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Museo Regionale della Ceramica

Address: Largo San Francesco, Deruta, 06053
Phone: 075/9711000
www.museoceramicaderuta.it

Regional Ceramics Museum

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Deruta

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Fodor's Review:

The notable sights in Deruta include the Museo Regionale della Ceramica (Regional Ceramics Museum), 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.

Cost: EUR 5, includes admission to Pinoteca Comunale
Open: Apr.-June, daily 10-1 and 3-6; July-Sept., daily 10-1 and 3-7; Oct.-Mar., Wed.-Mon. 10:30-1 and 2:30-5.

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