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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.