Museo della Città di Livorno (Livorno City Museum), Livorno

Museo della Città di Livorno (Livorno City Museum), Livorno

The Livorno City Museum examines the history of Livorno, a city of diversity where, historically, every visitor was welcomed. Its mission is well-focused. The exhibit collection is not sizable, but it holds fascinating artifacts. There are 9th-century farming implements of Tuscany and even the clothes worn by Guiseppe Garibaldi, one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland."

The Museum is housed in the old Churches of the Assumption and Saint Joseph, connected by a renovated olive oil storage vault. The building complex is relatively new. Presently only the contemporary art section is open. The oil bottle space has housed temporary exhibitions since 2019.

The ground floor of the Bottini section holds collections from the Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum and the Labronica Library. There are about 600 objects in numismatic and archeological collections. The Etruscan and Roman artifacts are mainly from the collection of Enrico Chiellini. The medieval section has documents and frescoes.

The city's founding to the end of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries are covered up to the Risorgimento (19th-century movement for Italian unification that culminated in the creation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861). Contemporary art is presented in the Church of the Assumption by artists Piero Manzoni, Emilio Vedova, Pino Pascali, Tancredi Parmeggiani, Giuseppe Uncini, and many others.

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Sight Name: Museo della Città di Livorno (Livorno City Museum)
Sight Location: Livorno, Italy (See walking tours in Livorno)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark
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Walking Tours in Livorno, Italy

Create Your Own Walk in Livorno

Create Your Own Walk in Livorno

Creating your own self-guided walk in Livorno is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Livorno Seafront Walk

Livorno Seafront Walk

When the weather permits and you fancy a walk, whilst in Livorno, taking a stroll along the local seafront is a good idea. The curvy walkway, running along the coast, south of the city, is dotted with numerous points of interest. The first of them, marking the outset of the long stretch of intriguing sights further ahead, is the former Orlando shipyard.

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Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.3 Km or 1.4 Miles
Livorno Introduction Walking Tour

Livorno Introduction Walking Tour

In the early 19th century, Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first person born in the United States to be canonized a saint, had a spiritual epiphany while visiting Livorno. The city has had similar effects on visitors and immigrants. Under Medici rule, people of every ethnicity and calling would come to Livorno to find prosperity and tolerance.

There have been settlements in the Livorno area since...  view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.1 Km or 1.9 Miles