 Opening
hours and location of the museums and exhibition sites:
Museo
Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi
Via Galli Tassi, 43 - Tel 0583.55570 Fax. 0583.312221
Opening hours: weekdays 9 am - 7 pm; Closed Monday and
Christmas day, New Year's Day, and 1 May.
Admission € 4.00, free to EEC citizens under 18 and
over 65, € 2.00 for youths from 18 to 25;
Admission: Palazzo Mansi + Villa Guinigi € 6.50,
for youths from 18 to 25 € 3.25.
Monumental residences with 17th - 19th-century furnishings,
upholstery, tapestries. Picture gallery with 16th - 17th
century paintings. Lucchese paintings from 19th century.
Costumes and textiles, vestments and furnishings from
the 18th to the 20th centuries.
National Museum of Villa Guinigi
Via della Quarquonia - Tel. e Fax. 0583.496033
Opening hours: Weekdays 9 am - 7 pm; Holidays 9 am - 2
pm; Closed Monday and Christmas, New Year's Day, and 1
May.
Admission € 4.00, free to EEC citizens under 18 and
over 65, € 2.00 for youths from 18 to 25
Admission to Villa Guinigi + Palazzo Mansi € 6.20,
for youths from 18 to 25 € 3.10.
Etruscan and Roman archaeological relics. Paintings and
sculptures from 13th to 18th century. Wooden intaglio,
15th-16th century.
Museum of the Cathedral
Piazza del Duomo. Tel. e fax. 0583.490530
Monumental and archaeological complex of the Cathedral
of Lucca: Museum, Church of S.Giovanni, Ilaria del Carretto.
Open every day with the following hours: April/October
10 am - 6 pm; November/March 10 am - 3 pm; Holidays and
pre-holidays 10 am - 6 pm; closed Christmas day, New Year's
Day, and Easter Sunday morning.
Admission € 3.50, discount € 2.00, guided tours
available by reservation.
Cumulative admission (S.Giovanni + Ilaria del Carretto
+ Museum)
Full € 5.00, discount € 3.00
Birth home of Giacomo Puccini and the G. Puccini
Foundation
Corte S.Lorenzo, 9 (Via di Poggio) - Tel. 0583.584028.
From 14/3 to 31/5: 10 am -1 pm / 3-6 pm, Closed Monday;
from 1/6 to 30/9: 10 am - 6 pm, everyday; from 1/10 to
31/12: 10 am -1 pm / 3-6 pm, Closed Monday.
Closed: on Christmas and New Year's Day.
Admission: € 3.00 full price, € 2.00 discount.
Visitors can tour the museum on the weekly closing day
by reserving 48 hours in advance at the following number
0583-341612 or by sending a fax to 0583 331838
Natural and Physical History Museum
c/o Liceo Classico N. Macchiavelli - Via degli Asili,
35
Tel. 0583.496471 - Fax. 0583.495202.
During the school year, tours can be reserved weekday
mornings for groups of up to 20 people.
Museum of the Risorgimento
Cortile degli Svizzeri, 6.
For more information tel. 0583-91636 - Fax. 0583- 467251
Free admission
History Museum of the Liberation (1943-1945)
Palazzo Guinigi - Via S.Andrea, 43 - orario: mercoledì
e sabato 15-18, 3° domenica del mese 10-18.
"CESARE BICCHI" Botanical Museum
Via S.Micheletto, 5 - Tel. 0583.442160
Tours by reservation only. Free admission
Lucca Medal and Coin Mint
Via S.Andrea, 45 - Tel. 0583.495700 - Fax. 0583.991569
Hours: weekdays and holidays 9.30 - 1 pm / 2:30-7 pm.
