The Museum has its origins in the collections of the Grand Dukes, both Medici and Forensi, whose works of art were initially kept in the Uffizi galleries. It is divided into three sections: the topographical museum of Etruia, the Etrusco-Helletian-Roman Antiquarium and the Egyptian collection. Etruscan civilisation is at its heart and was begun by Cosimo the Old and enlarged by Cosimo I and again in the 18th century by Cardinal Leopold. The museum also contains glass, gems, Greek ceramics and a numismatic collection. In the garden, Etruscan tombs and funeral monuments have been reconstructed.