Location: Lucca
Top Things to do in Lucca
Top 10 Museums in Lucca, Tuscany
Lucca's array of wonderfully intact historical sites makes it a must-see stop on any Tuscan itinerary. The medieval city walls still stand—you can hike or bike on top of them. Also visit the Duomo di San Martino and the Roman amphitheater.
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1. Bucci Fine Art Gallery
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
2. Mirta Vignatti Arte Contemporanea
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
3. Antica Tipografia Biagini
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5.0 based on 32 reviews
Antica Tipografia Biagini is a museum of antiques lettterpress machines
4. 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.]
5. Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi
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4.5 based on 224 reviews
Reviewed By Ylandre - Cape Town Central, South Africa
Palazzo Mansi is another Lucca gem worth visiting. Dating from the late 16th Century it is a wonderland to visit with beautful art on display, opulant decorated rooms, breathtaking tapestries and so much more.
6. 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
7. Fondazione Centro Studi sull Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti
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4.5 based on 15 reviews
8. Paolo Cresci Foundation for the History of Italian Emigration
9. Collezione De Benedettis
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4.5 based on 30 reviews
A surreal journey through the myths and legends, monsters and mysterious creatures, amazing characters and impossible stories but true. A unique exhibition in Italy, which will take you in a mysterious dimension of reality. Available even for child!!
10. Archivio Storico Diocesano - UNESCO Programma Memoria del Mondo
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