Villa Paolina – the former summer residence of the Paulina Bonaparte, sister of the French Emperor Napoleon, located in the resort town of Viareggio. Today, the Villa housed the Archaeological Museum Alberto Carlo Blanca opened in 1986 year, the Art gallery Lorenzo Viano and the Museum of musical instruments Giovanni Ciuffreda (the last two of the Museum were opened in 1994 year).

Picture gallery of Lorenzo Viano was created in 1974, the year, and only twenty years after the opening has been moved to the Villa Paolina. The exhibits are arranged in chronological order and include paintings, drawings, sketches and slides, tagged with description. Only 4 halls of the Villa is stored 64 works of modern art.

The Museum of musical instruments Giovanni Ciuffreda occupies six halls of the Villa Paolina, which houses about 400 exhibits, including pochette – tiny "pocket" violin of the 17th-century Neapolitan mandolin 18th century and a collection of instruments from all over Europe.

Archaeological Museum Alberto Carla Blanca, also known as Blanca Museum, opened in 1986, the year. It houses artifacts found on site Versalism Riviera on the Tuscan coast of the Tyrrhenian sea, is handmade stone items, fossil remains of Palaeolithic pottery Neolithic, copper and bronze wares of the iron age. In General, the exhibits give insight into the human evolution for a long period before the invention of writing.

The Villa Paolina is considered one of the most prominent buildings of Viareggio. It was built in the Northern part of the city, near the sea, in 1822, the year project Giovanni Lazarini. First, the Villa was the summer residence of the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, Paulina, then it housed a private pension, and later secondary school. During the Second World war two-storey Villa was seriously injured, but in the 1980s, has been carefully restored. Today, tourists in addition to the three museums attract three of the Villa's garden. North garden is reported to the Villa and used as living under the open sky – it is decorated with flower beds, fruit trees and vineyards. The South garden is separated from the Villa expensive – it has a small garden and a single vineyard. Finally, the so-called "natural garden" surrounded by a beautiful beach.