Prehistoric Museum
Prehistoric Museum
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Via Sant'Egidio, 50122 Firenze, Italia
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Although it was opened to the public in 1975, the museum was established in 1946 by the anthropologist Gaetano Pieraccini and the paleoethnologist and anthropologist Paolo Graziosi (for whom it is named). Their aim was to create a single “home” to display a series of items that were scattered throughout the city’s several collections. Even today work is continuing intensely on restorations, analyzing the finds and sponsoring new studies. With its rich illustrative-education materials the museum features original items or casts that document the development of various aspects of civilization (art, religion, work, etc.) starting from the beginnings. The displays start with the Paleolithic period and continue through the Bronze Age to the threshold of the historical era. The objects that include tools, ornaments, pottery, votive figures, etc., are the fruit of a series of excavations undertaken from the XIX century to the present. These campaigns were conducted not only in Europe (Italian digs are still being conducted today under the aegis of the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria) but also in Africa, Asia and America.
museums
Via Sant'Egidio, 50122 Firenze, Italia
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Although it was opened to the public in 1975, the museum was established in 1946 by the anthropologist Gaetano Pieraccini and the paleoethnologist and anthropologist Paolo Graziosi (for whom it is named). Their aim was to create a single “home” to display a series of items that were scattered throughout the city’s several collections. Even today work is continuing intensely on restorations, analyzing the finds and sponsoring new studies. With its rich illustrative-education materials the museum features original items or casts that document the development of various aspects of civilization (art, religion, work, etc.) starting from the beginnings. The displays start with the Paleolithic period and continue through the Bronze Age to the threshold of the historical era. The objects that include tools, ornaments, pottery, votive figures, etc., are the fruit of a series of excavations undertaken from the XIX century to the present. These campaigns were conducted not only in Europe (Italian digs are still being conducted today under the aegis of the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria) but also in Africa, Asia and America.