Academia Gallery
 Florence invites you to view her tremendous repertoire of museums in an exploration that covers the entire gamut from the fascinating to the fabulous, from the ancient to the modern and from the exciting to the exotic. » more
Archaeological Museum
 Famous for the bronze Greek statue known as the Idolino, the Archaeological Museum ins housed in the Palazzo della Crocetta, which was built for the grand duchess MariaMadalena of Austria in 1620, probably by Giulio Parigi. » more
Bargello Museum
 Can you imagine a prison being converted into one of the most fascinating museums in Florence? Well here’s a fantastic surprise for you…» more
Boboli Gardens
 The Boboli Gardens has seen many powerful Italian families. It was first owned by the Pitti family. Later it passed on to the Medicis, followed by the Hapsburg-Lorraine family. Each of the owners extended it with great care and commissioned only the best artists to work on it. » more
Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto
 The Cenacolo dates to the early 16th century when it was the refectory of the Vallombrosan abbey of San Salvi. It was frescoed by Andrea del Sarto between 1511 and 1527, and was used by the enclosed nuns of Beata Umiltà until the early 19th century. » more
Davanzati Museum
 Housed in the palace of the same name the Davanzati Museum is one of the few surviving examples of the typical Florentine 14th-century home and is halfway between a medieval tower and a Renaissance palace. » more
Medici Chapels
 The Medici Chapels. A vast complex of chapels of great historical and architectural interest. The large crypt, which holds the tombs of the Medici family, was designed Buontalenti. » more
Museo Dell'opifico delle pietre dure
 The museum was founded in 1588 by The Grand Duke Ferdinando I, who established a workshop to produce the rare or precious stones for the decoration of the Chapel of Princes.
The current collection, includes works in pietra dura and polychrome marbles, works in scagliola (imitation marble), paintings on stone, oil paintings and work tools. » more
Palatine Gallery
 The most important part of the Palatine Gallery is housed in the six front rooms and back rooms of the Pitti Palace. These rooms were used from the late 18th century onwards for the exhibition of the most important paintings (then around 500 in number) of the Pitti Palace, most of which originated from the Medici family collections. » more
San Marco Museum
 The San Marco Museum occupies the oldest part of a Dominican monastery rebuilt by Michelozzo from 1436 to 1446 by appointment of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder. The building is a enormous complex with all the sobriety and elegance typical of Florentine Renaissance architecture. » more
Silver Museum
 The Silver Museum is housed in magnificently frescoed rooms formerly the summer apartments of the grand dukes in the Pitti Palace. The first room, on the ground floor, has a frescoed vault by Angelo Michele Colonna depicting Jupiter descending from Olympus to consign the emblems of power to the Medicis. » more
The Gallery of Modern Art and the Costume Gallery
 The Gallery of Modern Art is housed on the top floor of the Pitti Palace, with a splendid view of the hill and Boboli Gardens. It holds over two thousand works providing an almost complete panorama of Tuscan painting from the 18th to 20th century. » more
Uffizi Gallery
 The Uffizi Gallery, one of the world's finest museums. It traces its origins to 1560 when Cosimo I de' Medici commissioned Giorgio Vasari to plan a large palace with two wings, to house the Florentine State's administrative and judicial offices (known as "Uffizi"). » more
The Museum of the Opera di Santa Croce
Find the who’s who of the nostalgic Renaissance period entombed under magnificent crypts and tombs. Trace a path through the innumerable tombstones that speak volumes with their silence but are eloquent with intrigue and secrets. Move slowly through a maze of pathways and incredible buildings that house the splendour, the pride and the glorious creations of the most famous artists and noble families of an unforgettable era. The Museum of the Opera di Santa Croce draws the mind towards the spirituality, the mystery and the unbelievable talent of the Florentine period. » more
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