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Museo Archeologico Via della Colonna, 38, Florence, 50121 |
The Archaeological Museum is one of Florence’s hidden gems, housing a large and impressive collection of Egyptian and Etruscan, as well as Greek and Roman artifacts and art. The collection originally began with the Medic... more
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Museo Botanico Via La Pira, 4, Florence, 50121 |
The Botanical Museum was established only in 1842, that is fairly late as compared to other Florentine Museums. Its establishment was arranged by Grand Duke Leopoldo II of Lorraine who profited of the expert help from th... more
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Museo degli Argenti Piazza Pitti 1, Firenze, 50125 |
Originally designed to be the Summer apartment of the Grand Duke, this gallery houses a highly prestigious collection of gold, enamels, cameos, crystals and stone workings which were originally collected by the Medici an... more
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Museo del Bargello Via del Proconsolo, 4, Florence, 50122 |
After serving for many centuries as a prison and police station, the fortress-like Bargello was transformed into the National Museum of Sculpture in 1886 - on Donatello's five-hundredth birthday. The Bargello's courtyard... more
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Museo delle Cappelle Medicee Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini 6, Firenze, 50123 |
We hadn't planned on visiting the Medici Chapel while in Florence, but Fodor's recommended seeing it and it was right in our path between where we parked and the duomo. It ended up being my favorite site in Florence. The... more
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Museo delle Carrozze Piazza Pitti 1, Firenze, 50125 |
The oldest carriage, a coupé used for drives in the city, elegantly decorated with rocaille, is datable to the middle of the eighteenth century. Its original owner is unknown, but given the quality of the carriage... more
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Museo delle Porcellane Piazza Pitti 1, Casino del Cavaliere, Firenze, 50125 |
Foreign objects include fine table sets from Vienna and from the German Manufactory of Meissen, in addition to French porcelain from Vincennes and Sèvres, brought to the Pitti Palace by the Savoy House from the ro... more
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Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Via La Pira, 4, Florence, 50121 |
This museum is the most important of its kind in Italy and gathers together some 300,000 examples of fossilized vertebrates, invertebrates and plants as well as rock samples. Visitors should also take note of the anthrop... more
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Museo di Mineralogia e Litologia Via La Pira, 4, Florence, 50121 |
The collections of minerals were transferred to their present day location in 1880 from the Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History, known as La Specola (it was created in 1775 by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo). The mus... more
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Museo di Palazzo Davanzati Via Porta Rossa, 13, Florence, 50123 |
The furniture, paintings, tapestries and household objects are the furnishings of the house of a noble Florentine family from the 14th to 17th centuries. Also notable the numerous paintings with profane and religious sub... more
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