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Centro storico, Piazza Garibaldi 25 - Santa Fiora |
opening
1 June -17 July:open Saturday and Sunday
21 July -27 August:open daily
During the winter the museum is open on Saturday and Sunday and
by prior arrangement
price
€ 2,00 full;€ 1,50 per person in groups of more than 10;
€ 1,00 school visits and over 70s
disabled facilities
Partial
history and purpose
The five rooms of exhibits in the Museum of the Mercury Mines of Mount Amiata,housed inthe old Sforza-Cesarini palazzo,illustrate the history of the mines and daily life of miners onMount Amiata in ancient and modern times.A model of the territory showing the location ofthe mines is the starting point for the museum tour.There are explanations of the traditional techniques used for testing and mining over the cen-turies and the display of tools and instruments illustrate how work was organised underground,with women and children often playing an important role.The history of the use of mercury,which had such serious consequences for health especially for miners extracting and workingwith cinnabar,is also illustrated.The museum tour ends on the note of the closure of the mines and the social struggle of theminers in their fight for better working conditions.Of particular note is a small archaeologysection containing a collection of lithic instruments such as mallets,pickaxes,axes and hornhoes found during excavations and dating back to the 3rd millennium B.C.There is also a min-eral exhibit.
opening date
2002
exposure surface
200
exposure hall
6
director: Davide Franceschelli
phone: 347/7036157
phone: 0564/969602
fax: 0564/967093
sistemamusealeamiata@cm-amiata.gr.it
museominiere@yahoo.it
www.minieredimercurio.it
www.sistemamusealeamiata.it
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