Museums around the Country of Florence

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Galleria degli Uffizi

Its origins date back to the year 1560. It is the most famous Italian gallery and one of themost famous in the world. Its collection consists of an immense artistic heritage from medieval to modern.

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Museo Storico Etnografico

The Historical Ethnographic Museum was founded to enhance the history, customs and customs of the peasant civilization of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. The structure preserves geo-archaeological finds from the remains of the medieval castle and found from an ancient road, from Roman times. In addition, some World War II objects are set up inside.

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Antiquarium di Sant'Appiano

The well-known Antiquarium was placed inside the rectory of the Pieve di Sant'Appiano in 1991. The exhibition halls collect materials from the archaeological area of Semifonte and from the necropolis of San Martino ai Colli. Of great importance, it is a pagan idolet in stone, dating back to the second century AD.

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Museo della Civiltà Contadina di Casa d' Erci

The Museum of Peasant Civilization of Casa d'Erci is located in the rooms of a large farm in Grezzano. It was established in 1983 and contains agricultural and peasant objects from the Luco di Mugello. The purpose of the Museum is to remember and preserve the objects of peasant life. We can also find bedrooms, cellar, kitchen, etc.

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Galleria Rainaldo Carnielo

The gallery is located in a building that was the house-studio of the sculptor Rinaldo Carnielo and best testifies to the work of the master. The building was built during which Florence was the capital of Italy. The works are characterized by the diversity of artistic currents of the second nineteenth century. The numerous bas-reliefs are a sign of the purity of Renaissance forms, thus explaining the influence that the artist had from the Florentine art of the '400.

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Casa Museo "R. Siviero"

The building, previously, was the residence of the intellectual Radolfo Siviero. Inside we can admire the sculptures and landscape paintings of the '400 by Flemish Jan Frans Van Bloemen. Passionate about the collections, Siviero, has collected over the years many works of ancient art including: Etruscan finds, Roman statues, gold background paintings from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, terracotta, bronzes, furniture etc. Given the importance of the works within it, the Tuscany Region entrusted the museum to the Association of Friends of the Florentine Museums.

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Museo Comunale della Manifattura "Chini"

The Municipal Museum of the Chini Manufacture was built in 1999. Since December 2011, in addition to the ancient ceramics of Chini, new collections provided by different collectors are also exhibited. The Museum is located on the first floor of the Villa Pecori Garibaldi.

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Museo Leonardiano

The Leonardian Museum was founded in 1953 with the contribution of the International Business Machines Corporation that donated to the city of Vinci a series of models rebuilt on the basis of Leonardian drawings. The Museum offers an in-depth study and an adequate presentation not only of Leopardic mechanical technology but also of its scientific and technical studies.

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Casa Natale di Leonardo da Vinci

The Birthplace of the great painter Leonardo da Vinci is located in Anchiano. In this house he spent his entire childhood. At that time the house was part of the Villa del Ferrale by Lords Masetti. After some major restorations, the house was reopened to the public from 22 June 2012.

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Museo del Paesaggio Storico dell' Appennino

The Museum of Historical Landscape of the Apennines is housed inside the ancient Abbey of St. Peter a Moscheta. It performs the function of a documented center on the history of the Apennines that is interested in all the transformations of the landscape.

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Museo del Tesoro di Santa Maria

The Treasure Museum of Santa Maria was inaugurated in 1987 and is located in the Basilica of Santa Maria dell'Impruneta. The museum site is accessed through a door on the left side of the façade of the Basilica. The most significant treasures are represented by the “Reliquary of the Holy Cross” by Cosimi Merlini the Elder and a stylish cross by Lorenzo Ghiberti.

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Museo della Collegiata di Sant' Andrea

The Museum of the Collegiate Church of Sant'Andrea was founded by the Empoli Vincenzo Salvagnoli. The Museum site is divided into eight rooms arranged on two floors among which stand out the works of Giovanni Pisano with his “Madonna and Child” and the “Annunciation” by Francesco Botticini.

Firenzuola - Museums

Museo della Pietra Serena

The Museum of Pietra Serena was founded in 1999 and represents the celebration of the famous stone of Firenzuola and the ancient stone stone tradition. The museum site is divided into several sections among which the work in the quarry stands out and that of the artifacts of the daily newspaper. The last spaces are dedicated to art stone and its work by the master stonemasons.

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Museo della Casa Fiorentina Antica

Museo dell'Antica Casa Fiorentina is located in Palazzo Davanzati and was inaugurated in 1956 by the great antiquarian Elia Volpi, who bought the palace in 1904. The museum was inaugurated under its current name, as it reflects the appearance of an ancient Florentine house with furnishings from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century. Inside the museum we can find a diversity of collections, from the collection of archaic ceramics and hand warmers of the 18th century in the shape of a shoe, to sculptures, paintings, furniture, lace, etc.

