinewood at Il Poggetto
Castle and City Museum
Livorno
It is situated in the restored Fortress, one of Piombino's oldest buildings
Cecina Archaeological Museum
Livorno
It recounts the history of the Cecina Valley, from prehistory to the end of ancient times
Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci
Prato
Designed by Italo Gamberini in 1984 and opened in 1988, it is not only an exhibition place but also a seat of international research and artistic production
Centro di Scienze Naturali
Prato
Contains 750 sq.m of showrooms with collections of birds, mammals, fishes, reptiles, insects, shells, minerals, stones, herbariums, and archaeological and paleontologic finds of the Galceti Paleolithic Mousterian station
Contemporary Art Collection of the Teseco Foundation
Pisa
The collection is housed in the administrative offices of the Teseco factory, in Pisa's industrial park
Domus Galilaeana
Pisa
The Domus houses a rich library and preserves manuscripts of Galileo and other physicists such as Enrico Fermi and Antonio Pacinotti
Domus Mazziniana
Pisa
The Domus Mazziniana is meant to aid scholars in their studies about the history of the Risorgimento
Ecomuseo dell’Alabastro - Volterra
Pisa
The Alabaster Ecomuseum is an environmental museum that tells the story of an ancient craft specific to Volterra
Egyptological Collections
Pisa
The museum houses the following collections: Schiff Giorgini Collection, Oxyrhynchus Ostraka, Picozzi Collection
Ethnographical Museum of Lunigiana
Massa-Carrara
It preserves objects of rural culture unchanged for centuries
Etruscan Museum - San Gimignano
Siena
In the museum there is an exhibition of archeological findings from digs in the surrounding area and especially from Ranza and Cellole
Fantiscritti Quarry
Massa-Carrara
It has been founded in order to commemorate the story of life and work of quarrymen of the past
Galleria degli Alberti
Prato
It contains an important collection of florentine and tuscan paintings of the Baroque period
Gasparri Collection
Livorno
The museum is housed in a building in the fascinating medieval quarter of Populonia
Historical Museum of Liberation
Lucca
The museum dates back to 1988 and it was realized by a group of survivors of the Second World War
Jacopo da Fivizzano Museum of Printing
Massa-Carrara
It was born from an idea of Loris Jacopo Bononi in order to remember the binding between the Lunigiana and printing
Mediterranean Natural History Museum
Livorno
It illustrates man's physical and cultural evolution, with particular reference to population of the Mediterranean area
Modern Art Gallery
Florence
In Pitti Palace, on the second floor, the Modern Art Gallery shows a complete overview of Italian painting from Neoclassicism to the 20th century
Monumental apartments - Palazzo Pitti
Florence
They take up the right wing of the main floor of the Pitti Palace and are an important record of the history of the palace over three subsequent historical periods
Musei Civici di Villa Paolina
Lucca
The municipal museums of Villa Paolina are housed in one of the most remarkable buildings in town
Museo civico
Siena
Located in one of the most important Gothic public buildings, it houses masterpieces of Sienese art and history
Museo - Monteriggioni
Siena
The Monteriggioni museum is currently hosting the exhibition “Knights, leaders and soldiers of fortune”
Museo Archeologico - Castiglion Fiorentino
Arezzo
The Archaeological Museum holds and tells the history of Castiglion Fiorentino and of its territory
Museo Archeologico - Montelupo Fiorentino
Florence
The Archaeological Museum offers an important contribution to the reconstruction of the history of settlement in this part of central-northern Tuscany
Museo Archeologico e della Collegiata
Siena
It is a collection of archaeological exhibits, and important works of the 'scuola senese'
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Siena
A rich heritage of exhibits and wide ranging documentation on the history of Sienese territory from prehistory to the Roman age
Museo Archeologico Versiliese Bruno Antonucci
Lucca
Since its foundation in 1968 the Museum has been housed at Palazzo Moroni in the Piazza del Duomo of Pietrasanta
Museo Capitolare
Pistoia
The Cathedral Museum is a place to visit to deepen one's knowledge of the city's remarkable historical and artistic heritage
Museo Casa Natale Giosuè Carducci
Lucca
Giosuè Carducci, the famous Italian poet who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1906, was born in Valdicastello on the 27th July 1835
Museo Casa Rodolfo Siviero
