Florence Museums - Uffizi Gallery -
Michelangelo's David
The museums in Florence preserve
and display around 30,000 works of art and exhibits that cover
a span of centuries ranging from prehistory to the 20th century.
The most prolific and important period is represented by the
works of the Florentine Renaissance, one of the most brilliant
periods of Italian and world culture.
These masterpieces of architecture, sculpture,
painting, minor arts and handcrafted artefacts are the destination
every year for more than four million visitors coming from every
part of the world.
The most important museum in Florence, and one of the most
famous in the world, is the Uffizi Gallery, which preserves
thousands of masterpieces by... [more]
The Academy Gallery in Florence is known throughout the world
as the site of Michelangelo’s David,
one of the most important sculptures in the world... [more]
The Bargello Museum displays a collection of minor artworks,
such as: majolicas, enamels, medals and furniture, and the famous
David by Donatello... [more]
The halls of the Palatine Gallery house some masterpieces of
the Florentine and Italian Renaissance, works by Botticelli,
Giorgione and many others... [more]
A small museum located inside Palazzo Pitti that collects works
and artefacts in silver, gold and ivory, including the collection
of Lorenzo the Magnificent... [more]