Florence

Florence (Firenze in Italian) is world-famous as the capital of the Italian Renaissance, together with Rome.
A city founded by the Romans that greatly expanded during the Middle-Ages, from the early-14th century to the late-16th century, under the reign of the Medici family, Florence and its territory had been indeed the birthplace or the hometown of many among the most important Renaissance artists, including Giotto, Filippo Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Donatello, Leon Battista Alberti, Fra Angelico, Raphael, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo, to name just a few.
The city is today the capital of the Tuscany region, a lively university town, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe that fully shows its glorious past in its monuments (such as the famous Cathedral with the dome by Brunelleschi and Giotto’s Campanile), and world-renowned museums, including the Uffizi Gallery, the Bargello Museum, and the Galleria dell’Accademia.

Cover image, the facade of the Uffizi Gallery in central Florence; photo © Riccardo Bianchini/Inexhibit.

museums in Florence

Accademia Gallery – Florence

Firenze - via Ricasoli, 60
closed: Mondays, January 1, May 1, and December 25

The Accademia Gallery (Italian: Galleria dell’Accademia) is an art museum in Florence, central Italy, most famous for the David sculpture by Michelangelo

Center of Contemporary Culture Strozzina, Florence

Firenze - Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi
closed: See the museum website

The CCC Strozzina Centre of Contemporary Culture of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence was opened in 2007 and is part of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation.

Medici Chapel Museum – Florence

Firenze - Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini, 6
closed: Sundays and Mondays

The Medici Chapel in Florence (Italian: Museo delle Cappelle Medicee) is a museum most known for featuring the Sacrestia Nuova mausoleum by Michelangelo

Museo degli Innocenti – Florence

Firenze - Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, 12
closed: open daily, except January 1 and December 25

The Museo degli Innocenti in Florence is a museum of art and history located in the famous "Ospedale degli Innocenti" Renaissance building by Brunelleschi

Museo Galileo – Museum of Science History, Florence

Firenze - Piazza dei Giudici 1
closed: Tuesday afternoon, January 1, and December 25

The Museo Galileo is a science museum in Florence, named after famous Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, housed in a medieval palace near the Uffizi Gallery

Museo Roberto Capucci

Firenze - Costa San Giorgio, 2
closed: Mondays, January 1 and December 25

The Museo Roberto Capucci is a fashion museum in Florence, housed in the 17th century Villa Bardini, not far from Palazzo Pitti and the Forte di Belvedere

National Museum of Bargello – Florence

Firenze - Via del Proconsolo, 4
closed: Mondays, second and fourth Sundays of the month

The Museo del Bargello is an art museum in Florence, renowned for its Italian Renaissance sculptures, including masterpieces by Michelangelo and Donatello

Palazzo Medici Riccardi – Florence

Firenze - Via Camillo Cavour 3
closed: Wednesdays

Palazzo Medici Riccardi is a Renaissance palace in Florence, once the main residence of the Medicis, and a museum also known for the Magi Chapel by Benozzo Gozzoli

Palazzo Pitti – Florence

Firenze - Piazza Pitti, 1
closed: Mondays, January 1, May 1, and December 25

he Pitti Palace (Palazzo Pitti) in Florence is a complex of museums of fine art, decorative arts, and fashion; it also includes the famous Boboli Gardens

Palazzo Strozzi – Florence

Firenze - Piazza Strozzi
closed: open daily

Located in the heart of Florence, Palazzo Strozzi is an art gallery, and exhibition venue, and an iconic masterpiece of Italian Renaissance architecture

Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence

Firenze - Palazzo Spini Feroni - Piazza Santa Trinità, 5/r
closed: none

The Ferragamo museum in Florence is a must-see for fashion lovers. The museum is focused on the history of one of the most renowned Italian fashion firms

Uffizi Gallery – Florence

Firenze - Piazzale degli Uffizi
closed: Mondays, January 1, May 1, and December 25

The Uffizi Gallery (Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi) is a fine art museum in Florence, Tuscany, world-renowned for its collections of old masters' painting

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