Due to its ancient origins, Massa Marittima is a place where history, art and culture mix together, offering an incredible variety of possibilities for the people who visit the area.
The Museum Network of Massa Marittima was born to protect these origins and at the same time to let everyone discover and enjoy its beauties.
The museums you will be able to visit are:
- the Archeological Museum
- San Pietro all’orto Museum Complex
- the Mining Museum
- the Museum of Mining Art and History
- the Chandelier Tower
- the Old Carpenter’s Shop
and two private museums:
- Marine World Aquarium
- the Museum of Ancient Mechanical Organs
13 November 2016
The building used to be the Convent of San Pietro all’Orto, in Cittanuova, next to Sant’Agostino Church. The museum hosts pieces of art such as sculptures, […]
12 October 2016
This imposing tower and its sienese Fortress stand in the upper part of the medieval city centre, called Cittanuova. The tower was built in 1228 by […]
17 October 2016
It is only 5 minutes away from the city centre. It was originally a travertine cave and then converted into a museum once the mining activity […]
12 November 2016
It is inside the medieval Lord’s Residence, in Piazza Garibaldi. The museum is organized in two main sections. The prehistorical one on the ground floor shows […]
13 November 2016
The museum was born in 1984 and it is complementary with the Mining Museum: it deepens some aspects of the mining activity concerning the area around […]
15 October 2016
It is a private museum and the only one in Italy of its kind. It was born in 2002 thank Dr. Lorenzo Ronzoni who donated his […]
15 October 2016
It is both a centre of marine environmental education and the headquarter of the Shark Studies Centre, that undertakes research studies in South Africa and in […]
13 November 2016
It is in a small lane in the city centre that connects Piazza Garibaldi to the medieval neighborhood of Borgo. It reproduces a traditional carpenter studio, […]