Villa Medici La Petraia was built for Cosimo I de Medici, who has acquired it in 1544. He gave it in 1568 to his son Cardinal Ferdinando (1549 – 1609), who changed ... read more
Villa Bardini (ancient Villa Manadora) dates back to the 1600s, and is an exhibition center and home to the Capucci Museum and the Annigoni Museum. It is surrounded ... read more
Museo Galileo is dedicated to the world-famous astronomer and scientist, Galileo Galilei. It is located in Palazzo Castellani, dating back to the 11th century, and ... read more
La Specola-Museum of Zoology and Natural History, named after the astronomical observatory founded there in 1790, was established in 1775 by Grand Duke Peter Leopold of ... read more
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence (Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore), founded In 1891, houses an impressive collection of works of art which, over the centuries, ... read more
Stibbert Museum is a 57 room villa, once the home of the rich art collector Frederick Stibbert (1838–1906), containing artefacts from all over the world, paintings, ... read more
The Uffizi Gallery, dating back to 1560 and commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici, is today one of the best known museums in the world, housing the priceless Medici ... read more
Casa Buonarroti, once owned by the world-famous Michelangelo, is a museum dedicated to this great sculptor. The palace was enlarged, embellished and converted into a ... read more
The Museo Casa di Dante, opened in 1911 and located in a reproduction of a 13th century townhouse, is dedicated to the life and work of the great poet, writer and ... read more
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, built between 1444 and 1484 for Cosimo de' Medici and designed by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, is today the seat of the Metropolitan City of ... read more
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze was founded in 1784 by Grand Duke Leopold of Lorraine and houses the "David" of Michelangelo, sculpted between ... read more
The Museum of Musical Instruments, or the "Museo degli strumenti musicali", was opened in 2001 as a Department of the Galleria dell'Accademia di ... read more
The Palazzo Pitti has been a royal residence of three dynasties, the Medici (since 1550), the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (which succeeded the Medici from 1737), and ... read more
The Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace), built between 1299 and 1314, is one of the most famous symbols of the city of Florence. Its function was to become the residence and ... read more
The Palazzo or Casa Martelli is a well preserved aristocratic Florentine house, which has been for centuries owned by the Martelli family. After the death in 1986 of its ... read more
The Fondazione Roberto Longhi was founded in 1971 by the last will and testament of the academic, art historian and curator, Roberto Longhi (1890 – 1970). He left ... read more
The Galleria Rinaldo Carnielo was the house/study of Rinaldo Carnielo (1853 - 1910) and contains over three hundred of his sculptures and paintings, including some ... read more
The Museo Horne features the collection of the English collector Herbert P. Horne (1864-1916) who donated his palace and collections to the Italian State. He lived in ... read more
The Porcelain Museum, opened in 1973 and a section of the Silver Museum, displays mainly porcelain tableware belonging to the royal families of Medici, Lorraine, and ... read more
The Brancacci Chapel (14th century) is famous for its frescoes, commissioned in 1423 by the merchant Felice Brancacci, and mainly made by Masolino and Masaccio. They ... read more