Museums in Florence, which ones not to miss and perhaps you don’t know

Museums in Florence are numerous, and it can happen that you don’t know them all.

This is why we have worked on a selection of museums in Florence that are worth visiting but perhaps you are not yet familiar with. From the Roberto Casamonti Collection, which boasts works by the greatest masters, to the Galileo Museum, dedicated to the Tuscan scientist.

Below you will find our museums in Florence!

Roberto Casamonti Collection

The  Roberto Casamonti Collection, located in the historic heart of Florence, in Piazza Santa Trinita, is set up on the Noble Floor of Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni, a palace with Renaissance architecture designed in 1520 by Baccio d’Agnolo.

The Collection features works created by the great masters of contemporary art, dividing the exhibition path into two sections: the first includes works from the early twentieth century to the sixties by artists such as Picasso, Chagall, de Chirico, Dalí, Kandinsky, Boccioni, Balla, Morandi, Burri, Fontana and many others.

The second section includes works from the seventies to the two thousands by artists of the caliber of Miró, Basquiat, Warhol, Kapoor, Kiefer, Boetti, Abramović and many more.

You can purchase tickets online to visit the Roberto Casamonti Collection directly on Artsupp!

Palazzo Strozzi

Palazzo Strozzi, a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture in Florence and a dynamic international cultural center, is a symbolic place for the life of Florence.

The Palazzo Strozzi Foundation has produced and organized over fifty exhibitions ranging from ancient art to modern and contemporary art, as evidenced by collaborations with artists such as Ai Weiwei, Carsten Höller, Marina Abramović or highly successful and critically acclaimed exhibitions like Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino or Verrocchio, Leonardo’s master.

Salvatore Ferragamo Museum

The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence celebrates the eponymous fashion house and its history. Founded in 1995, it hosts the brand’s collection of footwear from 1927, with the first models, to 1960, the year of Ferragamo’s death.

Today, the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum has also been enriched by the production of footwear after the death of Salvatore Ferragamo up to the present day. Each year, indeed, some representative models of the season become part of the Salvatore Ferragamo archive, from which the museum draws for its exhibitions.

Galileo Museum

The Galileo Museum in Florence has occupied the historic Palazzo Castellani since its foundation in 1930. Among the over one thousand objects on permanent display, it houses all the original instruments of Galileo that have survived to this day, including the only two existing telescopes.

Large screens placed along the museum path illustrate, through captivating animations, the structure and functioning of the most important scientific instruments and experimental apparatus on display.

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