Civic museum archaeological section

The Museo Civico is in the15th-century Palazzo del Podestà in Montaione and contains prehistoric and archaeologicalfinds ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic to theLate Middle Ages.

The highlight of thepalaeontological sectionis a whalefossil skeleton found in the local area. In the archaeological section an Etruscan stele (6th century BC) resembling a warrior is of particular interest. Explanatory panels deal with the life, art and economy of the area in different historic periods.