Monday closed in the morning, open from 2:30-7 pm. Free
admission
BOTANICAL GARDENS OF LUCCA
Via del giardino Botanico, 14
Tel. 0583 442160 - Fax. 0583 442161
Opening hours: April - October from Tuesday to Saturday
9 am - 1 pm,
Sunday 9 am - 1 pm, /3.30 - 6.30 pm, Closed Monday; November
- March from Tuesday to Saturday 9 am - 1 pm,
Admission: full price €2.58. discount € 1.81,
guided tours: € 38.73 (up to 25 ) with tour guide
available, reservation mandatory
PALAZZO PFANNER (formerly CONTRONI) -
Via degli Asili, 33
Opening hours: from 1/1 to 28/2 and from 16/11 to 31/12
group tours by reservation only - Tel. 0583 491243 or
0583 954176 (10 am -4 pm). From 1/3 to 15/11everyday except
holidays from 10 am to 6 pm.
Admission to Garden and Villa: full price € 2.50,
discount (groups of 10 more)€ 1.50,
discount (kids 6-12 ) € 1.00, full price € 4.00.
Garden and Villa: discount (groups of 10 more) €
3.00, discount (kids 6-12 ) € 2.00.
VILLA BOTTINI (formerly BUONVISI)
Via Elisa - Tel. 0583 442140 - Fax. 0583 467989.
Opening hours: 9 am -1 pm everyday except holidays. Free
admission.
TORRE GUINIGI
Via S.Andrea - Tel. 0583.316846 - Fax. 0583.550797
Hours: (1/11-28/2) 9 am -5:30 pm
(1/3-30/9) 9 am - 8:00 pm; (1/10-31/10) 10 am - 6:00 pm;
Admission: full € 3.10, discount € 2.07.
TORRE DELLE ORE
Via Filungo - Tel. 0583.316846 - Fax. 0583.550797
Hours: (1/10-28/2) 9 am -5:30 pm
(1/3-30/4) 10 am - 6:00 pm; (1/5-30/9) 10 am - 7:00 pm;
admission: full € 3.10, discount € 2.07.
Both (Torre Guinigi + Torre delle Ore)
Admission: full € 5.00, discount € 3.10.
EXHIBITIONS
"Il genio di Leonardo" exhibition
- Palazzo Cenami - Via Roma, 20
Tel. 340-555701
Opening hours: everyday from 9:30 am / 7:30 pm
admission: full price € 5.00, discount € 3.50,
schools € 2.50. VILLE
LUCCHESI
VILLA BERNARDINI - Vicopelago - Lucca Tel e
Fax. 0583 370327
Opening hours: Winter garden and villa 10 am -12 pm
/ 2.30 -5 pm; Summer 9:30 am - 12 / 3 - 7 pm. The summer
hours coincide with the period when daylight savings
time is in effect. Closed: Monday morning. Admission
to the garden € 2.60, garden and villa € 7.80,
for groups of at least 20 people € 6.20 with telephone
reservation, dinner hour.
VILLA GRABAU - San Pancrazio - LUCCA
Tel e Fax. (0039 - 583) 406098 - Tel. e Fax. 0583 406098
It is located 7 km north of Lucca, 200 m. from Villa
Reale di Marlia.
The Villa and the Park are open from Easter to 1 November
from 10 am to 1 pm and 3 to 7 pm, everyday except Monday
and Tuesday morning. In the closing period, the Villa
can be toured on Sunday ( 11:30 am - 1 pm and 2:30 -
5:30 pm), or by reservation.
Admission: € 4.20 for the park only; € 5.16
for the park and the ground floor of the Villa. For
groups, a € 1.00 discount is offered on admission.
Children under 12 are free, with a parent. Pick up by
bus from Piazzale Verdi - Lucca (Clap lines)
VILLA MANSI - Segromigno in Monte -
CAPANNORI
Tel 0583 920234 - 0583 920096 - Fax. 0583 928114.
Winter hours: 10 am -12:30 pm and 3 - 5 pm. Summer hours
10 am -12:30 pm and 3 - 7 pm
Closed Monday. Entrance to the park and villa €
5.16.
