Florence - Stibbert Museum

(Local Name: Museo Stibbert) In 1860 the Scottish officer Fredrick Stibbert began collecting art treasures in the Villa Montughi just outside Florence, then in 1906 he presented them to the city.

The collection of antique European and Asian weaponry - suits of armour, helms and swords, sabres, daggers and powder-flasks - is especially interesting; the highpoint in the "Sala della Cavalcata", the Cavalcade Room, is a 16th c. train of 14 knights on horseback and 14 foot-soldiers, complete with weapons and armor.

The other exhibits - furniture, paintings, fabrics and other works of art - show the feeling for art and the taste of the collector.