This list of Florence's best museums It will help you to know this impressive city that many say, it is a perfect example of an open-air museum.
Italian city, cradle of the Renaissance, stands out for being the place where great masters such as Dante, Botticelli or Donatello were born, and lived geniuses such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, who embellished the buildings and squares with paintings and sculptures, all located Among the best in history.
To care for and exhibit all this art, Renaissance palaces and beautiful galleries were adapted to match these jewels.
Based on the experience of our three visits to this beautiful city, in the last one we wrote this guide to travel to Florence, we have made this list of 5 most essential museums in Florence. We start!
1. Uffizi Gallery
The best museum in Florence and the most visited, with more than two million people a year, is the Uffizi Gallery.
In this palace built in the mid-16th century by order of Cosme I de Médici, one of the oldest and most famous painting collections in the world is exhibited, as well as Greek and Roman sculptures.
Among the most outstanding works are "The Birth of Venus" from Botticelli, "The Annunciation" Y "Adoration of the Magi" by Leonardo da Vinci, "The Holy Family" by Michelangelo, "The Venus of Urbino de Titian", "Bacchus" from Caravaggio and the "Virgin of the Goldfinch" Rafael, among many others. Depending on your love of art, the visit can last from 2 hours to see the most important works until 5 hours.
Keep in mind that this museum is located in the old town on the banks of the Arno River and a few meters from the Ponte Vecchio, another of the essential places to visit in Florence so you can make the visit on the same route.
Being one of the most touristic places in the city, there are always a lot of people, so to avoid the long lines that form at the entrance and get to know the history of the most important pieces, we recommend you book this guided tour in Spanish With an expert in art and history. If you want to go on your own you can take this quick entry ticket.
The price of admission from March to October is 20 euros and the rest of the months of 12 euros, young people aged 18 to 25 pay half and for those under 18 and over 65 is free.
It must also be borne in mind that on the first Sunday of each month, as in most of the best museums in Florence, admission is free, although the lines can be so long that the wait is not compensated.
Visiting hours: every day from 8:15 to 18:50 (Monday closed).
Uffizi Gallery
2. Accademia Gallery
The Accademia Gallery is another one of the essential museums of Florence Thanks to house the most famous sculpture in the world, Michelangelo's David.
This work of art made in white marble of more than 5 meters high, will leave you speechless when you see the details of the hands and face that reflect the tension of David in his fight against Goliath.
The sculpture built between 1501 and 1504 was previously in Piazza della Signoria, until in 1873 it was moved to this gallery to protect it from time and a copy was left in its place.
In addition to this impressive sculpture, in this museum you can also see other important works such as the unfinished slaves or prisoners of Michelangelo himself, the "Madonna del Mare" of Botticelli and "Venus and Cupid" of Pontormo.
The Accademia Gallery is the second most visited museum in Florence and long lines are also formed, as is the case with the Uffizi Gallery. To save time and not miss any interesting facts about "David" You can book this visit with an expert guide in Spanish or take this quick entry ticket.
The general admission price is 8 euros, young people aged 18 to 25 pay half and for those under 18 and over 65, it is free.
A good option to save money is to take this offer that includes quick entry to the Uffizi and Academia galleries, as well as a tour in Spanish through the old town of Florence.
Visiting hours: from Tuesday to Sunday from 8:15 to 18:50. Closed Monday.
David by Michelangelo
3. Palazzo Vecchio, one of the best museums in Florence
Another of the best things to do in Florence is to enter the Palazzo Vecchio to enjoy its impressive rooms full of works of art.
This palace, which has a 94-meter-high tower and is located in the beautiful Piazza della Signoria, has in the Cinquecento Hall its great jewel thanks to the wonderful frescoes of Vasari and the sculpture "The Genius of Victory" by Michelangelo.
Other essential places of the palace are the Courtyard of Michelozzo, the Chamber of Eleonora of Toledo, the Studiolo of Francisco I and the Monumental Halls.
To learn more about the history of the palace and its works of art, we advise you to book this guided tour in Spanish, which will save you the long lines.
The price of admission is 10 euros and free for children under 18 years.
Visiting hours: from Friday to Wednesday from 9am to 11pm (from October to March it closes at 7pm) and Thursday from 9am to 2pm.
Palazzo Vecchio, one of the best museums in Florence
4. National Museum of Bargello
The Bargello National Museum, located in a beautiful 1255 palace in the heart of the historic center, is another of the Florence's most interesting and essential museums.
This building with a magnificent medieval-style courtyard houses the largest collection of Renaissance sculptures from the 14th to the 16th centuries, as well as objects from the Medicis and weapons. Among his most famous works of art are the David de Donatello and the Bacchus of Michelangelo.
The entrance fee is 4 euros, young people aged 18 to 25 pay half and for those under 18 and over 65, it is free.
Visiting hours: every day from 8: 15h to 13: 50h.
National Museum of Bargello
5. Galileo Museum
If you are a little tired of Florence museums dedicated to art, we recommend visiting the Galileo Museum that preserves authentic wonders of the history of science.
It must be remembered that this astronomer born in Pisa in 1564, who showed interest in all sciences, caused a scientific revolution thanks to the improvements that he incorporated into telescopes and his astronomical observations.
In this museum located in the old Palazzo Castellani, right next to the Uffizi Gallery, you can see the telescopes with which Galileo Galilei discovered the lunar mountains and satellites of Jupiter and the first mercury barometer of 1634.
All these objects were preserved thanks to the interest in science that the Florentine dynasties of Medici and Lorraine had and in addition to the collections of these two families that place this museum among the most important in the world in their field, we recommend you visit the library that It is full of books that talk about the history of science.
Visiting hours: Wednesday to Monday from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Galileo Museum
Others Florence museums Interesting are the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo that has numerous original sculptures of the cathedral, the Palazzo Pitti with works of great masters, the San Marco Museum that houses the impressive frescoes of Fra Angelico and the Archaeological Museum with a collection of Etruscan art Unique in the world.
All these museums are in the usual tourist routes of the city, which you can organize following these optimized guides, according to the days you have:
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