Museo archeologico di Montelupo

About the museum

The museum was inaugurated in 2007 in the former complex of San Quirico and Santa Lucia, in Montelupo Fiorentino. Its establishment gave a defined museum character to materials of great importance, the result of more than thirty years of research carried out in the heart of northern Tuscany.

The material on display and in storage amounts to around 3,000 finds of various origins. The museum stands out from many Tuscan civic museums for the broad geographical area and the wide chronological span it documents: remains from more than 160 prehistoric sites, protohistoric materials from the hut settlements of the Valdarno, the first traces of settlement and of the Etruscan hilltop centres, Roman colonisation and the transformations of the territory.

The route reaches the long transition towards the Middle Ages and the emergence of the new settlements that supported the development of Renaissance Florence. The museum is part of the Montelupo museum system, together with the Museo della Ceramica and the archaeological areas of the territory.

Highlights

• Finds from more than 160 prehistoric sites
• Protohistoric materials from the hut settlements of the Valdarno
• Evidence of the Etruscan hilltop centres and of Roman colonisation
• Around 3,000 finds on display and in storage
• Audio guides to listen to on your smartphone

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione archeologica permanente – Finds from prehistory to the Middle Ages, with materials from more than 160 prehistoric sites, protohistoric settlements, Etruscan centres and evidence of Roman colonisation.

Founded

2007

Visitors per year

approx. 3,247

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Every first Sunday of the month, in line with the free admission provided for state museums, according to the museum's arrangements.

The full-price ticket allows visits to the permanent exhibition and any temporary exhibitions. Free admission also for citizens of Montelupo Fiorentino, accompanying teachers (one per 10 pupils), directors and curators of museums, tourist guides and journalists with press card, and members of the Gruppo Archeologico Montelupo, the Fondazione Museo Montelupo and the Strada della Ceramica.

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Getting there & parking

By car: motorway A1, exit Firenze Scandicci, then the FI-PI-LI towards Livorno, exit Montelupo Fiorentino; continue on the SS 67 towards Empoli, via 1° Maggio, via Fratelli Cervi and via Santa Lucia.

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