Florence
The museum also hosts exhibitions and other cultural events, the actualization of which is entrusted by Regione Toscana to the Associazione Amici dei Musei Fiorentini
Museo Casa-Atelier di Ugo Guidi
Lucca
In Vittoria Apuana, in the district of Forte dei Marmi, was recently inaugurated the
Museo civico
Pistoia
Visit to the museum is an interesting walk in the political, religious and artistic history of the city
Museo Civico Archeologico
Lucca
The museum is in the historic Palazzo Tori Massoni, built at the end of the XVI century by the Orsucci
Museo Civico del marmo
Massa-Carrara
The museum, founded in 1982 by the Town Administration, is aimed to preserve all works of local marble culture
Museo d'Arte Sacra
Lucca
In 1936, in a XVIIth century building, seat of the Confraternita di San Michele e San Vincenzo, the Museum of Sacred Art was set up
Museo dei Bozzetti
Lucca
It was founded in 1984 and contains small models, mostly of plaster, as well as larger ones and sketches of sculptures by contemporary Italian and foreign artists
Museo del Carnevale
Lucca
The Museo del Carnevale (Carnival Museum) is located in the new complex of the "Cittadella del Carnevale", which was designed by the architect Francesco Tomassi
Museo del tessuto
Prato
The Museum preserves a wealth of textile materials of extreme interest due to the quality and variety of the collections
Museo del Vino - Centro per la cultura del vino I Lecci - Montespertoli
Florence
On a beautiful hill crest, against the stunning scenery of the Via Lucardese, lies the Centre for the Culture of Wine
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Florence
The Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore is a lay institution founded by the Republic of Florence in 1296 to superintend the construction of the new Cathedral and its bell tower
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Prato
It houses works of art coming from the Cathedral, including also holy silverware and relics, as well as from other churches, especially of the mountain area
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Pisa
Inaugurated in 1986, the museum shows typical Pisan art and, in particular, of the Pisan Medieval sculptures which belonged to the buildings of the Square
Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana
Siena
It houses objects and works of art chiefly from the Duomo, including some famous Sienese and Tuscan school masterpieces of the 13th to the 15th century
Museo della Cattedrale
Lucca
The museum is housed in a complex consisting of a XIIIth century tower house
Museo della Ceramica - Montelupo Fiorentino
Florence
The new Ceramics Museum comprises an indoor area of 2.100 square metres, an outdoor area of 400 square metres and a spacious entrance hall that houses the cafeteria/bookshop
Museo della civiltà Contadina - Montefoscoli
Pisa
The Museum of peasant civilization is placed into a house of the xvi century and shows several pieces of Tuscan civilization since the end of ‘700
Museo della Fondazione Roberto Capucci
Florence
The Foundation is aimed at preserving and promoting the knowledge of the work of Roberto Capucci
Museo della Satira e della Caricatura
Lucca
The Forte dei Marmi Museum of satire and caricatures is housed in the Forte di Leopoldo I
Museo delle Sinopie
Pisa
Remarkable example of Medieval graphics, the sinopias are conserved in the Museum in Piazza dei Miracoli
Museo di Arte Sacra - Montespertoli
Florence
The museum’s patrimony of works comes from the parish church of San Pietro in Mercato, and from its suffragans as well as from the churches of the other two parishes
Museo di Arte Sacra - Volterra
Pisa
Museum of Sacred Art is housed in the ancient canon’s house, today known as the Bishop’s Palace
Museo di pittura murale
Prato
The museum is situated on the first floor of the Monastery of S. Domenico and was founded in 1974 to gather several detached frescoes, sinopias and graffiti
Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra
Massa-Carrara
It's located in a palace of 1580 wished by Alberico I Cybo Malaspina belonging to the younger branch of the Cybo Malaspina
Museo Etnologico delle Alpi Apuane
Massa-Carrara
It's located in a building near the Santuario della Madonna degli Uliveti in Massa
Museo Etrusco Guarnacci - Volterra
Pisa
The Etruscan Guarnacci Museum is one of the earliest public museums in Europe
Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi e Pinacoteca Nazionale
Lucca
