I think this was my favorite place in Florence. The number of great pieces was simply outstanding. It has several pieces by Donatello, including a wooden sculpture of Mary Magdalene.
This is easily in my top 3 museums in the last few years in Europe, a must! You will be impressed by the history and all the tools from the collection!
This is a very nice place to know Leonardo Da Vinci creations and how did they work. But this is a small place, and tranlated explanations are bad, at least to Spanish. However I recommend to go and understand some ingeneering problems.
It is a good place to spend half an afternoon and learn in a hands on way about Leonardo‘s inventions. The museum has two rooms full of his machines and they can all be touched to understand the system behind which is kinda cool! Only problem is that it gets full, loud and crowded with kids fairly fast
Found this to be an interesting place to visit. Very relaxed with incredible artwork. You got the feel of the building and the chapel and the ceiling of the Mirror Gallery are unforgettable. Near the Academia gallery where the statue of David is. We were sightseeing after seeing David and this was relaxed and not crowded, a welcome change.
This is walkway from the Uffzi to Ponte Vecchio and Pettit Palace. It follows the river with the Medici Gallery on the side. The Gallery was under construction so we couldn't take it. The walk was beautiful with many shops along its sides. The buidling along the river and very old with many being in families for generations
Our guide recommended this church to us as an alternative to the Duomo, which she told us is quite plain inside. So we thought we would pay it a visit, I'm glad we did. It is full of beautiful pieces of art and sculptures and the most amazingly decorated crypts I have ever seen. Many famous people are resting here. It is very tranquil and not full of crowds that you would expect to see in other churches e.g. the Duomo. There are some pieces by Michelangelo there but, unfortunately, they had been removed for an exhibition when we visited. There is a small cloistered garden to sit in and enjoy the peace and tranquillity. Well worth a visit.
Our teens love historical war stories and related museum and they thought that this was one of the best museum they has visited for a long time. But you need to be quite informed about the subject to really enjoy the time spent. As a regular vistor it was only an average experience.
We stumbled upon this museum when trying to find things to do on our Florence pass before leaving Florence. The guides were very kind, and the one who accompanied us was very patient (he was nominated by another as he spoke the most English, not a lot, but our Italian is limited to about two words) explaining the artwork, artifacts and mission. It provided a down to earth look at an organization providing humanitarian assistance through the ages and apparently the work continues.
My family stopped by to see the house because we had time, and it was included with the Firenze card. It was interactive but not much to see. I'm not sure what the cost is, but you'd have to be a huge Dante fan to pay to go in. Really only see a bedroom and some stuff about his life.
Extremely interesting tour considering that The Hospital was founded in 1288 by Folco Portinari, father of Dante’s beloved Beatrice, and since then it has not stopped working since today. Guided tours Monday at 12.00 and at 4 pm.
Lots of interesting books for sale. Although the museum had English translations of the displays the wording was so complicated I did not know many words and had to look them up. Not very well displayed and many major aspects of the Medici family were omitted and sanitized
because it was a monday, i got a two museums for the price of one. otherwise, i probably wouldn't have visited. Anyway, it's an ecleptic (??) assortment of artifacts, from Roman times through the 16th century. Has a guide (sheet), which was very helpful. Most interesting part was the fresco (full wall). take a half hour to hour and then grab some food on the way back to your hotel (or next stop).