Museum and surroundings

FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano is a private non-profit foundation established in 1975, on the model of the National Trust, with the primary goal of educating and instructing communities to defend and enhance Italy's historical, artistic and landscape heritage.

By exhibiting a membership card or another proof of FAI affiliation, FAI Fellows can benefit from multiple special fees on Piaggio Museum services:
- 15% discount on guided tours
- 10% discount on articles available for sale at the Bookshop.

Multirent Toscana in Pontedera is a Vespa, car minibus, rental, and it is 300 mt. from the train station and about 600 mt from Piaggio Museum.

They can deliver all the vehicles directly to the Piaggio Museum.

Since 1978 Florence Station Rental have been the main rental company in Florence and Tuscany.
The fleet consists of 35 cars (fiat 500) and over 145 Vespa Primavera, Sprint, Gts, Gts Supertech (50cc, 125cc, 150cc-300cc), and we provide luggage storage and stroller rental.
All vehicles are the latest model available on the market, full optionals, in perfect state of maintenance and with a very low mileage. Each rental vehicles and accessories are sterilized and sanitized, according to the strictest anti covid-19 regulations.
Rely on our company to discover Tuscany and the Piaggio Museum, in complete freedom, without established timetables or routes.

Acquario di Livorno:  a travel to discover the beauties of the sea with 3.000  sqm  of exhibition space, 32 tanks with more than2.000 animals of 300 different species.The structure  - that will open to public every day starting from Saturday, March 26  during the Easter holidays -will enlarge the offer to public with a novelty that will be available from Spring 2016: on the first floor, new exhibition dedicated to the world of insects, amphibians and reptiles consisting  of 14 terraria through which visitors can admire various  specimens of these three groups , including the fascinating and mimetic chameleon.On Ground floor, inside the Indo – Pacific tank, the two splendid green turtles "Ari" and "Cuba" swim together with two Napoleon fishes, the blacktip sharks and two newly arrived  Zebra sharksAcquario di Livorno - situated on the waterfront of Livorno inside the  Mascagni Terrace, has a splendid location with a strong emotional and scenic impactFrom the exhibition area on the first floor, visitors can access to the panoramic terrace of Acquario di Livorno from where they can admire the beauties of the coast of Livorno and the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago.Acquario di Livorno  occupies a splendid site of great historical, artistic and architectural value for the city. Acquario di Livorno – managed by Costa Edutainment S.p.A. – celebrated its 6^th year of activity since its opening  to the public on the 31st July 2010, after a long restoration work by Opera Laboratori Fiorentini.

The Cerratelli Foundation (San Giuliano Terme, Pisa) has an archive of approximately 30,000 costumes made by the eponymous Florentine costumier (1914-1995) for opera, dance, drama and cinema. These Italian articles, made in Tuscany, are a record of a singular relationship between costume and the performing arts during the Twentieth Century.The Cerratelli costumier, a business enterprise set up in Florence during the First World War by baritone Arturo Cerratelli, drove the development of theatrical art throughout the Twentieth Century. The founder’s entourage included the composers Giacomo Puccini and Pietro Mascagni, who paved the way for Cerratelli’s great partnership with opera. Cerratelli’s clients included some of the greatest names in the history of stage costumes: from the pioneering director Jacques Copeau to Italian maestri such as Giorgio Strehler, Eduardo De Filippo, Luchino Visconti. Franco Zeffirelli, whose creativity enhanced the artistic potential of the Casa d’Arte Cerratelli, is now the HonoraryChairman of the Cerratelli Foundation. Training is one of the priorities of the Cerratelli Foundation, which also organises advanced courses on the specific technical and cultural skills involved in costume design.

The Centre for Theatre Research and Experimentation, originated in 1974 and has become a reference point at international level over the years. It is located at the Teatro Era of Pontedera and is a place of for artistic production and programming .

In 2015 the CSRT , combining its activities with those of the Teatro della Pergola , has become "The Theatre Foundation of Tuscany " and has gained recognition of National Theatre status.

The programming at Teatro Era shows the synergy between the two local sides and is a perfect balance between research, experimentation and tradition which is rexamined with an innovative eye.