It is housed in one of the most luxurious mansions of the town, built between the end of XVIth and the beginning of the XVIIth century
Museo Rospigliosi
Pistoia
A local legend says that during one of his stays in Pistoia Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi (Pope Clemente IX) chose as his residence the building now known as the palazzo Rospigliosi
Museo Villa Puccini
Lucca
The Villa has a traditional cubical structure with a symmetrical composition and clearly defined functional partitions
Museum and Florentine Institute of Prehistory
Florence
It was founded in Florence in 1946 to preserve and classify the prehistoric collections existing in Florence
Museum of History of Science
Florence
Since 1930 the seat of the museum is in the old palace, restored several times over the centuries, that takes its name from its last owners, the Castellanis
Museum of Human Anatomy
Pisa
It is housed in the Medical School of Pisa, in the Human Anatomy Division of the Department of Human Morphology and Applied Biology
Museum of Human and Pathological Anatomy
Pisa
It is an integral part of the Medical School of Pisa University
Museum of mezzadria
Siena
It evokes the social and economical system, of the tuscan families until 1950s
Museum of Natural History
Massa-Carrara
The museum, founded in 1981, is housed in the Brunella Fortress of Aulla
Museum of Orsanmichele
Florence
The museum is situated inside the fourteenth century building of Orsanmichele
Museum of Palazzo Davanzati
Florence
Also known as the Museum of the traditional Florentine house it's in fact the house of a noble family, dating from the 14th century, which was acquired by the State in 1951
Museum of Sacred Art - San Gimignano
Siena
It was created in 1915 and it remained in the sacristy of the Parish until 1929 when it was moved to its present site
Museum of stele statues
Massa-Carrara
It is located in the Piagnaro Castle, on the top of the Monte Molinatico
Museum of the Cathedral
Pisa
The two-storey 13th-century building preserves important works from the monuments in the Field of Miracles
Museum of the Cenacolo of Andrea del Sarto
Florence
Since 1981 some of the restored rooms of the former Vallombrosan convent of S. Salvi are the seat of the Museum of the Cenacolo of Andrea del Sarto
Museum of the Medici Chapels
Florence
The Museum is especially famous for the New Sacristy which Michelangelo designed for the tombs of Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici, creating one of the masterpieces of architecture and sculpture of the Italian Renaissance
Museum of the Order of the Knights of St. Stephen
Pisa
The museum houses collections of maritime emblems, the model of a galley, nautical instruments, logbooks and uniforms of the Order
National Antarctic Museum
Siena
It was established in 1996 and named Felice Ippolito in memory of its first President
National Museum of Palazzo Reale
Pisa
The palace was built in the latter half of the 16th century to a design by Buontalenti. It was the seat of the Medicean court during the winter, since Pisa served as the second capital of the Tuscan Grand Duchy
National Museum of San Matteo
Pisa
It houses monographic collections on medieval ceramics, Pisan painting in the 12th and 13th centuries and to painting and sculpture in the 14th and 15th centuries
National Museum of Villa Guinigi
Lucca
It's located in one of the oldest buildings of the city: the 15th-century villa belonging to Paolo Guinigi
Opificio delle Pietre Dure
Florence
It is dedicated to the traditional art of the Florentine mosaic (or inlaid work) in semi-precious stones
Palatina Gallery
Florence
The Gallery is called Palatina because it is located in the Palazzo of the ruling family
Palazzo Bruni-Ciocchi
Arezzo
A renaissance building known as tha palazzo della Dogana because of its 19th century function
Palazzo dei Priori
Arezzo
This building, located at the top of the hill in the old part of town, in a zone that has been the seat of the main civil, religious and judicial authorities, looks out onto the west side of the piazza della Libertà
Palazzo Ducale
Lucca
The Palazzo Ducale is the headquarters of the Provincial Government in Lucca and also houses the Institution and Centre FOR Popular Traditions and the Paolo Cresci Foundation for the History of Italian Emigration
Palazzo Fabroni
Pistoia
This palazzo that once belonged to the Fabroni family now provides some prestigious and rather extraordinary exhibition spaces for contemporary art in Pistoia
Palazzo Incontri-Viti - Volterra
Pisa
The Palazzo Viti in Volterra is one of the most beautiful private residences of Italy
