The Civic Museums of Viareggio are located in the historic residence of Paolina Bonaparte Borghese, Napoleon's sister, built for her in 1822 on a project by arch. Giuseppe Lazzarini. The halls of the monumental apartment can be visited and host temporary exhibitions. On the ground floor is the Alberto Carlo Blanc Archaeological Museum, which preserves prehistoric and protohistoric archaeological finds from north-western Tuscany, in particular from Massarosa and Camaiore. The Giovanni Ciuffreda Collection of Musical Instruments with its more than 400 musical instruments, constitutes a collection which, by variety, number of specimens and origin of the same, represents a musical heritage of enormous value in particular from an educational point of view. The atelier of the painter Alfredo Catarsini was finally rebuilt in the attic of the villa.
Educational services
Guided tours (Archaeological Museum "A.C. Blanc")
Users: schools, associations, organized groups, tourists, universities, research institutes
Method of implementation: 1 meeting of about 2 hours
Activities are paid
On reservation
Teaching activity
Prehistory and archeology
The work of the archaeologist
The evolution of man in prehistory and the first lithic artifacts
Prehistoric man and the first art forms
The first farmers and the manufacture of ceramics
The first farmers and weaving activities
The first urban civilizations and the birth of writing
Metal age jewels
The prehistoric age and the appearance of metallurgy
Etruscan civilization
Users: schools, associations, organized groups, tourists, universities, research institutes
Teaching aids: forms to be filled in, paper teaching materials, metal and clay artefacts
Method of implementation: 1st 3-hour meeting with frontal lesson, manual laboratory, verification exercises.
Place of performance: Schools, museum classrooms.
Activities are paid
On reservation
Monumental rooms and musical instruments
Monumental rooms of Villa Paolina
Donation of musical instruments "Giovanni Ciuffreda"
Users: schools, associations, organized groups, tourists, universities, research institutes
Teaching aids: cards to be filled in, paper teaching materials
Method of implementation: 1st 2-hour meeting
Place of performance: Museum
Activities are paid
On reservation
Other activities
Workshops, conferences, thematic insights
Users: schools, associations, organized groups, tourists, universities, research institutes
The activities are free
On reservation
Contact
Culture and Museums Sector Municipality of Viareggio
tel – fax 0584 961076
e-mail civicimusei@comune.viareggio.lu.it
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