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Galleria degli Uffizi
This famous museum is one of the oldest art museums in the world and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Florence. It is located in a Renaissance palazzo built for Cosimo I de’ Medici by Giorgio Vasari between 1560-1581. The building originally served as offices for the city’s magistrates, which is why it still has the name “Uffizi,” meaning offices. Eventually, the palace became a place for the Medicis to display their extensive collection of paintings and sculptures. After the fall of the Medicis, the art remained and was opened to special visitors in the 16th century, and later to the public in 1765. The museum’s collection is today so large that some of the art has had to be loaned out to other museums. There are currently plans to greatly expand the Uffizi, so that many of the works in storage can have a chance to be viewed.
Some of the most famous and important works on display at the museum include Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and La Primavera, da Vinci’s The Annunciation and The Adoration of the Magi, Raphael’s Madonna of the Goldfinch, Caravaggio’s Bacchus and The Sacrifice of Isaac, and works by Michelangelo, Titian, Dürer and many others.
Be aware that at the height of the tourist season, waits at the Uffizi can be extremely long, in some cases up to four hours! If you reserve a ticket in advance, however, you do not have to stand in as long of a line.
Opening times: Tues - Sun 8.15 am - 6.50 pm
Entrance prices: €6.50 full price, €3.25 reduced
There are additional charges for special exhibitions.
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Piazzale degli Uffizi 6
50122
Florence
Tel: +30 (0)55 23885
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Galleria dell’Accademia
The Galleria dell’Accademia was at one time the exhibition space for the students of the 16th century drawing and arts academy, the Accademia di Belle Arti.
Now this musuem is primarily dedicated to paintings from the 13th - 16th centuries, but also includes Michelangelo’s famous David sculpture. The David was moved from its original location in front of the town hall in 1873 (where a copy now replaces it), and is one of the museum’s main attractions. Michelangelo’s San Matteo and his unfinished Slaves are also displayed here. Another important exhibit includes 24 panels painted by Taddeo Gaddi, depicting scenes from the lives of Christ and St Francis.
Opening times: Tues - Sun 8.15 am - 6.30 pm
Entrance price: €9.50
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Via Ricasoli 60
50122
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 2388609
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Museo del Bargello
Also known as the National Musuem, the Museo del Bargello is located in one of the oldest and most beautiful buildings in all of Florence. The building was built in 1255, and in the 16th century was turned into both the headquarters of police and a prison. It didn’t become a museum until the middle of the 19th century, and now it specializes in Renaissance sculptures and the decorative arts, including a collection of jewellry and weapons.
The museum includes a magnificent courtyard with a surrounding balcony. The ground floor displays several of Michelangelo’s masterpieces, such as the bust of Brutus and David and Apollo. Works by Donatello, as well as some of his students, adorn the first floor, including two of his David statues. The sculptures are typical of the early Italian Renaissance, when artists began to break away from the late Gothic style to focus on very human and life-like forms. Another noteworthy exhibit is that of the glazed terracottas of Luca della Robbia, depicting a variety of Madonnas.
The museum also houses a collection of ivories, from the Roman and Byzantine periods, as well as from the middle ages. Another room displays a variety of rare Venetian glassworks.
Opening times: Tues - Sat 8.30 am - 1.50 pm, also open the 2nd and 4th Sunday and the 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of every month
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Via del Proconsolo 4
50122
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 2388860
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Collezione Alberto della Ragione
This museum displays the collection of the engineer Alberto della Ragione, who devoted his life to amassing works of contemporary art. The collection became the property of the Florence city council in 1970 and has since been open to the public. Ragione was not only interested in collecting art, but also befriended many of the modern artists of his time. He helped to organize a variety of exhibitions to help his favourite artists gain recognition, bought several of their works, and supported them when times were rough.
The collection on display here focuses primarily on the years 1930 - 1945. Many of the artists whose work is exhibited were concerned with renewing Italian culture in the period between the two wars. There are a variety of lanscapes and still-lives, by artists such as De Pisis and Mafai, cubist works, and abstract art. One of the best-known sculptures featured here is “Paulette” by Lucio Fontana. Other artists whose work appears includes Gottuso, Morandi, Carra and Casorati.
