Museo civico del territorio Antonio Mordini

About the museum

The museum is housed in the medieval Palazzo Pretorio in Barga, which was the residence of the commissioners and podestà (chief magistrates). It offers a route to explore the area of Barga from the natural, historical and artistic points of view, and is part of the provincial museum system.

The first rooms present geological, palaeontological and archaeological finds tracing the history of the Serchio Valley up to the Roman colonisation: fossils, Mesolithic stone artefacts, grave goods from two Ligurian tombs and small bronze votive figures that bear witness to Ligurian and Etruscan religious practice. Three rooms are devoted to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, with sculptures, goldwork, paintings and polychrome terracottas, and the last is reserved for the Baroque period.

Because the palace was the seat of the podestà and the place where justice was administered, the old prisons can be visited in the basement, with a dungeon and a reconstructed torture chamber.

Highlights

• Fossils and Mesolithic finds from the Serchio Valley
• Grave goods from two Ligurian tombs and small bronze votive figures
• Medieval and Renaissance sculptures, goldwork and polychrome terracottas
• Old prisons with a reconstructed torture chamber

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso del territorio di Barga – From geological and archaeological finds to medieval, Renaissance and Baroque sacred art, and the old prisons.

Founded

1993

Operated by

Comune di Barga

Visitors per year

approx. 358

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The municipal listing notes access for people with disabilities to the first floor.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

From Lucca, on the right bank of the Serchio, head north on the SS 12 as far as Chifenti, then turn left onto the SR 445 to Barga. The museum is in the Palazzo Pretorio, in Piazza dell’Arringo del Duomo.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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