• Geology and Paleontology

  In addition to fossils, various rock samples have been collected from the Monsummano hill. Particular attention has been given to the marbles that, since the Middle Ages, have been used extensively in

   

• Ancient and Medieval Archaeology

  The area’s population dynamics from proto-historic era to the Middle Ages are documented here. During the Etrusco-Roman era, Valdinievole was primarily a transit area in which some stopping places

   

• The Padule of Fucecchio

  A collection of iconographic materials document the Padule’s historical geography since the beginning of the XVI century. Moreover, particular attention has been given to the various uses of the

   

• The Grand-ducal Farms and Valdinievole Felix

  The grand-ducal farms. Maps and image collections show the structure and characteristics of the grand-ducal farms that were distributed around the lake-marsh, forming the estates of Ponte a Cappiano, Altopascio,

   

• Measuring the earth by knowing the sky

  The experimental science of Galileo Galilei and his students and the connection between astronomical studies and maps were transformed into the district’s new culture that developed in Tuscany during

   

• Treasure of M.SS della Fontenuova

  Among the more valuable and well-known works of sacred art are such rare jewels as the Crown of the Madonna, with gold and precious stones, a gift of the Medici Grand Duke, as well as many items of goldsmithery.

   

• The sky room

  Astronomy and geography in Enlightenment Tuscany.The planetarium’s presence and activity produces an important demonstration of the relationship between astronomical studies and the territory’s

   

• Productive and protoindustrial activities

  An analysis of occupational specializations has identified some “typical” trades, documented by an exhibition both of various pieces of equipment and of photographs that illustrate the ways

   

• Spa activities

  This section illustrates the serendipitous discovery of the Giusti cave as well as the healing and therapeutic virtues of its waters, following by the development of the thermal spa business with the construction

   

• Emigration-immigration

    In the period between the two wars, there was an important migratory trend that combined difficulties in the agricultural world with highly political reasons. A significant change in the social

   

• Remembrance of the Padule

  At 6 o’clock in the morning on 23 August 1944, the Nazis led by local fascists, arrived at the Pratogrande tobacco drying-shed (Ponte Buggianese) where their first victims were nine women and three

   

THE MUSEUM