VILLA
OLIVA - San Pancrazio - LUCCA Tel e Fax - 0583
406462
The park only is open. Opening hours: 15 March - 15
November from 9:30 am -6:30 pm everyday. Admission €
4.13, groups € 3.70. Groups of ten or more can
reserve by telephone to tour the villa all year round.
VILLA REALE - Marlia - CAPANNORI Tel.
0583 30108 - Fax 0583 30009
Opening: 1 March 30 November. Only the park is open.
During other months, reservations are required. The
tours are always guided with departures at 10 am- 11
am -12 pm – 3 pm - 4 pm - 5 pm - 6 pm
Closed Monday.
Admission to the park € 5.16, groups € 4.70
(more than 20 people)
VILLA DI CARIGNANO già TORRIGIANI
- Camigliano - CAPANNORI Portineria: Cell. 0368 3209614
- Tel. 0583 928008 - Tel e Fax 0583 928041.
The park and villa are fully furnished with period furnishings.
They can be toured: from 1 March to 12 November, every
day except Tuesday.
Opening hours: 10-12:30 pm and 3:00 to 6:30 pm; from
13 to 30 November and on holidays in December, the Villa
is open to tour groups by reservation only. January
and February, closed (Km 10 from Lucca – state
road no. 435 for Pescia Montecatini Terme). Admission:
entrance to the park and villa € 7.80, park only
€ 5.16; for groups of more than 20 people, park
and villa € 6.20, park only € 4.13.
Discount admission: over 65 and students from 12 to
18, park and villa € 6.20, park € 4.13, free
for disabled persons and kids under 12 with a parent
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
ARCHBISHOP’S ARCHIVE AND FELINIANA CAPITULARY
LIBRARY
c/o Palazzo Arcivescovile - Tel. 0583-430954
Opening hours:/weekdays 9:30 am- 12:30 pm; closed Saturdays
and holidays, the first Thursday of the month and between
15 July - 15 September and 24 December - 7 January
STATE ARCHIVES
Piazza Guidiccioni, 8 Tel. 05830491587 Fax 0583 469396
Direzione: Tel. 0583 491465.
Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8 am -1 pm
and 2 to 7 pm; Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8 am -1 pm;
closed holidays.
Secondary deposit: S. Anna, Via S.Donato - Tel. 0583-56098.
Opening hours: 8 am to 1 pm; closed holidays.
From 15 June to 15 September, the public opening hours
might be subject to change.
ARCHIVIO STORICO COMUNALE
Piazza Curtatone, 7 Tel. E Fax 0583 491784.
Opening hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9 am to 5 pm; Friday
9 am to12 pm by appointment.
LIBRARY OF THE ARCHBISHOPU’S SEMINARY
Via del Seminario, 790 - Località Monte San Quirico
Tel. and Fax 0583-330169
STATE LIBRARY
Via S. Maria Corteorlandi, 12 Tel. 0583 491271 Direzione
Tel e Fax 0583 496 770.
Opening hours: September-June, 9 am -1:30 pm and 2:30
pm - 7 pm (Saturday 9 am -1:30 pm); July-August, 9 am
-1:30 pm; closed holidays.
YOUTH LIBRARY
Casermetta S. Martino (Mura Urbane) Tel. 0583 48785.
Orario: martedì-giovedì 9-17; mercoledì-venerdì
9-1 pm; Saturday, 9 am -12 noon; Monday and holidays
closed.
NEWSPAPER LIBRARY
Casermetta S. Maria (Mura Urbane) Tel. e Fax 0583 48185.
Opening hours: Tuesday-Thursday 9 am to 5 pm; Wednesday
9 am to 1 pm; Friday 9 am to 1 pm / 3 to 6 pm; Saturday,
9 am -12 noon; Monday and holidays closed.
CLUB ALPINO ITALIANO
Cortile Carrara, 18 Tel. 0583 582669. Orario: lunedì,
martedì, giovedì 19-20
N.B. the prices and opening hours are subject to change.
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