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Museums/Galleries in Florence
| Name | Category | Location |
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Bargello
This building started out as the headquarters for the Capitano... |
Museums / Galleries, Jails | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Casa Buonarroti
If you are really enjoying walking in the footsteps of the great... |
Museums / Galleries | Santa Croce |
Galleria degli Uffizi
The venerable Uffizi Gallery occupies the top floor of the U-shaped... |
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Galleria dell'Accademia
The collection of Florentine paintings, dating from the 13th... |
Museums / Galleries | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Museo Archeologico
Of the Etruscan, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman antiquities here... |
Museums / Galleries | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Museo Bardini
The 19th-century collector and antiquarian Stefano Bardini turned... |
Museums / Galleries | The Oltrarno |
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Museo dei Ragazzi
Florence's "Children's Museum" may be the best-kept public access... |
Museums / Galleries | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Museo del Cenacolo
This way-off-the-beaten-path museum (the name translates as the... |
Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites | Santa Croce |
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Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Ghiberti's original Baptistery door panels (in restoration at... |
Museums / Galleries | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure
Adjacent to this fascinating small museum is an opificio, or... |
Museums / Galleries | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Museo di Casa Martelli
The wealthy Martelli family, long associated with the all-powerful... |
Museums / Galleries | Santa Maria Novella to the Arno |
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Museo di San Marco
A Dominican convent adjacent to the church of San Marco now houses... |
Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Museo Galileo
Although it tends to be obscured by the glamour of the neighboring... |
Museums / Galleries | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Museo Horne
Englishman Herbert P. Horne (1864-1916), architect, art historian... |
Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites | Santa Croce |
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Museo Marino Marini
A 21-foot-tall bronze horse and rider, one of the major works... |
Museums / Galleries | Santa Maria Novella to the Arno |
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Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia
Housed in part of what was once an ancient hospice across the... |
Museums / Galleries | Santa Maria Novella to the Arno |
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Museo Salvatore Ferragamo
If there's such a thing as a temple for footwear, this is it... |
Museums / Galleries | Santa Maria Novella to the Arno |
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Museo Stibbert
Federico Stibbert (1838-1906), born in Florence to an Italian... |
Museums / Galleries | Santa Maria Novella to the Arno |
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Oratorio dei Buonomini di San Martino
Founded in 1441 by Antoninus, Bishop of Florence, to offer alms... |
Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
The main attraction of this palace, begun in 1444 by Michelozzo... |
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Palazzo Pitti
This enormous palace is one of Florence's largest architectural... |
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces | The Oltrarno |
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Palazzo Vecchio
Florence's forbidding, fortresslike city hall was begun in 1299... |
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Spedale degli Innocenti
Built by Brunelleschi in 1419 to serve as an orphanage, this... |
Museums / Galleries | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |