Volterra Events

The museums and sites, which are the main business

Volterra's calendar is driven less by festivals than by opening hours, and getting those right is most of planning a visit.

The Museo Etrusco Guarnacci, via Don Minzoni 15, telephone 0588 521121:

10 March to 2 November — 10:00 to 18:30, every day of the week.
3 November to 9 March — 10:00 to 16:00 on Monday and Wednesday to Friday; 10:00 to 18:30 on Saturday and Sunday; closed on Tuesday.

That winter Tuesday closure is the single most common way to waste a day here. The museum has ground-floor access and an internal lift, and is reached from Piazza dei Priori along via Matteotti and via Gramsci.

The Volterra Card

Valid 72 hours and covering all six municipal sites — the Guarnacci, the Pinacoteca and civic museum, the Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro, the Palazzo dei Priori, the Roman theatre of Vallebuona and the Etruscan acropolis. €23,00 full; €18,00 reduced for ages 6 to 25, university students, over-65s and Touring Club Italiano or FAI members; €32,00 family for children aged 6 to 18 with one or two adults up to five people; €12,00 for groups of ten or more; €6,00 for school parties without a guided visit. Free for under-6s, residents, school-district students, disabled visitors and companions, accompanying teachers and group leaders, authorised guides, journalists and ICOM members.

Because it runs for 72 hours, start it on a day that does not run into the winter Tuesday closure.

The alabaster workshops

Open year-round, and the most genuinely local thing to do here. Carving has been the trade of this town since the 8th century BC, workshops in the centre work the stone in front of visitors, and the Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro explains the industry. Winter is in some ways the better time, because the workshops are working rather than selling.

The town's own year

The municipality runs a summer programme of concerts and events, and announces it season by season. The switchboard on 0588 86050, at Piazza dei Priori 1, is the place to ask what is on during your dates — this page does not list individual festival dates, because they move.

Verified against Comune di Volterra, October 2026.

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Checked against Comune di Volterra — The Museo Etrusco Guarnacci opens 10:00 to 18:30 every day from 10 March to 2 November, and from 3 November to 9 March opens 10:00 to 16:00 on Monday and Wednesday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:30 on Saturday and Sunday, and is closed on Tuesday., The Museo Etrusco Guarnacci is at via Don Minzoni 15, 56048 Volterra, reached from Piazza dei Priori along via Matteotti and via Gramsci, with entrance at ground-floor level and an internal lift available, on telephone 0588 521121., The Volterra Card is valid 72 hours and covers all of the Comune di Volterra's cultural sites -- the Museo Etrusco Guarnacci, the Pinacoteca and civic museum, the Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro, the Palazzo dei Priori, the archaeological area of the Roman theatre of Vallebuona and the archaeological area of the Etruscan acropolis -- at 23 euro full, 18 euro reduced for ages 6 to 25, university students, over-65s and Touring Club Italiano or FAI members, 32 euro for a family of children aged 6 to 18 with one or two adults up to five people, 12 euro for groups of at least ten and 6 euro for school trips without a guided visit, with free entry for children under 6, residents of the Comune di Volterra, students of the school district, disabled visitors and their companions, accompanying teachers and group leaders, authorised tour guides, journalists and ICOM members., A single ticket for the Museo Guarnacci alone costs 10 euro full, 8 euro reduced for ages 6 to 25, over-65s and Touring Club Italiano or FAI members, and 6 euro for groups of at least ten., The Comune di Volterra can be reached on 0588 86050 at Piazza dei Priori 1, 56048. (October 2026).