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  Siena and the Province
Siena

Museo Civico / Civic Museum
Palazzo Comunale, Il Campo
A collection of Sienese artistic and historical masterpieces in one of Italy's most important gothic public buildings .  

Spedale Santa Maria della Scala / Santa Maria della Scala Hospital

Piazza del Duomo
A museum complex in the ancient Hospital of Siena with exhibits featuring frescoes, works of art and treasures collected during its millennial history .    

Pinacoteca Nazionale / National Picture Gallery
Palazzo Buonsignori, Via S. Pietro 29
The home of the largest collection of Sienese paintings and of its greatest masters from the 12th century through the first half of the 17th century .  
   
Museo dell’Opera Metropolitana/Cathedral Museum
Piazza Jacopo della Quercia
A collection which includes works of art mostly from the cathedral, including some famous masterpieces from the Tuscan and Sienese schools from the 13th-15th centuries.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale / National Archaeological Museum
Piazza del Duomo
An exhibition of a rich heritage of archaeological finds which offers a full documentation of the history of the Sienese territory from prehistoric times through the Roman Age.  

Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro di Arte Contemporanea/Contemporary Art Centre
Via di Città, 126
A centre for programming exhibitions, educational laboratories and activities for the appreciation and promotion of contemporary art.  

Museo delle Tavolette di Biccherna / Museum of the Biccherna Tablets
Archivio di Stato, Palazzo Piccolomini, Banchi di Sotto 52
A collectio of tablets painted by Siena's most famous artists, from 1258 to 1682, important not only for their artistic value, but also as a documentary of Siena's history and city-planning.  

Società Esecutori Pie Disposizioni / Society of Executors of Charitable Funds
Via Roma 71
Museum -a collection of sacred objects and paintings.
Bologna - Buonsignori Collection - An interesting example of a private collection from the 1800s in its variety of object, eras and typology.  

Museo Geomineralogico e Zoologico / Geological/Mineralogical and Zoological Museums

Accademia dei Fisiocritici, Prato di S. Agostino 5
In the Physiocritic Academy, an important collection regarding the naturalistic sciences. The Accademy library is also very interesting.

Musei di Contrada / Contradas Museums
The seventeen Museums of the same number of districts scrupulously preserve an exceptional heritage, made up of relics, documents, costumes, works of art and Palio banners which they have won.  

Orto Botanico / Botanical Garden

Via Pier Andrea Mattioli 4
A splendid natural area in the heart of the city with many plant species.    

Oratorio di S.Bernardino / Oratory of S. Bernardino
Works of art from churches and convents of the Sienes diocese are found in an important historical and artistical building.  

 
Asciano

Museo Civico Archeologico / Civic Archaeological Museum
Ex chiesa di S. Bernardino, Corso Matteotti 46
An exhibit of archaeological finds from the nearby necropolis of Poggio Pinci and from the Molinello tomb.

Museo Cassioli / Cassioli Museum
Via Mameli
A collection of paintings and designs by Amos Cassioli and by his son Giuseppe which document largely unknown aspects of the 18th century and the early 19th century in Italy

Museo d’Arte Sacra / Sacred Art Museum
Oratorio Basilica di S. Agata
A valuable collection of Sienese paintings and sculpture from the 14th and 15th centuries, mostly from St. Agatha Basilica .  

 
Buonconvento
Museo d’Arte Sacra della Val d’Arbia / Val d'Arbia Sacred Art Museum
Via Soccini 18
An exhibit of important works of the Sienese painting schools and goldsmith's art from the territory's churches .  
 
Casole d'Elsa
Museo Archeologico e della Collegiata / Archaeological and Collegiate Church Museum
Piazza della Libertà
The collection brings together archaeological finds, mostly Etruscan, and important works from the Sienese school .  
 
Colle di Val d'Elsa

Museo Civico e d’Arte Sacra / Civic and Sacred Art Museum
Palazzo dei Priori, Via del Castello 31
An exhibit of works from the ancient diocesan territory and a remarkable number of Sienese school paintings from the 12th through the 17th centuries, as well as Tuscan art from the 1800s and early 1900s.

Museo Archeologico "Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli" / Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli Archaeological Museum
Palazzo Pretorio, Piazza del Duomo
A collection of archaeological finds from the Elsa Valley territory and archaic materials beginning with the 6th century B.C. up until the Middle Ages.  

 
Montalcino
Museo Civico e Diocesano d’Arte Sacra / Civic and Diocesan Museum
Ex Seminario di S. Agostino
A museum complex wich brings together the municipal, diocesan and archaeological collections. Important paintings on wood and painted wooden sculptures are featured in the exhibt.    
 
Murlo
Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate/Poggio Civitate Antiquarium
Castello di Murlo
The museum exhibits archaeological finds from Poggio Civitate, an Etruscan settlement which prospered between the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. on the banks of the Crevole River.  
 
Poggibonsi
Museo della Pieve di Staggia / Staggia Parish Museum
Staggia Senese
A small art collection with important Sienese paintings on wood and canvas.   
 
San Gimignano
Museo d’Arte Sacra e Museo Etrusco / Sacred Art Museum and Etruscan Museum
Piazza Pecori
In the loggia, a collection of Etruscan archaeological finds from the area. The Collegiate Church Art Collection exhibits works of art and objects from the cathedral and from churches within the territory  

Museo Ornitologico / Ornithological Museum
Oratorio di S. Francesco, Via Quercecchio
An ancient ornithological collection on display in the oratory of San Francesco.  
 
Sovicille
Museo del bosco / Museum of the Wood
Orgia
A collection of objects, tools and documentation on life and work in the forest and on the relation between the metayer (sharecropper) and his employer. An educational and multimedia laboratory is connected to the museum.
   

 
     
 
 
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