Museums of Florence
Galleria degli Uffizi
It was Francesco I de' Medici who created an art Gallery on the second floor of the Palazzo degli Uffizi to delight himself, during his walks, with the collection of paintings, sculptures and arrases belonging to the Medici family. Thanks to Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici the Gallery became a 'public and inalienable good': the Duchess, in fact, handed it over to the Lorena family providing that it would remain open to the public. At the present day the Uffizi Gallery is one of the most famous and celebrated museums in the world, the symbol of the vocation for collecting and to patronage. An interesting group is represented by the artworks commissioned by the corporations of arts and trades thanks to their economical, cultural and artistic exchanges, Florence has become the world capital of art and, especially, a meeting and exchanging landmark for the most important Italian and foreign artists.
Ideal Leonardo da Vinci Museum
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the world’s most celebrated Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect and engineer. Leonardo’s scholarship and his contributions to painting, science, and engineering have raised him to such heights of glory among the cultural heroes of Western civilization that his accomplishments are nearly yawned at in their magnificence.
The new Ideal Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Art and the Utopia of Science is dedicated to Leonardo’s art, inventions and culture. The Museum has also been dedicated to the exposition of material from various exhibitions on Leonardo which have taken place in recent years both in Italy and abroad.
Modern Arts Gallery, Palazzo Pitti
The historic Palazzo Pitti opens its doors to the Galleria d'arte Moderna. The apartments occupied by the royal family until 1920 are today 30 rooms filled with masterpieces of Italian painting, Tuscan Neoclassicism, Naturalism, and the Tuscan Impressionistic school, or the Macchiaioli. The imaginary splendor of salons, duchesses and noblewomen, and their whispered stories are recounted by attentive narrators to the eyes of the viewer. An environment of doors open on the world that has passed, on Tuscany and life whispered in sketches, now strong, now soft, of great masters and unknown narrators.
Galleria dell'Accademia
Galleria dell'Accademia hosts the examples of paintings and sculptures by the great masters of the Florentine 14th and 15th centuries who have made Florence the capital of art. Founded in 1784 by the will of the Grand Duke Leopoldo of Lorena, Galleria dell'Accademia had the goal to host a collection of antique and modern paintings and sculptures to make it easier for the students of the nearby Academy of Beau Arts to know and study them.
In 1873 arrives the David, transferred here to subtract it from the cruelty of time and weather, but only in 1882 the masterpiece by Michelangelo will find its position in the Tribune specially projected by Emilio de' Fabris. Through time the Galleria became famous for its collection of the sculptures by Michelangelo and is enriched by the masterpieces of painting and sculpture by famous and less famous who have transformed Florence into one of the most important capitals of art. Around 1980, the Galleria is endowed by a Gipsoteca located in the Salone dell'Ottocento (19th century hall). The Galleria is arranged on two floors of which, the ground floor is certainly the most famous and admired one.
Bargello Museum
The Bargello Museum contains the most comprehensive range of medieval and Renaissance sculpture in Italy. Notable works include Michelangelo's drunken Bacchus, Donatello's David, the designs submitted by Brunelleschi for the Baptistry Doors Competition (Ghiberti won that one) and Giambologna's Mercury. The Bargello's heavily fortified exterior is a reminder of the building's former life as police headquarters and prison where many people were tortured in medieval times.Adjacent to the Museum is the Mary Magdalene's chapel which contains frescoes by Giotto's workshop.
It was Francesco I de' Medici who created an art Gallery on the second floor of the Palazzo degli Uffizi to delight himself, during his walks, with the collection of paintings, sculptures and arrases belonging to the Medici family. Thanks to Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici the Gallery became a 'public and inalienable good': the Duchess, in fact, handed it over to the Lorena family providing that it would remain open to the public. At the present day the Uffizi Gallery is one of the most famous and celebrated museums in the world, the symbol of the vocation for collecting and to patronage. An interesting group is represented by the artworks commissioned by the corporations of arts and trades thanks to their economical, cultural and artistic exchanges, Florence has become the world capital of art and, especially, a meeting and exchanging landmark for the most important Italian and foreign artists.
Ideal Leonardo da Vinci Museum
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the world’s most celebrated Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect and engineer. Leonardo’s scholarship and his contributions to painting, science, and engineering have raised him to such heights of glory among the cultural heroes of Western civilization that his accomplishments are nearly yawned at in their magnificence.
The new Ideal Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Art and the Utopia of Science is dedicated to Leonardo’s art, inventions and culture. The Museum has also been dedicated to the exposition of material from various exhibitions on Leonardo which have taken place in recent years both in Italy and abroad.
Modern Arts Gallery, Palazzo Pitti
The historic Palazzo Pitti opens its doors to the Galleria d'arte Moderna. The apartments occupied by the royal family until 1920 are today 30 rooms filled with masterpieces of Italian painting, Tuscan Neoclassicism, Naturalism, and the Tuscan Impressionistic school, or the Macchiaioli. The imaginary splendor of salons, duchesses and noblewomen, and their whispered stories are recounted by attentive narrators to the eyes of the viewer. An environment of doors open on the world that has passed, on Tuscany and life whispered in sketches, now strong, now soft, of great masters and unknown narrators.
Galleria dell'Accademia
Galleria dell'Accademia hosts the examples of paintings and sculptures by the great masters of the Florentine 14th and 15th centuries who have made Florence the capital of art. Founded in 1784 by the will of the Grand Duke Leopoldo of Lorena, Galleria dell'Accademia had the goal to host a collection of antique and modern paintings and sculptures to make it easier for the students of the nearby Academy of Beau Arts to know and study them.
In 1873 arrives the David, transferred here to subtract it from the cruelty of time and weather, but only in 1882 the masterpiece by Michelangelo will find its position in the Tribune specially projected by Emilio de' Fabris. Through time the Galleria became famous for its collection of the sculptures by Michelangelo and is enriched by the masterpieces of painting and sculpture by famous and less famous who have transformed Florence into one of the most important capitals of art. Around 1980, the Galleria is endowed by a Gipsoteca located in the Salone dell'Ottocento (19th century hall). The Galleria is arranged on two floors of which, the ground floor is certainly the most famous and admired one.
Bargello Museum
The Bargello Museum contains the most comprehensive range of medieval and Renaissance sculpture in Italy. Notable works include Michelangelo's drunken Bacchus, Donatello's David, the designs submitted by Brunelleschi for the Baptistry Doors Competition (Ghiberti won that one) and Giambologna's Mercury. The Bargello's heavily fortified exterior is a reminder of the building's former life as police headquarters and prison where many people were tortured in medieval times.Adjacent to the Museum is the Mary Magdalene's chapel which contains frescoes by Giotto's workshop.