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The Alabaster Museum
The working of alabaster is an ancient tradition in Volterra. The Etruscans used alabaster to make urns, then used it as well for creating capitals, tabernacles, vases and other works of art.
Volterra is the city of alabaster par excellence. The large natural deposits of alabaster in its surroundings are considered one of the most precious around the world given its particular compactness, transparency, veins and hardness.
The Museum of Alabaster in Volterra displays over 300 alabaster art works made between the 18th and 19th centuries. The private collection has been assembled over the course of 30 years by the Bruchi family.
The museum is housed in a former Augustinian convent from the 17th century and is a proper art museum collection with paintings, antiques and ceramics to complete the museum itinerary. Among the alabaster works, the collection also includes beautiful female busts by Giuseppe Bessi.
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