The mission of the Museo della Carta di Pescia is to preserve and pass on six centuries of tradition, spreading the culture and knowledge of one of the oldest communication tools: paper. The Museum is located at the Settecentesca Cartiera Le Carte and is one of the most relevant monuments of industrial archaeology in Italy. Both for its state of preservation and for the presence of all the Setto-Ottocenteschi production plants, it can be considered one of the most significant examples of successful conservation at an international level. The building has the typical structure of the paper model called Genovese-Tuscan: the ground floor, with cross vaults, dedicated to the preparation of the pulp and the creation of paper sheets; the first floor occupied by the "workshop" for finishing phases and the homes of the papermakers' families; the top floor, with large windows equipped with adjustable closures, the so-called "spanditoio", reserved for drying the sheets.

The Museum houses about 7,000 pieces including paper molds, watermarking molds, punches, wire meshes, and stamps. It also holds 700 linear meters of documents from the historical business archive of the Antiche Cartiere Magnani of Pescia, one of the most important in Italy, both in terms of size and quantity and quality of the preserved papers. It is a complete archive, with documents ranging from the 18th century to the early years of the 21st century, which allows the reconstruction of the economic activity of the paper mill and, through it, the connections with a large part of the Italian industry and many operators and foreign states.