Location: Province of Lucca
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The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Province of Lucca, Tuscany
The Province of Lucca (Italian: Provincia di Lucca) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.
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1. Antica Tipografia Biagini
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5.0 based on 32 reviews
Antica Tipografia Biagini is a museum of antiques lettterpress machines
2. Sant'Anna di Stazzema
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5.0 based on 149 reviews
Built on the structure of the old elementary school, it was inaugurated as a picture gallery in 1982 by the President of Republic Sandro Pertini. It was transformed in the actual Museum of the Resistance in 1991. The exhibition offers a panorama of the events which unfolded in Versilia, Tuscany and Italy during the Nazi occupation. The exhibition (historic- documentary) covers chronologically the fases of Resistance in Versilia, putting in evidence the important aspect, episodes and personalities most significant, on the basis of documents, pictures, objects and newspapers drawn from the archive of the Historical Institute of the Resistance, Provincia of Lucca. Ample space is dedicated to the massacres of the Nazi- Fascists in the Tirrenico sector of the Gothic Line, among which the massacre at Sant’Anna of 12 August 1944 was the most tragic. The multi -media hall is equipped with touchscreen. Outside there's the Ossuary Monument, the place where the Martyrs of St.Anna were buried.
3. Puccini Museum - Casa Natale
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4.5 based on 637 reviews
The museum is located in a flat on the second floor of an ancient building in the heart of Lucca, where Giacomo Puccini was born on December 22, 1858. In this house the composer spent the years of his childhood and first youth. The birth home was transformed into a museum in 1979 and carefully restored in 2011: today it looks like when young Giacomo lived there. The museum preserves Puccini’s Steinway & Sons piano on which he composed Turandot, autograph scores of youthful compositions, letters, photographs, precious drafts, such as the “libretti” of Tosca, La fanciulla del West and an extraordinary musical sketch of La bohème. Noteworthy the costume of Turandot worn by Maria Jeritza at the Metropolitan Opera House of New York in 1926. The birth home is a central element of Puccini Museum, the articulate museum complex that, following a journey along the footprints left by the great composer, rediscovers his personality, his passions, his genius.
Reviewed By mcr1018 - Phoenix, United States
I can take opera or leave it (although some of the music is well known outside the opera house), but when in Lucca, this museum is fascinating, We bought our tickets at the office & bookshop on the plaza (Piazza Cittadella; where the Puccini statue is), and the museum is well-marked on a street off of it. We walked up a long flight of stairs to the museum (there is a lift, but we read later that it has to be booked to use "at least 2 days before the visit" at the ticket office. We were welcomed by a very knowledgeable staff person who would occasionally stop in a room to tell us about something special (it wasn't crowded). We wandered around the rooms, following the map. Many items of the era and Puccini's life and creative works were displayed. Of particular pride was the Steinway piano and autographed scores and markings of modifications or interpretations. The 1926 costume of Turandot from the NY Metropolitan Opera amazing even to a opera neutral such as me. We saw the upper room (garret?) where he composed and could just see the "angel" statue over the rooftops from the Cathedrale San Michele--an inspiration. I've been to many homes of significant authors and composers, sometimes disappointed and sometimes inspired myself; this one was worth the time and entrance fee. [The map/program says no pictures or video recording, but the staff person said it was okay.]
4. Museo Del Castagno
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
5. Chiesa e Battistero di San Giovanni e Santa Reparata
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4.5 based on 306 reviews
Reviewed By K7787FEbrunol - Singapore, Singapore
Part of San Martino package Spend some time to go through the Roman foundations underground No need to go up the tower (and the effort) if you already went up the Cathedral tower
6. Museo Villa Puccini
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4.5 based on 387 reviews
Reviewed By 187047PeterR - Gloucester, United Kingdom
This is a total delight. The audio tour is very good and the rooms are so atmospheric and you can just imagine Puccini sat at his piano composing his great operas. I am so so glad that I visited the house and do hope that in the future the upstairs (still with original furniture) can be opened.
7. Museo dei Bozzetti "Pierluigi Gherardi"
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4.5 based on 96 reviews
8. Museo Ugo Guidi
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4.5 based on 18 reviews