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Museo "S. Ferragamo"

By the will of Wanda Ferragamo and her children, the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum was inaugurated in 1995: which is located in the same headquarters of the company. The purpose of the foundation of the museum is to disseminate the history of its founder and the creations he created “Made in Italy”. The museum has a rich collection of more than 10,000 shoes.

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Museo di Palazzo Vecchio

The Museum of Florence is a fourteenth-century structure inside the Old Palace. At its origins, it was called the “Palazzo dei Priori” and later changed its name several times. Inside the Museum, there are wonderful rooms in which the magnificent works of Donatello, Verrocchio, etc.

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Museo di S.Marco

The origins of the Museum of San Marco date back to the fifteenth century. The National Museum is located in an old Dominican convent located in Piazza San Marco in Venice. Inside the Museum we can admire paintings from the sixteenth century, part of the best collection of paintings in the world. These are works of extraordinary beauty, including some by Blessed Angelico. Many fascinating frescoes are found in the cells that once hosted the monks.

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Museo Stibbert

On the hill of Montughi, Florence lies the Stibbert Museum which has more than thirty six thousand artifacts drawn from Western and Eastern civilization. These artifacts were collected by the founder of the Museum Fredrick Stibbert; there are also collections from allover collection kept here in the honor of Fredrick.

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Convento di San Marco

San Marco, Florence is a religious place which houses a church and a convent. The convent has now been turned into a museum which has its own reputation; it was the home of the famous Dominicans, Fra Angelico the painter and Girolamo the preacher. The convent also houses the collection of manuscripts which are of great value.

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Ospedale degli Innocenti

The building was initially started as a children orphanage, later turned into a hospital and after its closure it was converted into a Museum which currently houses Renaissance art. There is a lot to learn in this building ranging from the building designs which have been used in its construction as well as the artifacts housed here.

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Museo archeologico Nazionale

Build in 1870 and transferred to its current location, the Museum holds thousands of collection from different parts of the world. Here the visitors will get to see the first collections of Medici family, the famous Etruscan collections, the roman artifacts and the huge collections of ancient Greece.

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Museo Galileo

A university of Florence Museum which was founded in 1927 is home to hundreds of collections, one of them a finger the famous Galileo’s finger. The museum also houses many artifacts, most of which are known to be the pioneer in the scientific world; you will find world globes, telescopes and navigation equipments.

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Cappella Brancacci

It is found in the Santa Marie Del Carmine Church in Florence, popularly known as Sistine Chapel; it was the most influential and famous during the fourteenth century. To access this chapel one has to use the neighboring convent. The church and the Chapel are opened at different times therefore one has to visit one at a time.

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Museo della Fondazione Horne

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Palazzo Medici Riccardi

In this building you run through four centuries in the history of art. The gem of the buildingis the Chapel of the Magi: a famous cycle of frescoes by the Florentine BenozzoGozzoli, a pupil of Beato Angelico. Do not miss it!

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Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto

It dates back to the early sixteenth century. Here they settled the cloistered nuns of the Blessed Humility. The Last Supper was painted by Andrea del Sarto and now houses the works of his contemporaries and his followers.

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Cappelle Medicee

A tour to see the areas of great historical and architectural interest, where you will find the mausoleum of the Medici grand dukes. Do not miss the New Sacristy, by Michelangelo, began in 1521.  

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Casa Museo di Dante

In the Museum-house of Dante you can learn about the life, works of the poet and the story of his family. A path in the Florence of his time. This educational museum is a journey in the Middle Ages to be done!

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Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

An interesting place to learn about the Florentine sculpture. Well known is the model of the dome by Brunelleschi, the statues that adorned the facade of the cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore and the marble group of the Pietà by Michelangelo. A must see.

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Casa Buonarroti

The house can be called a monument and museum. Here you can admire the art collections of the family of Michelangelo. A place where you can enjoy the sculptures of the youthful age of the master. A full immersion in the life of Michelangelo you cannot miss.

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Museo Nazionale del Bargello

Since 1865, the Palazzo del Bargello houses the eponymous museum with works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Giambologna and Cellini. It preserves prestigious collections of ceramics, furniture, bronzes, or the result of private donations from the Medici collections.

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Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

The Leonardo da Vinci Ideal Museum was inaugurated in 1993 in the spaces that welcome the underground gallery and the ancient cellars of the Castello di Vinci. The museum site offers a broad look at the artistic, scientific and inventive work of the great master through original and ancient materials, such as the paintings of Leonardo's workshop and some rare engravings. sixteenth-century always related to the work of the master.

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Palazzo Pitti: Galleria d'Arte Moderna

The Gallery of Modern Art is located on the second floor of the Pitti Palace. Inside the gallery there are works of art in neoclassical style that reflect Italian art from the '700 to the early 1900s to the years of the First World War. Among the works we can admire the painting of the Saxon Oath, the entrance of Charles VIII and the sculptures of Calliope, Psyche and the famous Abel. The collection was chosen by the best works from the competitions of the Academy of Arts and Drawing.

