Accademy of Etruscans

Cortona and the Etruscan Accademy

Of the many things to do in Tuscany is visiting the Etruscan Accademy in Cortona Toscana. The accademy of Cortona Toscana is a wonderful example of unkown museums, and yet noteworthy, in Tuscany.



The accademy in Cortona Toscana is also paired with the museum of the Etruscan Accademy in Cortona Toscana. It originated in 1727 by the will of a group of wealthy professors of Cortona Toscana. The scope was and still is to promote and finance the study and development of archeological studies and discoveries, and the preservation of antiquities in general (note that Cortona Toscana is in the province of Arezzo, a very famous town for its antiquities and gold).



The library and the museum of the Cortona Toscana Etruscan Accademy are the main source of income and of interest. A very interesting and renown painting is the "Musa Polimnia" which is said to be the protectress of the arts of Cortona Toscana.

Although the main aim of the Etruscan Accademy is the development of archeology in general, it mainly concentrates on the archeology of Cortona Toscana.

The address is
Etruscan Accademy Piazza Signorelli, 9 - 52044 Cortona Toscana(AR)