Museo della Deportazione e Resistenza
Museum in Figline di Prato on the deportation of Tuscan workers to Mauthausen and on the Resistance, with a symbolic route and audiovisual testimonies.
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About the museum
The museum is in Figline di Prato, in Via di Cantagallo, and is run by the Fondazione Museo della Deportazione e Resistenza di Prato – Luoghi della Memoria Toscana. It opened in 2002 and tells in particular the story of the Tuscan workers arrested after the general strike of March 1944 and deported to Mauthausen and its sub-camps.
The exhibition route is conceived as a symbolic journey inside a Nazi concentration camp, beginning with the arrest of the workers from Tuscan factories. Some of the objects displayed are original and come from the camps and from the factories set up in the tunnels near Ebensee; others are reconstructions. In 2010 the audiovisual route “Con i miei occhi” (With My Own Eyes) was added, with seven video stations and headphones, devoted to survivors’ testimonies on arrival at the camp, daily life, selections and extermination.
On the first floor is the Documentation Centre, with a specialised library of over 4,000 volumes, three internet stations and a video and lecture room, also used for meetings, presentations and temporary exhibitions. The Foundation’s website also explores the themes of the Shoah, Italian military internment and the Resistance in Tuscany and Prato.
Key themes
- Symbolic route inside a Nazi concentration camp
- Original objects from Mauthausen and the Ebensee tunnels
- Audiovisual route “Con i miei occhi” with seven testimony stations
- Documentation centre with a library of over 4,000 volumes
- Educational programmes for schools, families and groups
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso museale sulla deportazione dei lavoratori toscani – Symbolic journey through a Nazi camp, with original objects and reconstructions and the audiovisual route “Con i miei occhi”.
- Founded
- 2002
- Operated by
- Fondazione Museo della Deportazione e Resistenza di Prato – Luoghi della Memoria Toscana
- Visitors per year
- approx. 7,002
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
From Prato centre: bus line 12 from Piazza San Domenico, which passes a few steps from the museum (Monday to Saturday about every 40 minutes, Sunday every hour). From Prato Centrale station: line 2+ towards Galceti, stop Sette Marzo 2 and about 800 metres on foot, or stop Sette Marzo 4 and then line 12. From Prato Porta al Serraglio: about 600 metres on foot to Piazza San Domenico, then line 12.
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 tours, workshops, “Trekking nella storia” and special projects for secondary schools (for lower secondary only third-year classes), families, associations and groups of young people and adults. Booking by phone (+39 0574 461655) or at didattica@museodelladeportazione.it, followed by a confirmation form for schools or groups. |
