Museums open on Monday in Florence

The Accademia Gallery in Florence was founded in 1784 and holds Michelangelo's masterpiece - the statue of David. Apart from this famous sculpture, it holds other artworks by Michelangelo and a collection of Renaissance paintings. The marble statue of the Biblical hero David was created between 1501

Museo Nazionale del Bargello is a museum in Florence that is housed in a 13th-century palace which is the oldest public building in Florence. It opened as a national museum in 1865 after it was used as barracks, a prison, and finally the residence of the Bargello, the head of the police. The art gal

Located just behind the cathedral, the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo was founded in 1891 to hold the works of art that were originally decorating the Baptistry of San Giovanni, the Duomo and Giotto's Bell Tower. There are over 750 medieval and Renaissance statues and reliefs situated over three floors

Museo Galileo is a museum in Florence where visitors can learn about the history of science. Housed in Palazzo Castellani, the museum boasts a great collection of scientific instruments from the Medici Collection dating back to the 15th century. The permanent exhibition is devoted to Galileo, even G

The Stibbert Museum in Florence holds and exhibits a collection of over 36,000 artifacts, including a large collection of armour from Eastern and Western civilizations. The museum is housed in a villa that was once the home of English art collector and businessma Frederick Stibbert. It has 57 rooms

Located in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, the Brancacci Chapel is notable for its outstanding frescoes made by Masaccio and Masolino, great Italian Renaissance painters. The work on the chapel was finished by Filippino Lippi. Some of the highlights include The Temptation of Adam and Eve and

Built in the 14th century by the wealthy Davizzi family, the Palazzo Davanzati is layered with history. The palace houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House and is the best-preserved medieval home in Florence and was furnished with art and furniture from that period. After restoration in 2012, i

As there were a lot of abandoned babies in the 1400s, Florence needed to establish an institution which would take care of them. This Renaissance complex, the Spedale degli Innocenti, was built in the 1440s to serve as a children's orphanage and operated as one until the 19th century. It was designe

The Renaissance palace Palazzo Medici Riccardi was built by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo for Cosimo de' Medici between 1444 and 1484. He moved to Palazzo Vecchio in 1540, but part of the Medici family stayed here until 1659 when Ferdinando II sold it to the Riccardi family, a rich family of bankers who

The Opificio delle Pietre Dure is a public institute of the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage in Florence. The operating and research activities of the Opificio are focused on the fields of restoration, preservation of works of art and the teaching of restoration. The museum is housed in the ro

The Museo Salvatore Ferragamo is dedicated to the renowned shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo. Ferragamo emigrated to the United States and ended up in Hollywood where he worked with many stars in the 1920s. After that, he returned to Italy and founded a company selling unique handmade shoes and othe

Established in 2011, the Gucci Museum - Gucci Garden is devoted to the renowned Florentine fashion house founded in 1921. It's housed in a 14th-century palace and showcases plenty of goods including bags, clothes, and jewelry. The museum also contains contemporary art installations, a library, a caf

The Museo Bardini (Bardini Museum) is a musuem in FLorence that houses a collection of more than 3600 works, including paintings, sculptures, armor, musical instruments, ceramics, coins, medals and antique furniture. Two rooms on the ground floor are dedicated to Florence and its history, with some

Giotto's Bell Tower, located in Duomo Square in Florence, Italy, is a standalone bell tower that forms part of the complex complementing the Florence Cathedral. This architectural marvel is a significant part of Florence's Gothic architecture and is worth a visit for its rich plastic arts decoration and colorful marble plating.

The Museo Archeologico Nazionale (The national Archaeology Museum) in Florence is housed in a 17th-century palace, containing collections of Etruscan, Roman, Greek, Egyptian artworks and everyday items. The Egyptian Museum is housed on the first floor, recently expanded with two halls dedicated to C

The Basilica di Santa Croce is one of the most important churches of Florence and is considered one of the most beautiful Gothic basilicas of Italy. It is the largest Franciscan church in the world and because of all the burial monuments inside, the church functions as the pantheon of Florence. In t

Casa Buonarroti is an estate in Florence that was once owned by the great sculptor Michelangelo, but who never lived here. The property was given to his nephew and later turned into a museum devoted to Michelangelo's early artworks - most notably the relief sculptures Madonna of the Steps and the Ba

The Novecento Museum (Museo Novecento) is located in Florence, inside the ancient Spedale delle Leopoldine. It is dedicated to 20th century Italian art and has about 300 works on display in 15 rooms.

The Museo Horne is a museum that is housed in the former Palazzo Corsi in Florence that holds a collection that mainly consists of art and furnishings of the 14th and 15th centuries. The collection includes ancient artifacts, sculptures, painted chests and a notable collection of manuscripts and pai

The Museo Marino Marini museum in Florence is devoted to Marino Marini, a 20th-century Italian sculptor born in the Tuscan town of Pistoia. Spread over four floors in a former 9th-century church, the museum exhibits about two hundred pieces of his artworks organized in a thematic order. The collecti

The Museo del Calcio is a sports museum in Florence that is dedicated to the history of the Italy national football team. The museum is housed in a builidng of the Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, the central training ground and technical headquarters of the Italian Football Federation. The co

The Leonardo Interactive Museum in Florence displays reproductions of artworks, inventions and designs by Leonardo da Vinci.

The Bellini Museum or Galleria Luigi Bellini (Museo Bellini) is a private museum in Florence. The museum holds a collection of a dynasty of antiquarians (since the 18th century), which contains objects such as tables painted with gold from the Middle Ages, small bronzes, wooden sculptures, majolica

The Museo Fiorentino di Preistoria Paolo Graziosi (The Florentine Museum of Prehistory "Paolo Graziosi") is a museum in Florence that is housed in the former convent of the Oblate Sisters (Complesso delle Oblate). The museum features two large halls, with numerous finds exhibited in chronological or

Dating back to the 14th century, this Gothic building houses the Museo del Bigallo. The collection includes both historical and religious works donated by the brotherhood Compagnia della Misericordia and most of the paintings depict their life. Furthermore, the museum displays frescoes which origina

Located directly behind the Pitti Palace, the Boboli Gardens are a fascinating open-air museum with a collection of sculptures ranging from the 16th to 18th centuries. The gardens were designed for Eleonora di Toledo, the wife of Cosimo I de' Medici, who chose the Pitti Palace as their new residence