Archaeological Museum

Overview

A visit to the Archeological Museum is a trip, a leap through the times of peoples now gone and cultures extinct, but deeply imprinted in the memory of man. Particular information is available to the visitor in each room.

Tour details

Entry to the Archaeological Museum is available every 15 minutes!
Reservations must be made with a minimum of 1 day notice.
Reservations are limited to 30 persons maximum.

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Opening hours: Monday: Tuesday to Friday: 8:00 – 19:00; Saturday and Sunday 8:00 – 14:00.

Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations once a confirmation code has been assigned to the reservation, and for no shows, we can refund cost of unused tickets minus service fee (reservation fee and online booking fee).

Details

Since 1880 the Crocetta Palace has been the home of the National Archeological Museum of Florence: rich and precious collections, testimonies of now-extinct cultures, now-extinct, that is, but that take root and live on in the history of man.

A visit to the Museum starts with the section dedicated to Egyptian arts. The finds of the Paleolithic Age: the prehistoric Egypt that had to have started two million years ago. To this period belong the numerous utensils and instruments on display. The long history of the Egyptian people and culture is narrated by objects of diverse dating and origins: domestic utensils, beauty instruments (rooms I-V). Room XI holds various instruments relative to the ritual of Mummification, the so-called Canopic Vessels: containers for the vital organs of the deceased and essential for the funeral trousseau.

Following are the artifacts relative to the Protodynastic Age: Ancient, Middle, and New Reigns, until the age of Copta (310 a.D.).

Among the cult objects of this polytheist civilization, the Museum exhibits some fragments of papyrus, the chapters of the Book of the Dead: a story of the formula and ritual for the survival of the deceased in the afterlife (room VI), an exceptional facet of this great people.

The second section of the Museum is dedicated to Etruscan art: funerary sculpture and urns in terracotta (III-IV b.C.). The Mater Matuta is the most important find in room IX: a funerary urn in the figure of a woman with a baby in her arms, symbolic of fertility and motherhood. The artifacts were found in Chiusi, Chianciano, and Volterra and date between the Fourth and Seventh Century b.C. The Etruscan section holds a bronze collection rich with devotional objects, domestic utensils, small bronzes of animals and human figures in the act of making offerings (room XIV). Finally, there is a series of ancient bronze arms for attack (daggers, helmets, knifes and lances) and shields for defense, providing protection for the heart (VII b.C.).

The third section is dedicated to the Attica Ceramics: funerary amphorae, geometric cups and vases from the VIII Century b.C. One can see the particular vases, painted with the black-figure technique asserted to be from the VI Century b.C. (room I): life scenes and those of abduction, mythological images, athletic competitions and races between carts and horses decorate the production of the famous Attic painter Lydòs( 560 b.C.).

Between 550 and 530 b.C. the attention of the Attic ceramicists dwelt on few personages and dramatic scenes: the refinement culminates with the narration of the deeds of courageous heroes. The famous Hidrìa, a vase for drawing water covered with scenes of women at the fountains, makes the exposition cases of Room II even more invaluable.

A fourth section holds numerous Roman bronzes: portraits, helmets, statues, and masks of noble and valorous heroes. Very important are the two Elogia Arretina, dedicated to Quinto Fabio Massimo and Appio Claudio Cieco: two marble tablets that illustrate the name, career, and the military and political enterprise of the two.

A visit to the Archeological Museum is a trip, a leap through the times of peoples now gone and cultures extinct, but deeply imprinted in the memory of man. Particular information is available to the visitor in each room.

Prices

Tickets:

Full price

Reduced price:
European Union citizens aged 18 to 25
European Union teachers

Free tickets:
European Union citizens under 18 and over 65 (children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult)
Groups of Italian and European schools accompanied by their teachers, with official authorisation from the school and with an advance booking.
Tourist guides with an official document
Tourist interpreters accompanying a group with an official document
Members of ICOM
Students or scholars of all nationalities, engaged on specific research, may apply for special permits for a limited period.

Schools: Groups of Italian and European schools accompanied by their teachers, with official authorisation from the school and with an advance booking to be made directly to the museum.

Service fees and eventual temporary exhibition fees are due for any kind of ticket and for gratuity days.
Please notice you'll be asked to exhibit an identity document at the museum entrance

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