ARCIDOSSO

Sezione Espositiva del Centro Studi David Lazzeretti
David Lazzeretti was a preacher active in the 19th century especially in the region of Mount Amiata. Also known as the "Prophet of the Amiata", he founded the Jurisdavidic Church. The museum presents the history of Lazzeretti and his church through a collection of photographs, paintings and other items.


CASTIGLIONE DELLA PESCAIA

Museo Civico Archeologico "Isidoro Falchi" e Area Archeologica
The museum documents the history of the town and area of Castiglione della Pescaia, from the Villanovan period (10th-7th century BC) to the Roman times (1st century BC-1st century AD). The museum is named after Isidoro Falchi, who discovered the archaeological site with some interesting Etruscan tombs, including the tomb of the Belvedere, the Pietrera tumulus, the Diavolino tumulus and the tomb of the Golden Fibula.


CINIGLIANO

Casa Museo di Monticello Amiata
The two sections of Monticello Amiata Museum House illustrate the lifestyle on the mountains of the area in the 19th century. The first section contains everyday items, whereas the second one (housed in what in the past was the olive-mill of the museum house) exhibits a collection of tools used by local farmers and craftsmen.


FOLLONICA

Museo del Ferro e della Ghisa
Born to save from destruction the artistic casts and wooden models conserved in the Ilva factory, the museum documents the history of iron and ironworking through finds from classical times to the present day, including an original Etruscan smelting furnace, wooden models for cast artworks and objects produced in Follonica. The media library has documents, drawings, photographs and a collection of recorded testimonies on the history of the factory.

Pinacoteca Comunale "Amedeo Modigliani"
The gallery exhibits two drawings by Modigliani, the world`s largest collection of the work of the Macchiaioli and some 160 works by such important contemporary artists as Annigoni and Dalì (among others).


GROSSETO

Area Archeologica di Roselle
One of the most important towns in northern-central Etruria, Roselle is one of the largest archaeological areas in Tuscany. The imposing town walls measure over three kilometres and were built around the mid-6th century BC. In the archaeological area are also the ruins of the Roman town, an amphitheatre and the thermal baths dating to the age of Hadrian. The excavation works have brought to light also some dwellings and workshops dating from the 7th-6th century BC.

Museo Archeologico e d`Arte della Maremma
The museum displays finds from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages unearthed in the archaeological sites in Maremma (especially in Roselle, Vulci and Vetulonia). The adjoining Museo Diocesano exposes works of Sienese art from the 13th century onwards.

Museo di Storia Locale "Ildebrando Imberciadori"
The museum contains documents, archaeological finds, musical instruments, farming implements and a collection of ancient timepieces that illustrate the history and traditions of Montepescali, a small town that was declared a free commune in 1147.

Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma
Opened to the public in 1971 after a successful exhibition organised in 1967 by Maremma Naturalist Speleological Association, the museum illustrates the characteristics of Maremma`s natural environment through collections of minerals and rocks, seashells, birds, insects, reptiles, mammals and paleontological finds especially from southern Tuscany.


MAGLIANO IN TOSCANA

Centro di Documentazione Archeologica
The Centre of Archaeological Documentation contains Etruscan and Roman archaeological finds unearthed in the area (coins, bronzes, fragments of ceramic and glass crockery). Particularly interesting is the life-size reconstruction of the Etruscan tomb of Sant`Andrea, with descriptive panels that illustrate its discovery, plan and decorations. The visit includes a tour of the nearby Etruscan necropolises of Santa Maria in Borraccia and Cancellone.


MANCIANO

Museo Archeologico di Saturnia
The museum exhibits about 600 archaeological finds dating from prehistoric to Roman times unearthed between the late 19th and the early 20th centuries in Pitigliano, Saturnia, Sovana and in Fiora and Albegna valleys.

Museo di Preistoria e Protostoria
The Museum of Prehistory and Protohistory illustrates the history of the Fiora and Albegna valleys during prehistoric and protohistoric times through archaeological finds (mainly stone tools, animal remains, ceramic fragments, vases and bronze items), explanatory panels and audiovisual material.


