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Sharing is caring: a visit to the Museo della Misericordia in Florence

Explore the history of charity in Florence with Firenzecard.

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6 scary museums in Florence + where to find them

Be thrilled by gory waxes, spooky masks and more with Firenzecard.

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Changes at the Uffizi

Paperless ticketing, evening and the occasional Monday openings

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La Specola reopens in a rediscovery of the natural world

Big animals, minerals from meteorites and Medici gems are among the captivating highlights.

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New layout of the medals and Baroque rooms at the Bargello Museum

The spaces spotlight the Lorraine Medici medal collection, with Baroque sculptures showcased.

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Exploring the Etruscan past of Casole d’Elsa

Dive into the Etruscan past and present-day cultural life of this village between Siena and Volterra.

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Opera del Duomo Museum: Touching greatness

Touching sculptures is encouraged at the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence.

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The Fanciullacci brothers’ ceramics factory in Montelupo Fiorentino

The history of Montelupo's ceramics factory and the story of the family that were behind the potter's wheel for over a hundred years.

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Former Ariston cinema homes HZERO model railway museum

The recently launched museum orients around its giant centerpiece, a 280-square metre-railway model that’s one of the largest in Europe.

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Free entry to state museums on first Sunday of each month

Free access to state museums and parks every first Sunday of the month.

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Historic map room reopens at the Uffizi

The Terrace of the Geographic Maps has reopened at the Uffizi after a 20-year closure, with the brief exception of an exhibition on Leonardo’s Tavola Doria in 2014.     ...

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Palazzo del Bargello restored

The building housing the Bargello Museum has been fully restored after 15 months of continuous work. For the first time since the museum was founded in 1865, the Bargello undergone ...

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Record numbers for the Uffizi

 The Uffizi Galleries announced record numbers in 2018 in terms of visitors and revenue.

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Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence

You’ve likely heard of Palazzo Pitti and you’ve certainly walked by Palazzo Vecchio on your evening strolls through the centre of Florence, but there’s an even older Medici residence in ...

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Medici Chapels in Florence

Standing majestically behind the Basilica of San Lorenzo, the Medici Chapels are one of the five museums that make up the Bargello Museums, reorganized in 2015 into a single institution, ...

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An Uffizi without lineups

A new algorithm developed by Henry Muccini at the University of L'Aquila resolves the historic problem of the Uffizi lineup.

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Contemporary spaces in Florence: the definitive guide

Last month we gave you a comprehensive guide to Florence’s major monuments and museums. This edition here is the definitive list of city’s contemporary museums and galleries. More fervent and ...

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Your complete guide to museums in Florence

We phoned them all so you don’t have to. This spring, have a Stendhal Syndrome moment (or a few) with this complete guide to museums and monuments in Florence. It’s time to ...

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‘The frigid and the torrid intertwined’

There are plenty of Italophile Englishmen to study, but, if you find yourself passionately craving information about the Arts and Crafts movement, historic-house museums or early twentieth-century men's moustaches (all of which are perfectly reasonable), you might very well turn to Herbert Percy Horne (1864-1916) to

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