Guarnacci Etruscan Museum
On Gingerguide's self-guided San Gimignano & Volterra audio tour, Guarnacci Etruscan Museum is a stop worth about ~90 min. Stand in front of it, press play for a short narrated story, and put any follow-up question to the built-in AI guide.
- Type museum
- Suggested visit ~90 min
- San Gimignano & Volterra San Gimignano & Volterra guide
About Guarnacci Etruscan Museum
The Guarnacci Etruscan Museum in Volterra, one of the oldest public museums in Italy, with hundreds of carved Etruscan funerary urns and the slender bronze figure called the Shadow of the Evening.
The museum grew from the collection that the abbot Mario Guarnacci gave to the town in the eighteenth century. It holds hundreds of urns of alabaster, tufa and terracotta from the fourth to the first century BC. Its most famous pieces are the Ombra della sera, a thin bronze figure, and the Urn of the Married Couple.
The museum needs a ticket. From November it closes on Tuesdays and earlier on weekdays. Allow time: there are dozens of rooms on three floors.
Did you know? The Ombra della sera in the Guarnacci Museum of Volterra is an Etruscan bronze only about 57 centimetres tall, famous for being extremely thin.
How much time do you need at Guarnacci Etruscan Museum?
Around ~90 min works well for Guarnacci Etruscan Museum — time to look properly and listen to its story on the spot. Linger if you like; nothing on a self-guided walk is on a clock.
Should you stop at Guarnacci Etruscan Museum?
Yes — Guarnacci Etruscan Museum made the cut as one of 13 places the Gingerguide team researched and narrated across San Gimignano & Volterra. The story tells you why it is worth the stop, and the AI guide fills in anything you still wonder.
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