Florence is an unparalleled city of art, home to some of the most prestigious museums in the world, true treasure chests of artistic, historical and cultural masterpieces. If you are a lover of art, science or history, you will surely find the perfect museum for you.

Here is an overview of the most important institutions to visit.

The great masterpieces of art

⭐ Uffizi Gallery

One of the most famous museums in the world, with masterpieces by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Caravaggio.
📍 Reservations recommended to avoid long waits.

⭐ Accademia Gallery

Famous for Michelangelo's David, along with the Prisoners and St. Matthew.
It also exhibits works from the Academy of Drawing and from suppressed convents.

⭐ National Museum of Bargello

Extraordinary collection of Renaissance sculpture, with masterpieces by Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo and Cellini.
Located in an ancient fourteenth-century building, former seat of the Captain of Justice.

⭐ Medici Chapels Museum

It houses the New Sacristy, designed by Michelangelo, and the Chapel of the Princes, the mausoleum of the Medici family.
Inside there is also the Lorenese Crypt, with the monument to Cosimo the Elder.

⭐ Museum of San Marco

It houses an extraordinary collection of frescoes by Beato Angelico.
Among the cells of the Dominican monks, that of Girolamo Savonarola stands out.

The Museums of Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens

⭐ Palatine Gallery

Collection of paintings with works by Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio and Rubens.
Inside are also the Royal Apartments, with furnishings from the 16th to the 19th century.

⭐ Modern Art Gallery

It houses works from Neoclassicism to the Macchiaioli, with a vast collection of 19th-century Italian paintings.

⭐ Costume Gallery

Unique in its kind in Italy, it collects historical clothes, theatrical costumes and accessories from the 17th century to today.

⭐ Silver Museum

Also known as the Medici Treasury, it displays jewels and luxury objects from the 17th to the 20th century.

⭐ Porcelain Museum

Located in the Palazzina del Cavaliere, in the Boboli Gardens, it houses one of the most important collections of European porcelain.

⭐ Boboli Gardens

The largest Italian garden in Florence, decorated with Renaissance statues, fountains and grottoes.

The Treasures of the Cathedral of Florence

⭐ Work of Santa Maria del Fiore

✔ Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore – With the famous Brunelleschi Dome.
✔ Baptistery of San Giovanni – Decorated with the famous Bronze Doors by Ghiberti and Pisano.
✔ Giotto's Bell Tower – One of the finest examples of Italian Gothic architecture.
✔ Museo dell’Opera del Duomo – Houses the cathedral’s original sculptures, including works by Donatello and Michelangelo.

Other Must-See Museums

⭐ National Archaeological Museum

One of the most important collections of Etruscan and Egyptian antiquities in Italy.

⭐ Hard Stone Factory

Historic Florentine laboratory for the processing of semiprecious stones, today a restoration center and museum.

⭐ Palazzo Vecchio Museum

✔ It houses the Hall of the Five Hundred and the Chapel of Eleonora, frescoed by Agnolo Bronzino.
✔ In the Hall of Geographical Maps there is an enormous 16th century globe.

⭐ Galileo Museum

It exhibits scientific instruments that belonged to Galileo Galilei, including his original telescopes.

⭐ Stibbert Museum

One of the largest European collections of weapons, armour and oriental art objects.

⭐ Brancacci Chapel

Inside the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, it preserves the famous cycle of frescoes by Masaccio and Filippino Lippi.

⭐ Museum of the Twentieth Century

Dedicated to 20th-century Italian art, with works by De Chirico, Morandi and Fontana.

⭐ Museum of the Innocents

It tells the story of the first orphanage in Europe, designed by Brunelleschi.

⭐ Stefano Bardini Museum

Collection of medieval and Renaissance sculptures, paintings and furnishings, collected by the antique dealer Stefano Bardini.

⭐ Horne Museum

Housed in the home of Herbert Horne, it exhibits furniture and paintings of the Florentine Renaissance.

⭐ Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology

Located in the Palazzo Nonfinito, it collects anthropological and ethnographic finds from all over the world.

⭐ Football Museum

Located in Coverciano, it collects memorabilia from the history of Italian football.

⭐ Natural History Museum

✔ Zoology Section “La Specola” – One of the largest collections of anatomical waxes in the world.
✔ Botanical Garden – Among the oldest botanical gardens in Europe.
✔ Villa “Il Gioiello” – Galileo Galilei’s last residence.

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