The National Archaeological Museum of Florence is one of the oldest museums in Italy and, today, the largest archaeological museum north of Rome.

Founded in 1870, when Florence was the capital of Italy, it is now housed in the Medicean Palace of the Crocetta. Inside, visitors can admire a significant portion of the ancient Medici-Lorraine collections, the collection of Etruscan bronzes, Greek-Roman bronzes, the Coin Cabinet, the Gem Gallery, the “Egyptian Museum,” the topographical section featuring grand Etruscan funerary complexes from princely tombs (currently being rearranged), the monumental garden, and a rich selection of Greek vases discovered in Etruscan tombs (and beyond). Villa Corsini in Castello hosts the museum’s separate section of Etruscan and Roman sculptures.