The Museum occupies part of the Palazzo Ghibellino, which stands on Piazza Farinata degli Uberti, the heart of Empoli city center. Palazzo Ghibellino faces the Collegiate Church of Sant'Andrea and is so called because in 1260 the Ghibelline winners met to decide the fate of the Guelph Florence, won on the battlefield.
The museum is divided into six thematic itineraries that document the birth and history of the earth through a collection of fossils and rocks, various models and dioramas, one of which reconstructs the struggle between two dinosaurs; the cave bear skeleton is accompanied by a diorama with a scene of bear hunting by the Neanderthal man.
Museo Civico di Paleontologia
Piazza Farinata degli Uberti, 8, 50053 Empoli FI, Italia
