MUSEUMS

FLORENCE

Information:
Museums in Florence
phone +39 055 294883

To book your tickets in advance:
http://www.florence-museum.com
http://www.florenceart.it/booking

Guided tours:
http://www.florence-museum.com
http://www.italy.artviva.com
http://www.contexttravel.com

Galleria degli Uffizi - Uffizi Gallery
Loggiato degli Uffizi, 6
Closed: Monday

Galleria dell???Accademia - Accademia Gallery
Via Ricasoli, 60
Closed: Monday

Cappelle Medicee - Medici Chapels
Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini
Closed: every 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of the month and every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month.

Museo del Bargello - Bargello Museum
Via del Proconsolo, 4
Closed: every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month and every 1st, 3rd, 5th Sunday of the month.

Museo Archeologico - Archeological Museum
Via della Colonna, 38
Closed: open all week.

Galleria d???Arte Moderna e Galleria del Costume
Gallery of Modern Art and Costume Gallery
Palazzo Pitti
Closed: every 1st, 3rd, 5th Monday and every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month.

Galleria Palatina - Palatina Gallery
Palazzo Pitti
Closed: Monday

Museo degli Argenti e Museo delle Porcellane - Silver and China Museums
Palazzo Pitti
Closed: every 1st and 4th Monday of the month.

Il Giardino di Boboli - Boboli Garden
Palazzo Pitti
Closed: every 1st and last Monday of the month.
Entrance to the Boboli Gardens includes entrance to the Silver and China Museums, when open.

Museo di San Marco - San Marco Museum
Piazza S. Marco
Closed: every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday and every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month.

Palazzo Vecchio
Piazza della Signoria
Closed: open all week.

SIENA

To book your tickets in advance:
http://www.siena-museum.com/

Palazzo Pubblico e Torre del Mangia - Town Hall Museum and Mangia Tower
Piazza del Campo
The Town Hall, built between 1297 and 1342, represents an important example of Gothic architecture in Tuscany. It houses many works of art including the frescoes Guidoriccio da Fogliano and the Maest???, fine masterpieces by Simone Martini.
Closed: open all week.

Museo dell???Opera del Duomo - Museum of the Cathedral
Piazza del Duomo
The museum exhibits important paintings by Sienese artists ranging from the 13th to the 17th centuries - including the famous Maest??? of Duccio.
Closed: open all week.

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena - National Gallery
Via San Pietro, 29
The most important collection of Sienese paintings from its origins to the 18th century. The Gallery also houses part of the Spannocchi Collection with paintings mainly by North European artists of the 16th and 18th centuries.
Closed: Monday afternoon.

Collezione del Monte dei Paschi
Collection of the historical seat of the Monte dei Paschi Bank
Piazza Salimbeni, 3
Phone +39 0577 7294701
Visits on request
Result of former comissions of the bank (founded in 1481) and of acquisitions policy in the last century, the collection displays sienese paintings from XIVth to XXth centuries and numerous objects of fine handicrafts.

Spedale di Santa Maria della Scala - Santa Maria della Scala Museum
Piazza Duomo
Closed: open all week.
http://www.santamariadellascala.com

AREZZO

Basilica di San Francesco (Cappella Bacci)
La Leggenda della Vera Croce di Piero della Francesca
The Legend of the True Cross, the masterpiece by Piero della Francesca.
Piazza San Francesco
http://www.pierodellafrancesca.it

Casa di Giorgio Vasari
Museum of the house of Giorgio Vasari
Via XX Settembre, 55
Closed: Tuesday

Museo Archeologico Gaio Cilnio Mecenate
Archaeological Museum Gaio Cilnio Mecene
Via Margaritone, 10
From prehistoric finds to the Etruscan and Roman sections.
Closed: open all week, in the morning.

Museo Statale d???Arte Medievale e Moderna
Museum of medieval and modern art
Via San Lorentino, 8
The Museum displays works by the major Aretine artists (Margaritone, Spinello Aretino, Luca Signorelli, Giorgio Vasari).
Closed: Monday

Anfiteatro Romano
Roman amphitheater
The amphitheater was built between the end of the first century and the beginning of the second century A.D.

Chiesa di San Domenico
San Domenico Church
Piazza San Domenico
Crucifix by Cimabue (1260)