TOP 10 MUSEUMS
With literally thousands of years of history, the Maremma has so many museums, you won’t know which ones to visit first. Cue my top 10. These museums are the best of the best and span across the breadth of the Maremma’s cultural and historical patrimony. From conservation museum in the heart of a blissfully beautiful nature park to the centre of Etruscan art in Southern Tuscany, the Maremma has a museum for every interest and a collection for even the most discerning art critic.
archeology museum,
grosseto
Everything from votive deposits, tombs, wine barrels, Latin inscriptions, Roman statues and terracotta decorations dating between the 5th and 3rd century BC are on display here.
Read morevulci etruscan museum
Just so you know, Vulci isn’t your typical museum. You need an entire day to explore every nook and crany of this gorgeous and ancient city and you really don’t want to miss a thing.
Read moreMagma museum, follonica
Housed in the Forno San Ferdinando in Follonica, this museum celebrates the proud millenary tradition that has been in the city since the time of the Etruscans.
Read moreETRUSCAN MUSEUM, VETULONIA
This museum is filled with a vast collection of tombs, urns, instruments, plates and some engraved stones and jewellery that date back to between the 8th and 4th century BC and were found in nearby archaeological sites.
Read morecasa ximenes, castiglione della pescaia
Inside the museum is a multimedia centre that streams live images from video cameras hidden in the Diaccia Botrona Nature Reserve, which surrounds the building.
Read moremining museum, massa marittima
his museum captures this culture, using the beautifully restored tunnels to document the lives of those who sometimes died fueling the city’s economy and providing the minerals that, when sold, allowed richer men to build the magnificent buildings that now draw thousands of tourists to Massa Marittima each year.
Read moreOUTDOOR ETRUSCAN MUSEUM, PITIGLIANO
Only recently opened, it recreates the entire history of the Etruscan-Roman civilisations, reconstructing all aspects of urban life from the protohistoric villages of the Bronze Age with their circular huts to an Etruscan town house with three rooms and a porch.
Read morePREHISTORY MUSEUM, MANCIANO
One of the territory’s most important museums, the Museo di Preistoria e Protostoria (Prehistory and Protohistory Museum) recreates the lifestyles of the ancient civilisations that once filled the valleys of the Albegna and Fiora Rivers.
Read moreCOSA
As you approach Cosa, you can see the mix of buildings from later centuries that slowly encroached on the Roman ruins before it was made a protected archaeological site.
Read moreMINING MUSEUM,
SANTA FIORA
Taking up the entire ground floor of the Palazzo Sforza-Cesarini, this museum displays anything that has to do with the mining history and tradition that shaped Monte Amiata between the 19th and 20th century, focusing heavily on the territory between Santa Fiora and Castell’Azzara..
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