MASSA MARITTIMA

Antica Falegnameria
The faithful reconstruction of an old carpenter`s workshop exposes work tools that belonged to various generations of carpenters of the same family.

Antico Frantoio
The oil-press was probably built in the late 17th century and remained in use until the 1950s. The collection includes oil-press machines and various tools for processing olives and producing oil.

Centro Espositivo di Arte Contemporanea - Collezione Angiolino Martini
The museum exhibits Angiolino Martini`s collection: 750 paintings, lithographs and graphic art works by important contemporary artists.

Museo Archeologico
The Civic Archaeological Museum is housed in Palazzo del Pretorio, a 13th-century building in travertine. On the ground floor is a collection of ancient pharmaceutical ceramic jars, whereas on the upper floors are vases, jewels and implements for spinning brought to light at nearby Lake of Accesa. On show is also a straight loom that has been reconstructed on the basis of archaeological findings and iconographic models.

Museo della Miniera
The Mining Museum was established in 1980 in the underground galleries that were used as air-raid shelters during World War II. In three different galleries are presented the various typologies of framework supporting the earthen vaults. On display are also samples of minerals from the surrounding area, miners` working equipment, means of transport for the mineral and miners and items linked to the miners` daily life.

Museo di Storia e Arte della Miniera
Housed in the 15th-century Palazzetto delle Armi, the Museum of Mining Art and History was opened to the public in 1985 and is part of the Museum System of Massa Marittima. It displays a collection of minerals from the Metalliferous Hills, mining tools from antiquity to the present day as well as maps and documents on the life of miners.

Museo di Santa Cecilia di Organi Meccanici Antichi
"Santa Cecilia" Museum of Antique Mechanical Organs is housed in the oldest church in Massa Marittima, the church of San Pietro all`Orto, a late-12th-century building with remains of medieval frescoes and stained-glass windows. The museum documents the evolution of keyboard instruments. On display are ten mechanical organs made in Italy between 1680 and 1839 and six keyboard instruments dating from the 17th century to the early 20th century.

Torre del Candeliere
The tower was built in 1228 not only as a sighting tower, but also as a statement of the authority of the free commune of Massa Marittima. The Sienese army destroyed the tower in 1335 and then rebuilt it together with an imposing archway that connected it to the fortress when the town was taken. The clock on the eastern side, whose mechanism can be seen inside the tower, was added in the 15th century. In the 18th century, the bell that had been installed in the tower three centuries earlier was replaced with the current one. The archway and the walls of the fortress afford a wonderful view of the town and the sea as far as the Isle of Elba.


MONTE ARGENTARIO

Forte Stella
Together with the fortress and Forte Filippo, Forte Stella was part of the defensive system of Porto Ercole. It was built in the second half of the 17th century as a Spanish military garrison and owes its name to its peculiar form: the central core has a six-pointed star plan. The quadrilateral walls that surround the central nucleus have ramparted corners.

Fortezza Spagnola - Mostra Permanente "Memorie Sommerse"
Built around 1560, the fortress is an excellent example of Spanish military architecture. The fortress houses two permanent exhibitions: one is devoted to the art of the shipwrights, that is shipbuilding; the second exposes underwater archaeological finds collected on the local seafloors.


ORBETELLO

Acquario della Laguna - Museo della Pesca e delle Tradizioni Lagunari
The various sections into which the aquarium is divided illustrate the flora and fauna that are found in the particular ecosystem of the lagoon of Orbetello, where both freshwater and saltwater fish live. The Museum of Fishing and Lagoon Traditions contains a collection of implements for fishing in the lagoon; vintage photographs and explanatory panels illustrate the ancient trades of the local population.

Antiquarium di Cosa
The antiquarium is situated in the archaeological site of Cosa (today Ansedonia) and exhibits bronze items, coins, decorative and architectural fragments and pottery brought to light during the excavation works in the town founded by the Romans in 273 BC and in the nearby port.

