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| STATE MUSEUMS | CITY MUSEUMS | SCIENCE MUSEUMS | OTHER MUSEUMS |
STATE MUSEUMS in FLORENCE |
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Uffizi Gallery The
palace and the "secret" corridor, masterpieces of the '500 by
Vasari, are host to one of the most important collections of paintings
in the world, from the 13th till 18th century... address: |
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Accademia Gallery Works
of the Florentine painting between the 13th-16th which complete the Uffizi
collection, and masterpieces by Michelangelo including the original David... address: |
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| Bargello National Museum The
Palace of Bargello is home to a prestigious collection of scultures
and decorative arts of the medieval and renaissance period including
masterpieces by Michelangelo, Cellini, Donatello, Luca della Robbia... address:
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| Palazzo Pitti and Monumental Apartments It
was the grandiose residence of the grand-ducal families, since the times
of Cosimo I de' Medici. Pitti Palace is home to important museums and
galleries: the prestigious Galleria Palatina, the Museo
degli Argenti (silverware), the Gallery of Modern Art,
the recently restored Royal Apartments, the Coach
Museum, the Costume Gallery housed in the Palazzina
della Meridiana, and the Porcelain Museum housed in the
Casino del Cavaliere, inside the spectacular Boboli Gardens... |
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| Palatine Gallery The picture gallery of the Medici and Lorraine families which houses works of great value including masterpieces by Tiziano, Raffaello, Giorgione, Perugino, Rubens... address: |
Museum of Silverware Housed in the summer grand-ducal apartments, it contains impressive collections of precious objects and the "Medici treasure". address: |
Gallery of Modern Art Works of painting and sculpture by artist between late 18th and early 20th centuries including an important nucleus by the Macchiaioli painters. address: |
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| Costume Gallery Museum of fashion which exhibits in rotation a selection from the entire collection of costumes dating from 16th to 20th c. address: |
Porcelain Museum It houses precious collection of porcelains from italian, french, Wien production. address: |
Boboli Gardens The spectacular italian garden created for the Medici is an open-air museum along the slopes of the Boboli hills. address: |
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| Medici Chapels The mausoleum of the Medici family consisting of the New Sacresty, one of the greatest works designed by Michelangelo, and the 17th century Chapel of the Princes built to house the tombstones of the Grand-dukes. address: |
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| San Marco Museum Housed in the ancient part of the dominican St. Mark convent it contains the works by Beato Angelico, frescoes and paintings... address: |
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| Archeological Museum It houses an important collection of archeological finds from Etruscan and Egyptian civilization formerly belonging to members of the Medici and Lorena families... address: |
Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto address: |
| Museum of Palazzo Davanzati The 14th palace, consisting of a groundfloor, three upper storeys, a courtyard and the open 16th century loggia, is home to the Museum of the traditional Florentine House, a collection of furniture, precious tapestries, paintings and sculptures arranged to recreate a florentine medieval nobleman's house. address: |
Museum of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure It was the Grand-duke Ferdinando I who in the 16th century founded the "Opificio" for the semi-precious stones production to decorate the family Chapel. The institution is now a famous restoration centre. On display in the annexed museum are a collection of artworks made in semi-precious stones, samples of ancient marbles and mosaics. address: |
| official site of Polo Museale Fiorentino (network of State Museums in Florence): www.PoloMuseale.Firenze.it | |
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