MARBLE
CAVE
Loc. CARRARA
VIALE XX SETTEMBRE
LOC. STADIO
TEL. 0585/844403
DUOMO
Loc. CARRARA
TEL. 0585/71942
Ethnoanthropological museum of Lunigiana
Villafranca in Lunigiana (Massa Carrara) - via dei Mulini,
71
Tel. 0187/493417 (Custode) 494400 (Ufficio Cultura)
Ethnoanthropological museum
of Apuane
Massa (Massa Carrara) - via Uliveti, 85
Tel. 0585/251330
Municipal Museum
of the Marble
Location: CARRARA
VIALE XX SETTEMBRE LOC. STADIO TEL. 0585/845746
Opening time: 10-20 (from June to Sept.); 10-17 (in Oct.
and May); 8.30-13.30 (from Nov. to April) closed Sunday
public property Opened in 1982, the museum gathers Italian
and non-Italian marble specimens, archaeological material
from Carrara and Luni, and also illustrates the various
stages of marble manufacturing with machinery, tools and
a collection of modern sculptures. It is divided into five
sections: the first one is devoted to Carrara's territory
morphology and quarries, starting from the foundation of
the Roman settlements of Luna (177 BC); the second section
collects 300 large samples of the best known marbles, granites
and stones from Italy and from the rest of the world; the
third explores the early stages of modern industry from
the 18th to the early 20th century. The fourth and the fifth
sections show prototypes of interior and town decoration
objects and 25 modern sculptures from the Biennial Exhibition.
Lunigiana Museum of Natural History
Location: AULLA
FORTEZZA DELLA BRUNELLA
TEL.0187/400252-409077
The museum is aimed at illustrating the relationship between
man and environment in Lunigiana. The exhibition consists
of 5 rooms, each focusing on a topic: the naturalistic features
of the Magra basin and the landscape of the bottom of the
valley; the hill; the submountain habitat and the aquariums
room, with the reconstruction of the Lunigiana aquatic environment.
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