Palazzo Minucci Solaini - Volterra
Pisa
The palazzo houses an extroadinary collection of local paintings and sculptures
Palazzo Pfanner
Lucca
Palazzo Pfanner belonged to the homonym successful chirurg and it's a typical example of the architecture of that period
Palazzo Pretorio
Pistoia
The medieval appearance that the building has today is the result of renovation carried out in the mid nineteenth century
Palazzo Pretorio
Arezzo
The complex is the result of the 14th/15th century fusion of buildings that belonged to the noble familes of the Albergotti, the Sassoli and the Lodomeri
Palazzo Vescovile
Arezzo
This palace has been the seat of the diocesan curia since half way througth the 13th century
Paleoethnological and Paleontological Collections
Pisa
The collection comprises artefacts made of ceramic, flint, dressed stone, obsidian, bone and metal dating from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Iron Age
Petrarca's House
Arezzo
The current construction was built in the 16th century on the remains of a medieval building traditionally held to be Francesco Petrarca's birthplace
Piccolomini Palace - Pienza
Siena
The summer residence of Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Pope Pius II, Palazzo Piccolomini in Pienza is the first example of Renaissance architecture
Pinacoteca Comunale - Castiglion Fiorentino
Arezzo
The Art Gallery house pieces of notable artistic interest: sacred art and rare items of medieval jewellery
Pinacoteca e Museo Civico - Volterra
Pisa
The Art Gallery and Civic Museum are located inside the Palazzo Minucci-Solaini, a splendid example of late-15th century architecture traditionally attributed to Antonio San Gallo the Elder
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Siena
The largest collection of Sienese painting, including its greatest masters, from the 12th to the mid 17th century
Populonia Archaeological Museum
Livorno
It is situated in the 19th-century Palazzo Nuovo within the fortified stronghold of Piombino's historic centre
Prints and Drawings Collection
Pisa
It is a public collection of contemporary graphics containing over 8,000 works on paper
Rosignano M.mo Civic Archaeological Museum
Livorno
It is housed in the Palazzo Bombardieri in the medieval citadel of Rosignano
San Marco Museum
Florence
The museum owes its renown especially to the paintings of Fra Angelico, one of the great artists of the Renaissance, who frescoed extensive parts of the convent
Santa Maria della Scala
Siena
Museum complex of the ancient Siena Hospital. Frescoes, art works and treasures accumulated over its millenary history
Silver Museum
Florence
The rooms on the ground floor of Palazzo Pitti and the mezzanine rooms were chosen in 1861 as the location of the Silver Museum, which collects various kinds of precious objects
Stibbert Museum
Florence
Federico Stibbert belonged to the refined world of writers and men of letters, English art amateurs and others who entered the life of Florence during the 19th century
The Archaeological Museum
Arezzo
The Museum is housed in the former Olivetan convent, founded in 1323, that was built directly over the ruins of the Roman Amphitheatre
The Museum and Monumental Cloisters of Santa Maria Novella
Florence
The monumental complex of the cloister is considered an extraordinary example of Italian Gothic architecture
The Museum of the Opera di Santa Croce
Florence
This museum is located next to the church of Santa Croce, one of the most extraordinary examples of Italian Gothic architecture
The People's Palace - San Gimignano
Siena
The People's Palace or new Podesta's Palace, which is today the home of the Town Council, is situated on the left hand side of the Duomo square
The Pitti Palace
Florence
Residence of the grand-dukes of Tuscany, now houses several important collections of paintings and sculpture, works of art, porcelain and a costume gallery
The Porcelain museum
Florence
The collection can be described as princely, in that many pieces were made for the grand-ducal court or were gifts from other European rulers.
The State Museum of Medieval and Modern Art
Arezzo
The Museum is housed in the Bruni-Ciocchi del Monte Palace, which Donato, son of humanist Leonardo Bruni, had built during the middle of the 15th century
Uffizi Gallery
Florence
One of the most famous museums of paintings and sculpture in the world: comprises masterpieces by Giotto, Botticelli, Mantegna and many others
Vasari's House
Arezzo
It's the artist home in Arezzo. Vasari himself was responsible for the layout and furnishings