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Museo Parrocchiale della Propositura di S. Martino a Gangalandi

The Parish Museum of Prepositure is located in the interior of the Church of San Martino. The church has a Romanesque structure with fifteenth-century details. The museum was inaugurated and opened in 1986 and exhibits vicarial collections in its rooms. Among the collections the most particular one is the one set up in the former new sacristy in which relief works by Lorenzo Monaco are exhibited.

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Collezione "Loeser"

The Loeser collection is located in the monumental districts of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. This collection includes thirty works of art and furniture from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, donated to the City Council in 1928 by the art historian of Charles Loeser. These are sculptures and paintings ranging from the fourteenth century to the sixteenth century, especially of Tuscan artists.

Empoli - Museums

Museo Civico di Paleontologia

The Civic Museum of Paleontology of Empoli owes its origins to the Empoli Paleontological and Mineralogical Group, which in 1989 decided to establish a museum that welcomes the numerous finds collected during the course. of the years. The rooms preserve and display objects that document the history of the earth with about 30,000 fossils from all over the world.

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Museo-Casa "F. Busoni"

The “F. Busoni” Museum-House is located on the second floor of Ferruccio Busoni's birthplace. The structure houses various objects used by the musician during his work. The Museum exhibits a multitude of documents and family photos and the piano donated to him by the family on which he practiced during his past in Empoli.

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Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia

The Upper Room of Sant'Apollonia is located in the Convent of Sant'Apollonia, which was among the largest female convents in the city of Florence. It was founded in 1339 by Piero di Ser Mino as a dedication to Saint Martyr Apollonia. In 1447, the back wall of the refectory was frescoed with the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Deposition and the Resurrection. Other frescoes from the monastery are also located in the museum.

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Museo Agrario Tropicale

The Tropical Agricultural Museum is located in the Agronomical Institute for the Overseas. Inside there is a rich collection of handicrafts, clothing and musical instruments from Africa, America, Asia and Oceanian. There are also elements of flora and fauna such as a vast collection of tropical and subtropical insects. In addition, it is possible to visit greenhouses with tropical plants.

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Il giardino di Archimede

The Garden of Archimedes, which is located in the city of Florence, is a museum set up for the purpose of managing mathematics. This structure would be the only museum of its kind in Italy. Within the building are kept documents of significant historical and scientific importance.

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Galleria dello Spedale degli Innocenti

The Galleria dello Spedale degli Innocenti was designed in the early fifteenth century by Filippo Brunelleschi. The building is located in one of the most important architectural areas of Florence, in the upper loggia of the cloister, the children's living room. In the gallery we can admire works and objects such as paintings on the table, frescoes, furniture, furnishings and a series of illuminated codes from the 14th and 15th centuries. The hospital itself was designed to welcome the abandoned children.

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Cenacolo di San Salvi

The Upper Room, a fresco typical of the monasteries of Florence, was born in the 16th century. It was created by Andrea del Sarto, one of the most famous artists of the Renaissance. This is the Last Supper, one of the well-known episodes of the Bible, worked very carefully. Currently, it is located inside the homonymous museum.

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Casa Martelli

An artistic journey which includes works by Donatello and Caravaggio. The collection of the Martelli family has its origin in the years 1668 to 1669. A gallery of paintings and sculptures of great value to see!

Empoli - Museums

Galleria d'Arte Moderna e della Resistenza

The Gallery of Modern Art and Resistance was established in 1974 by the Municipal Council of Empoli. From the beginning it had the function of stimulating the interest of young people and citizens in relation to the Resistance and Modern Art. It is structured in three different rooms that welcome works by Sineo Geminiani, Virgilio Carmignani and works related to the Resistance. There are many paintings by Empolese artists who with their works represent the local history and culture of Empoli.

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Opificio delle Pietre Dur

This is a public institute which is well known for restoration of arts as well as providing a forum to teaching arts. The institute has a library where visitors can read about the preserved precious stones. There is also a scientific laboratory where research and diagnostics services are conducted.

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Casa di Andrea del Sarto

The building was built in 1520, on commission by Andrea del Sarto, from whom it also took its name. Over the years, it became the property of several characters, who changed the structure. Frescoes were added, the coat of arms and the façade was also restored. You can easily notice the plaque dedicated to Andrea del Sarto, moreover, inside there is also a collection of works of art from the '600.

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La Specola

La Specola, the oldest scientific museum in Italy and whole of Europe for that matter, is also known as the Museum of Zoology and Natural History; it is located in Florence near the famous Pitti Palace. It is one of the museums in Italy which has deep ties with History; it has collection which date back to Medici family dynasty.

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Museo Masaccio

The Massiccio Museum contains paintings and religious art objects dating back to the period from the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century, coming from Cascia and other churches of Reggello.

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Museo di Arte Sacra "Beato Angelico"

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Museo Archeologico Comunale

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Mostra Perm. del 900 Toscano Grafica e Letteratura

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