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Museo Regionale della Ceramica (Regional Ceramics Museum)
Museo Regionale della Ceramica (Regional Ceramics Museum) Review
The notable sights in Deruta include the Museo Regionale della Ceramica, part of which extends into the adjacent 14th-century former convent of San Francesco. Half the museum tells the history of ceramics, with panels in Italian and English explaining artistic techniques and production processes. The museum also holds the country's largest collection of modern Italian ceramics—nearly 8,000 pieces are on display. The most notable are the Renaissance vessels using the lustro technique, which originated in Arab and Middle Eastern cultures some 500 years before coming into use in Italy in the late 1400s. Lustro, as the name sounds, gives the ceramics a rich finish, which is accomplished with the use of crushed precious materials such as gold and silver.
- Address: Largo San Francesco, Deruta, 06053 | Map It
- Phone: 075/9711000
- Cost: €5, includes admission to Pinoteca Comunale
- Hours: Daily 10:30-1 and 2:30-5
- Website: www.museoceramicaderuta.it
- Location: Deruta
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