Museo Fiorentino di Preistoria, Archaeological museum in Florence, Italy.

The Museo Fiorentino di Preistoria "Paolo Graziosi" occupies three rooms in the former convent of the Oblate Sisters on via dell'Oriuolo, opposite Santa Maria Nuova hospital. The first room explains climatic and human evolution and displays a cave bear skeleton from Equi; the second holds Italian finds from the early Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age and a section on African prehistory, the largest in Italy.

The museum was founded in 1946 by the Florentine anthropologist and palaeontologist Paolo Graziosi together with Gaetano Pieraccini, and is linked to the Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory. It occupies the former convent of the Oblate Sisters opposite Santa Maria Nuova hospital, with entrance from via dell'Oriuolo 24. Its African section, assembled from Graziosi's expeditions, holds the largest number of pieces of its kind in Italy.

The museum reveals how people lived and worked in prehistoric times through objects gathered from different parts of the world. Visitors can observe how tools, pottery, and artistic expressions changed over thousands of years.

The museum is easily reached on foot and sits near several public transport stops in central Florence. Plan time to read the detailed information provided with the exhibits, as many objects have comprehensive explanations.

The museum operates PreistoArt, a digital section offering educational content about prehistoric art for different age groups. These online resources were specially designed to make prehistoric studies accessible to families of all ages.