Twelve museums of different sizes, some well known and widely visited, others less so, joined together in an itinerary that highlights masterpieces of the various expressive art forms created by the masters over the course of the centuries.
The underlying idea is to spotlight the artworks without moving them from their usual locations and therefore from the context in which they were created.
The works chosen to be showcased include altarpieces in country churches, frescoed narrative cycles on walls, altar frontals and vestments, fine handiwork pillows and works in scagliola.

The artists include Masaccio, Andrea del Verrocchio, and Spinello Aretino, but also many unknown artisans.

The exhibition is promoted by the museums of the Florentine Chianti and the Verdi Terre di Toscana, and comprises the municipalities of Bagno a Ripoli, Barberino Val d’Elsa, Figline Valdarno, Greve in Chianti, Impruneta, Incisa in Val d’Arno, Reggello, Rignano sull’Arno, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa.

The twelve museums are accessible using a special card that will enable free admission during the entire period of the exhibition. Along with the card, a guide of the tour is available for €5.00 (€3.00 reduced), which describes the works selected as significant for every form of art.

Information on the opening hours of the various museums and of the exhibition, which opens on 1st May and concludes on 31st October 2010, is available at the tourist information office of APT Firenze, Via Cavour 1R tel. 055 290832 – 055 290833; e-mail: info1@firenzeturismo.it

THE MUSEUMS

Museo di San Casciano, San Casciano in Val di Pesa

Museo d’arte sacra di San Francesco, Greve in Chianti

Museo del Tesoro di Santa Maria, Impruneta

Museo di arte sacra, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa

Museo Emilio Ferrari di cultura contadina, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa

Antiquarium di Sant’Appiano, Barberino Val d’Elsa

Museo d’arte sacra della Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, Figline Valdarno

Museo Masaccio d’arte sacra di Cascia di Reggello

Museo d’arte sacra dell’Abbazia di Vallombrosa, Reggello

Oratorio di Santa Caterina delle Ruote, Bagno a Ripoli

Museo storico della scagliola, collezione Bianco Bianchi, Rignano sull’Arno

Museo d’arte sacra, Incisa in Val d’Arno