Florence Museums and Attractions

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ABOVE: The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, with the Cathedral di Santa Maria del Fiori in the distance..

General Information

Polo Museale Fiorentino
The official site for Florence's state-run museums has information in both Italian and English.

TIP: If you're bored by art museums at home, or if you're pressed for time, skip the big-name museums and just walk around the historic center of Florence. Visit the major churches--the Duomo, Santa Croce, and Santa Maria Novella--and stop in at other churches and monuments as time permits.

Individual Museums

Uffizi Gallery
Along with the Galleria dell' Accademia, the Uffizi is one of the two Florence museums on most tourists' "must-see" lists. It's mobbed during the tourist season, so book ahead at the Web site below or by calling Firenze Musei at  +39 055 294883 (where you can also reserve tickets for the Accademia).

Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Art isn't the only attraction on the Florence museum scene. The Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza has some 5,000 items in its collection, including " the apparatus and scientific instruments of the
Medici and the Lorenese collection of instruments and didactic and experimental devices."

Casa Guidi
The Florence home of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning is open to visitors from April through November. (Hours are limited, so plan ahead.) Poetically inclined travelers can stay in the rooms by special arrangement.

Advance Reservations

Viator: Florence our partner
To avoid waiting in line, consider booking guided museum and sightseeing tours before you leave home. Viator guarantees prices in euros, British pounds, and U.S. or Australian dollars.

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