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Carnival Museum

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022

The Carnival Museum is located in Viareggio, it tells the path

150-year history of the world famous carnival activity

to document the artistic evolution.

The first room of the museum, dedicated to Burlamacco, is a journey through testimonies, articles and

historical models but also the story of the modern carnival and the artists who build

imposing movable papier-mâché giants.

In recent years, the visiting spaces have been expanded to accommodate the whole story

of the carnival of Viareggio.

An important symbol of the carnival is the typical Burlamacco Viareggina mask to which it was dedicated

a lot of space inside the museum.

Opening hours of the Carnival Museum

1st September - 31st May: from Wednesday to Sunday 3.00pm-7.00pm and Saturday 9.00am-1.00pm and

3.00pm-7.00pm

1 June - 31 August: from Wednesday to Sunday 9.00am-1.00pm and Saturday 09.00-13.00 and 3.00pm-

7.00pm

The entrance ticket costs € 5.00 and is free for children under the age of 11

accompanied by an adult.

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The event - Viareggio Carnival Museum

The Viareggio carnival represents one of the most important and spectacular events both in Italy and in

world that hosts millions of visitors every year.

These are weeks of great celebration for which the city of Viareggio is preparing all year to give life to

wonderful and huge papier-mâché floats that parade along the seafront of Viareggio carrying colors

and joy.

The subject of the floats is very varied and goes from allegorical, naturalistic and satirical floats accompanied by

music, colors and dancers.

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Sacred Art Museum of Camaiore

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

The Museum of Sacred Art is located in Camaiore inside a beautiful building built in

17th century located on the Via Francigena that connected the ancient city of Luni with the city of

Lucca.

The museum was inaugurated on 9 June 1934 with the purpose of preserving and conserving from

probable thefts of the great Camaioresi works.

Initially the museum mainly contained furnishings, paintings, vestments, sacred furnishings

coming from the neighboring churches in the area.

Over time, the museum's collection of sacred art was considerably enriched becoming a series of

important exhibitions of and today collects some of the most important and famous local works.

The opening hours are as follows:

Winter: Tuesday-Thursday 15.00-17.30 and Saturday 15.30-18.00

Summer: Tuesday and Thursday 17.00-18.00 and Saturday 16.00-18.30

Spring: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 16.00-18.30

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The works - Museum of sacred art

The museum is divided into three rooms that present important historical artifacts such as liturgical

wallpapers, precious objects of orifices, paintings and sculptures, among which the well-known Virgin

Annunciata by Matteo is emphasized Civitali, preserved in excellent condition mainly thanks to the talent

in the restoration that brought it back to initial conditions.

Other illustrious works are the majestic altarpiece with the Madonna and the child among the saints that

comes from the church of S. Maria Albiano which is thought to have been painted by Vincenzo Frediani

one of the most illustrious painters from Lucca of the late fifteenth century.

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Labor Museum - Seravezza

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022

The Labor Museum is located in Seravezza inside the Medici Palace.

The museum describes how many of the most important works in the area were carried out

in the years of the domination of the Medici family, with rudimentary and technical tools

very dangerous, especially as regards the workers of the quarries.

The museum is located on the second floor of the building and is divided into 11 rooms each

dedicated to a different theme:

1st room is dedicated to the territory

2nd room is dedicated to work in the vineyard and in the cellar

3rd room is dedicated to agriculture in the mountains

4th room is dedicated to the house

5th room is dedicated to the customs and traditions of Versilia

6th room is dedicated to agriculture in the Versilian plain

7th room is dedicated to the old art of weaving

8th room is dedicated to the excavation of marble

9th room is dedicated to marble processing

10th room is dedicated to sculpture

11th room is dedicated to extraction in mines and ironworks.

Workshops and activities are also organized.

It is also possible to book guided tours with up to 50 participants.

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Palazzo Mediceo - Museum of Labor

The Medici Palace was built by Cosimo I of the Medici family as

summer residence villa for the Medici family and as a home during checkups

to the large quarries owned by the Medici family who then transported the materials to the

their city: Florence.

In addition to the labor museum, the Medici Palace houses the municipal library, the historical archive and is the seat

of important modern and contemporary exhibitions.

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Museum of satire and caricature

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021

The museum of satire and caricature is located in Forte dei Marmi in Piazza Garibaldi

inside the famous Leopoldo fort.

The museum collects the legacy of the Political Satire Award which has become a center of collection and study.

It has a rich collection of modern and past satirical drawings.

It also hosts exhibitions of satirical graphics.

Due to the new ministerial regulations it is possible to access the museum only if you are in possession of the GreenPass.

Tag: Museum Italy

Carnival Museum

The event - Viareggio Carnival Museum

Sacred Art Museum of Camaiore

The works - Museum of sacred art

Labor Museum - Seravezza

Palazzo Mediceo - Museum of Labor

Museum of satire and caricature