If you have a taste for the weird and wonderful, then why not make plans to visit some or all of these unusual museums in Tuscany! They will no doubt capture your imagination for hours and offer a great depth of fascination and learning.
Choose from a choice of excellent vacation rentals in Tuscany where you can easily travel around some or all of these tourist attractions.
The stuffed animal museum on via Romana in Florence city is quite a sight to behold. It displays a vast collection of stuffed insects, birds and animals and also incredibly accurate human anatomy replicas
Choose from a choice of excellent vacation rentals in Tuscany where you can easily travel around some or all of these tourist attractions.
The stuffed animal museum on via Romana in Florence city is quite a sight to behold. It displays a vast collection of stuffed insects, birds and animals and also incredibly accurate human anatomy replicas
In Siena, there’s a fun art museum designed specifically for kids! A visit to this museum is an excellent way to introduce your young ones to the world of great painters and sculptors, both past and present.
Here children can learn more about the specific art technique used by Renaissance masters like Giotto and Botticelli to achieve lifelike characters in their painters. Or have a go at sculpting your very own model and follow in the footsteps of the greats like Donatello!
The museum of Satire and Caricature at Forte dei Marmi on the Tuscan coast is definitely worth a tour around. A colourful tapestry of characters will greet you throughout this museum and is sure to inspire the artists in you to try creating one yourself!
Here children can learn more about the specific art technique used by Renaissance masters like Giotto and Botticelli to achieve lifelike characters in their painters. Or have a go at sculpting your very own model and follow in the footsteps of the greats like Donatello!
The museum of Satire and Caricature at Forte dei Marmi on the Tuscan coast is definitely worth a tour around. A colourful tapestry of characters will greet you throughout this museum and is sure to inspire the artists in you to try creating one yourself!
There’s a wonderful glass factory in Empoli, built in honour of the area’s well known glass manufacturing industry. Their green glass production was particularly famous throughout Italy and many superb pieces are on display here for you to admire.
The enthralling Museum of Gunpowder and Smuggling tells the thrilling history and legends that surround the Chitignano area in Tuscany. Bandits once roamed the land here in great numbers and many incredible stories of their adventures has survived to be retold in this fun museum!
So come and see these places of interest and learning for yourself on your next cultural vacation to Tuscany!
The enthralling Museum of Gunpowder and Smuggling tells the thrilling history and legends that surround the Chitignano area in Tuscany. Bandits once roamed the land here in great numbers and many incredible stories of their adventures has survived to be retold in this fun museum!
So come and see these places of interest and learning for yourself on your next cultural vacation to Tuscany!
Photo credits
picture 1: Daderot / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Thomas Hawk / CC BY 2.0;
picture 1: Daderot / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Thomas Hawk / CC BY 2.0;