Ecomuseum
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The Ecomuseum of the Pistoia Mountains combines museums, educational centres, and historical artefacts that help to understand the Pistoia Mountains through the evidence left by the relationship between humans and the environment over the centuries.
Museum of Everyday Life in the Pistoia Apennines
This museum can take you on a journey through the lives of its Apeninne inhabitants from centuries past to modern times. It is a part of the Pistoia Mountains' Ecomuseum.
Palazzo Achilli – Ecomuseum info point
Partially rebuilt in the 18th century by Filippo Achilli, to whom it owes its name, Palazzo Achilli - apart from being the central information point of the Ecomuseum - is also seat to temporary exhibitions and to educational laboratories for adults and children.
Acquerino Forest, a Biogenetic Reserve
The Acquerino forest is an environment of extraordinary biodiversity. The area includes an archaeological park. It is part of the Ecomuseum of the Pistoia Mountains.
Madonnina icehouse
The Madonnina icehouse stands majestically along the grand ducal road near the settlement of Le Piastre and is part of the Ice trail tour of the Ecomuseum of Pistoia Mountains.
The Museum of Iron and the Garden of Renewable Energy
It is a part of the Ecomuseo della Montagna Pistoiese and tells the tale of the long and deeply-rooted, local traditions present in the working of iron.
The Forest of Teso
It stands to the north of Pistoia and to the south of the border with the Province of Bologna in the Pistoia Mountains.