Galleria dell'Accademia

Gallery owes its popularity to the presence of several sculptures by Michelangelo: the Prisoners, the St. Matthew and especially the famous David, moved here in 1873, for which was built the scenic gallery. In adjacent spaces, derived from two ancient monasteries, were collected from 1800 important works of art coming from'Accademia of Drawing, by the Academy of Fine Arts and convents. These are mostly paintings of religious subjects performed from the teachers working in Florence and its surroundings in the second half of the thirteenth century to the end of the sixteenth century. In particular, the collection of gold tables is unique in the world. In the halls of the first floor you can admire a magnificent collection of late Gothic polyptychs. Very important are also sculptures of Lorenzo Bartolini and Luigi Pampaloni (1200), and the collection of Russian icons. Recently, the Gallery has been enriched with the Department of Musical Instruments, which includes ancient, important instruments of the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, from the Medici and Lorraine collections.

Useful informations:

• Opening Hours: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun: 8.15-18.50
• Close: every Monday, January 1, May 1, December 25
• Price: full € 6,50, reduced € 3.25

Bargello

The Museum preserves extraordinary collection of sculpture and "minor arts". It's situated in an imposing building built around the middle of the thirteenth century for the Capitano del Popolo, which later became the seat of mayor and the Council of Justice. Starting in 1865, in the palace, now become National Museum, has been started a collection of some of the most important sculptures of the Renaissance, works by Donatello, Luca della Robbia, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, Cellini. Later the museum was enriched with prestigious collections of bronzes, majolica, waxes, enamels, medals, ivory, amber, tapestries, furniture, textiles and seals, resulting in part from the Medici collections, and partly by donations from individuals.

Useful informations:

• Opening Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun: 8.15-17
• Close: before the third and fifth Sunday of the month, second and fourth Monday of the month (except April 13), January 1, May 1, December 25
• Price: € 4.00 full € 2.00 reduced

Medici Chapels

The Medici Chapels are a state museum from 1869, but their history is closely linked to that of the Church of San Lorenzo, to which they belong. The museum is formed by the New Sacristy, designed and conceived in its sculptural decoration by Michelangelo, the Cappella dei Principi, monumental mausoleum in jewels, the crypt, where they buried the Medici Grand Dukes and their families, and the Crypt Lorena, which houses, in addition to the leftovers of the family of Lorraine, the funeral monument to Cosimo Il Vecchio "Pater Patrie". The museum also preserves a valuable part of the Treasury of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, composed by sacred shrines and magnificent religious art.

Useful informations:

• Opening Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun: 8.15-13.50
• Close: second and fourth Sunday of the month, the first third and fifth Monday of the month, January 1, May 1, December 25
• Price: € 4.00 full € 2.00 reduced cerca

san marco

The museum covers a large area of the Dominican convent of San Marco and keep intact the atmosphere. Founded in 1436 and created and designed by Michelozzo, the monastery had an important role in religious and cultural life of the city as evidenced by the story of Gerolamo Savonarola. The fame of the museum is mainly due to the paintings by Fra Angelico, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, which frescoed many rooms of the convent. other Angelico paintings, from all sources, have been collected in the nineteenth century, therefore, the museum offers an extraordinary documentation of the painter. Important are also the collections of the sixteenth century, with works by Fra Bartolomeo, and the section on findings from the historic center buildings demolished in the nineteenth century.

Useful informations:

• Opening Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 8.15-13.50 Sat, Sun and holidays: 8.15-16.50
• Close: before the third and fifth Sunday of the month, second and fourth Monday of the month (except April 13), January 1, May 1, December 25
• Price: € 4.00 full € 2.00 reduced

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