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Tuscany · Glass museum
Gambassi Terme Glass Museum
Gambassi Terme, Florence
The permanent exhibition on pre-industrial glass documents a production recorded in the Valdelsa since the thirteenth century. It displays around 3,000 finds dating from the 13th to the 16th century and a reconstruction of the Germagnana furnace, complemented by an archaeological park with the reproduction of a fourteenth-century glass workshop.
What to see
- Around 3,000 finds from the 13th–16th centuries
- Reconstruction of the Germagnana furnace
- Archaeological park with a 14th-century workshop
- Documentation centre on pre-industrial glass
Other museums in Tuscany
- Empoli Glass Museum (MUVE) · Empoli, Florence
- Crystal Museum · Colle di Val d'Elsa, Siena
- «J. F. Mariani» Historical Museum of Glass and Bottles · Poggio alle Mura, Montalcino, Siena