Mostra Permanente "Frontone di Talamone"
The exhibition is housed in a historical palace of Orbetello and displays terracotta fragments of the pediment of an Etruscan temple built in the 4th century BC. The pediment depicted the "Seven Against Thebes". The temple was remodelled in around 150 BC, when the pediment was added, and then was destroyed by a fire in around 100 BC. The fragments of the pediment were brought to light in the late 19th century.


PITIGLIANO

Museo Civico Archeologico della Civiltà Etrusca
Established in 1995, the museum is organised in two sections: the first contains finds from the Etruscan necropolis of Poggio Buco; the second is devoted to the finds unearthed in the settlement and the necropolis of Pitigliano.

Museo Diocesano Palazzo Orsini
The Diocesan Museum is housed in Palazzo Orsini, a 13th-century building that the Orsini family had restructured between the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th centuries by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. On display in the frescoed rooms are gold and silver items, paintings, coins, sculptures and liturgical items and vestments, as well as a collection of documents of the diocese.


ROCCALBEGNA

Museo Etnografico Santa Caterina
Inaugurated in 1987, "Santa Caterina" Ethnographic Museum is housed in what was once a smithy and documents the daily life in the area of Mount Amianta. On display are working tools, utensils, terracotta crockery, devotional objects and photographs.


ROCCASTRADA

Museo della Vite e del Vino
The Museum of Grapes and Wine is organised in two sections: the first illustrates local farming traditions, especially linked to the production of wine, through explanatory panels, paintings, prints and photographs; the second section is housed in a large wine-cellar hewn out of the rock and contains barrels, demijohns and other items linked to wine-growing, as well as a collection of mining implements and tools for working stone. An area of the museum is devoted to the tasting of the wines produced in the area.


SANTA FIORA

Museo delle Miniere
The Mine Museum is part of the Parco Minerario del Monte Amiata and illustrates various themes relating to the mercury mines of the Amiata area: from the techniques of prospecting and extraction to mining equipment, from the use of mercury in the course of the centuries to miners` health problems. On show is also the reconstruction of a mine tunnel.


SCANSANO

Museo Archeologico
The Archaeology Museum exhibits finds unearthed in the Etruscan settlement of Ghiaccioforte, including a number of votive statues in an excellent state of preservation.

Museo della Vite e del Vino
Housed in Palazzo Pretorio, the Museum of Grapes and Wine is divided into five sections devoted to history and archaeology of wine-making, production, the life cycle of grapevine and wine, traditions, and information on the local wine industry.


SCARLINO

Centro di Documentazione del Territorio
The Territorial Documentation Centre illustrates various aspects of the life in the area around Scarlino from the Bronze Age to the 17th century through the archaeological finds brought to light during the excavation works at the Rocca di Scarlino (1979-1983).


SEGGIANO

Centro di Documentazione Permanente sui Beni Culturali del Territorio
The museum displays a small collection of works of art from the municipal area. It also houses the historical archive of the town.

Il giardino di Daniel Spoerri
The garden was opened to the public in 1997. At present the sculpture park created by the Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri contains over 100 installations by various contemporary artists.


SORANO

Centro di Documentazione del Territorio Sovanese
The centre is housed in Palazzo Pretorio and is part of the museum network of Maremma. It exhibits fragments of Etruscan sculptures and a reconstruction of the decorations of the Ilderbranda tomb (3rd-2nd century BC), as well as explanatory panels and a model of the Etruscan necropolis of Sovana.

Museo del Medioevo e del Rinascimento
The museum is housed in the Fortezza Orsini, built in the Middle Ages by the Aldobrandeschi family and enlarged by the Orsinis in the 16th century. On display are illuminated manuscripts, frescoes and glazed ceramics found in the so-called "butti" (medieval wells) of Sorano. The underground walkways and the keep are open to the public.

Museo di Malacalogia Terrestre
Housed in an 11th-century building, the Museum of Terrestrial Malacology is the first museum of its kind in Italy. It is organised in four sections divided according to geographical areas. The exhibition includes a collection of shells of land molluscs (some of them extremely rare) and living specimens. The molluscs are from various natural habitats from all over the world.