Opening times: Mon, Wed - Sun 9 am - 1.30 pm
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Piazza della Signoria 5
50122
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 283078
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Museo Marino Marini
This musuem focuses on the works on Marino Marini (1901 - 1980), and is located in the deconsecrated 14th century church of San Pancrazio. It was established in 1988 and was the very first museum in Florence to exhibit modern art. The design of the museum was carried out by Lorenzo Papi, a renowned Italian architect, and entails multi-level galleries built to show off the art to its best advantage.
Marini was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, and almost 200 of his works are displayed here. In addition to sculptures, the museum includes some of his pictures, drawings, and etchings. Representative work from all of his styles and periods are present, including several of his well-known horseback figures. One of the focal points of the exhibits is “The Equestrian Group of Aja” from 1957. Marini put great emphasis on light in his works, and believed that a museum environment must reflect this. The Marini museum displays each of his works in the original lighting that was intended.
Opening times: Mon, Wed - Fri 10 am- 5 pm, Sun 10 am - 1 pm
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Piazza San Pancrazio
50123
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 219432
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Museo Zoologico La Specola
This is a natural history museum that includes specimens collected as early as the Renaissance. Much of the material in the exhibits was originally in a collection belonging to the Medici family. The Medicis made a hobby of amassing natural treasures such as fossils, animals, minerals and unusual or foreign plants.
The museum was created by Pietro Leopoldo of Lorena, and now has its own library, an important resource for scholars of natural history. The museum puts a bit more emphasis on research than on exhibitions at the moment, and only a small portion of the collection is on display. However, it is well worth seeing as it includes many fine and rare taxidermic animals as well as an important collection of anatomical wax works. The wax figures were created by Clemente Susini (1754 - 1814), a prestigious Florentine wax-worker in his day.
Opening times: Mon -Tues, Thurs - Sun 9 am - 1 pm
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Via Romana 17
50125
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 2288251
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Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia
This is an important natural history museum, renowned throughout Italy for its extensive collection. It houses more than 300,000 specimens of fossilized vertebrates, invertebrates and plants, as well as several mineral and rock samples, all arranged in chronological order. Impressive animal examples that are displayed include the Villafranchian mammels from upper Valadarno, the anthropoid monkey of Maremma, fossil imprints of Mesozoic reptiles and non-flying birds native to New Zealand. One exhibit is devoted to the evolution of horses, and another to the origin of life and evolution. Like most Florentine museums, the collection goes back to the Medici family. Medici Grand Dukes began collecting plant, animal and geological samples in the 16th century, and the collection was later augmented by the Lorraine family. The museum has been in its present location since 1925, and in the last decades has acquired several new additions. Its extraordinary collection is now the best of its kind in Italy. Educational activities for children and guided tours are available.
Opening times: Mon 2 pm - 6 pm, Tues - Fri 9 am - 1 pm, 2nd Sunday of the month 9 am - 1 pm
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Via La Pira 4
50121
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 2757536
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Museo degli Argenti
This musuem houses an elaborate collection of Medici gold works, enamels, cameos, crystals and carved stone works. The building was originally the summer home of the Medici Grand Duke, and all of the items were once collected by either the Medici family or the Lorenas. The rooms are ornately furnished with many of the original decorations, and the walls of the great hall are painted with beautiful frescoes by Giovanni da San Giovanni. They depict the marriage of Ferdinand II and Victoria de Rovere that took place in 1634. Some of the most noteworthy items to see in the musuem include the stone vases belonging to Lorenzo the Magnificent, German 17th century ivories, a lapis lazuli vase made by Buonalenti, and the jewels of the Salzburg Prince-Bishops.
Opening times: Tues - Sat 8.30 am - 1.50 pm, 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday and 2nd and 4th Monday also 8.30 am - 1.50 pm
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Piazza Pitti 1
50125
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 2388710
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