MUSEUMS of FLORENCE
Florence is one of the world’s greatest custodians of art, and the museums of Florence a must-see destination and a unique opportunity to be able to fill your eyes with the beauty of some of the most famous works created by the greatest masters of all time.
- Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6, 50122 Florence FI
Florence Museums: Uffizi Gallery
It is one of the most famous museums in the world for its extraordinary collections of paintings and ancient statues Its collections of 14th-century and Renaissance paintings contain some absolute masterpieces of art of all time. Just recall the names of Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Beato Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Caravaggio.
- Monday: 8:15 am - 5:30 pm
- Tuesday: 8:15 am - 8:30 pm
- Wednesday through Sunday: 8:15 am - 5:30pm
- 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028
Academy Gallery
It is also called the Museum of Michelangelo because, among museums around the world, it is the one that displays the largest number of statues by the famous Italian Renaissance artist. One above all the David, a symbol of Florence in the world and a masterpiece of the Renaissance, but also the Prisoners, the St. Matthew and the Palestrina Pietà. It is worth a visit not only for Michelangelo’s masterpieces, but also for Giambologna‘s The Rape of the Sabine Women, Madonna and Child, and Madonna of the Sea by Botticelli and some works by Perugino, Filippino Lippi, Pontormo and Bronzino.
- Tuesday through Sunday: 8:15 am - 6:50 pm
- Monday: Closed
- Piazza del Duomo, 9, 50122 Florence FI
Museum of the Opera del Duomo
Unique in its kind, this museum is a true journey that takes you on a discovery of the places and artists that gave life to the monumental Opera complex. At the center of the museum is the spectacular Hall of the Ancient Façade, where on one side is a colossal 1:1 scale model of the ancient façade of Florence Cathedral built by Arnolfo di Cambio starting in 1296, never finished and destroyed in 1587. In front of this titanic backdrop are 40 statues from the 14th and early 15th centuries originally made for the facade by artists such as Arnolfo di Cambio, Donatello, and Nanni di Banco. On the opposite side of the room: the Gate of Paradise (1425-52), the famous North Gate of the Florence Baptistery, and Andrea Pisano‘s South Gate. Also among the works not to be missed are Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Pieta Bandini and Mary Magdalene.
- Daily: 8:30 am - 07:00 pm
