The Museo della Città
The Museo della Città [City Museum], which is housed on the ground floor of the Bottini dell’Olio building and the deconsecrated Church of the Vergine Assunta and of San Giuseppe, contains about 600 artworks – coming from civic collections – which recount the history of Livorno from Etruscan and Roman ages up to present times. The route through the museum is organised like a sort of time travel experience, each stage being illustrated by objects, images, installations and multimedia effects that accompany the visitor. This is a highly visual, dynamic and sometimes interactive approach that livens up what may often be the static nature of museum exhibits. One innovation is the multimedia pathway that allows visitors to interact with the map of the city, visualising various places electronically. The contemporary art section is housed separately in the deconsecrated church.