Musei di S. Agata: arte sacra e archeologia
Two museums next to the Romanesque pieve of Sant’Agata in Mugello: a collection of sacred art and an archaeological documentation centre with a prehistoric village.
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About the museum
The Musei di Sant’Agata, in Mugello, comprise two sites close to the pieve of Sant’Agata, one of the most important Romanesque monuments of the area. The Raccolta di arte sacra “Don Corrado Paoli” is housed in the oratory of the Compagnia di San Iacopo, a building from the early 16th century on the left side of the churchyard. It was created to protect and enhance works from deconsecrated churches and from tabernacles in the area, and it completes the visit to the pieve.
Among the paintings, terracottas, liturgical furnishings and ex-votos on display are “Matrimonio mistico di Santa Caterina” by Bicci di Lorenzo (1430), a panel by the Maestro di Signa, one by the school of Rodolfo del Ghirlandaio, glazed terracottas by Andrea della Robbia and a polychrome terracotta by Giovanni della Robbia. Educational panels explain their connection with the area of origin.
The Centro di Documentazione Archeologica is located in an old wine-vat room and the rustic rooms attached to the rectory of the pieve, and tells the story of Mugello from prehistory to the Middle Ages, with worked flints, pottery, coins and medieval metal finds, and with reconstructions of tools that visitors can touch. A recently fitted room permanently houses the finds from the so-called tomb of the “Principe”, discovered in 2012 in the municipality of Scarperia e San Piero, which documents an Etruscan rural aristocracy some 3,000 years ago. In an adjacent field a life-size prehistoric village can be visited, with three furnished huts, from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age.
Highlights
- “Matrimonio mistico di Santa Caterina” by Bicci di Lorenzo (1430)
- Terracottas by Andrea and Giovanni della Robbia
- Finds from the Etruscan “Principe” tomb discovered in 2012
- Prehistoric village with three life-size huts
- Close to the Romanesque pieve of Sant’Agata
Permanent exhibitions
- Raccolta di arte sacra «Don Corrado Paoli» – Paintings, terracottas, sacred furnishings and ex-votos from churches and tabernacles in the area, in the oratory of the Compagnia di San Iacopo.
- Centro di Documentazione Archeologica – Finds from Mugello from prehistory to the Middle Ages, with the Etruscan “Principe” tomb and an outdoor prehistoric village.
- Founded
- 2000
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,135
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Groups | –Guided visits and workshops for children and adults by reservation. |
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Free admission according to the Musei Italiani listing.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
Educational workshops for children; in the archaeological centre, reconstructed tools to handle and an outdoor prehistoric village with furnished huts.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided visits and educational workshops for children and adults by reservation. In the archaeological centre, some reproductions of prehistoric tools can be handled. |
