The MUGOT Museum was created in 2011 to preserve the memory of the Second World War in Tuscany, with particular attention to the events in September 1944 when the Apennines north of Florence were a focal point. Especially the area between the Futa Pass and the Giogo Pass was one of the places most affected by the furious attacks along the Gothic Line, the last fortified defense line prepared by the German army in Italy.
The museum offers documents, textbooks, oral records and original WW2 footage to visitors, scholars and students and can also arrange battlefield tour on demand in order to give a detailed explanation of the events visiting the original outposts.
The permanent and temporary thematic exhibitions are the result of discoveries, private collections, or donations of local people. Upon request guided tours of the Museum and to the battlefield.
The mission of the center is to give everyone the opportunity to remember the months before the Liberation of our country, precursors of the arrival of Democracy and the return of Freedom to Italy.
The spectacular nature of the materials on display, in fact, does not want in any way to enhance the grandeur of modern warfare but rather to bring as many people as possible to the reflection and awareness, and above all trying to understand them historically, it is the first step to take in order not to have to relive the tragedies, destruction and despair.
Since 2012 the centre is intended also as a meeting point for military vehicles collectors, hosting the headquarters of the Italian History & Military Veihcles club and most of all the official Italian office of Military Vehicle Preservation Association which can offer to its Italian and foreign members support, assistance and care when visiting the territory.
MUGOT - Museo Gotica Toscana
Località Ponzalla, 47, 50038 Scarperia e San Piero FI
