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Information for visiting the Accademia Gallery
Opening hours
- Tuesday to Sunday
- 8:15 – 18:50
- Monday
- Closed
- Last entry
- 18:20
- Access
- With a booked time slot
- The museum is closed every Monday, on 1 January and on 25 December.
- The musical instrument rooms and the first floor close earlier than the rest of the route.
- Without a booking the queue can exceed an hour: visitors with a reservation enter through a separate entrance.
- On the free-entry days set by the Ministry, bookings are not accepted and crowds are at their peak.
- Check the official calendar before your visit: opening hours change on public holidays.
How to get there
Via Ricasoli 58/60, 50122 Firenze
- On foot
- 10 minutes from the Duomo and 15 from Santa Maria Novella station
- Bus
- Lines C1 and 14, Piazza San Marco stop, two minutes away
- Car
- Limited traffic zone (ZTL) in the historic centre; Parterre and Beccaria car parks
- Entrance
- On Via Ricasoli; visitors with a booking have a dedicated entrance, separate from the ticket office
The Accademia Gallery
The Accademia Gallery was founded in 1784, when Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Lorraine brought together a collection of works so that students at the Academy of Fine Arts would have models to study and copy. It was, quite literally, teaching material.
What turned it into one of Italy's most visited museums came almost a century later: in 1873 Michelangelo's David was moved here after 369 years outdoors in Piazza della Signoria. The Tribune that houses it, designed by Emilio De Fabris, opened in 1882.
The David was carved between 1501 and 1504 from a block of Carrara marble that had lain abandoned for decades at the Opera del Duomo: two sculptors had roughed it out and then given up. Michelangelo was twenty-six when he took on the commission and drew from it a figure 5.17 metres tall.
In the gallery leading to the Tribune stand the four Prisoners, the unfinished figures Michelangelo carved for the tomb of Pope Julius II. They are the best sculpture lesson you can see: the bodies half-emerge from the block, and you grasp at a glance how he worked, attacking the stone from one side until the figure was freed.
The rest of the museum gets fewer visitors than it deserves. There is Florentine painting from the Gothic to the Renaissance, the Gipsoteca Bartolini with the plaster models of the sculptor and his pupils, and the Museum of Musical Instruments with the Medici collection and the first pianos by Bartolomeo Cristofori, the instrument's inventor.
Highlights of the Accademia
Three stops along the route, from the entrance gallery to the far end of the Tribune.
Frequently asked questions
They all include entry to the museum with a booked time slot plus an extra service: audio guide, guided tour or a second combined visit. Each listing states exactly what is and isn't included.
It isn't required by law, but in practice yes: without a booking you join the ticket-office queue, which exceeds an hour in high season. Visitors who book use a dedicated entrance at the time shown.
You'll get the confirmation by email right after payment, with your voucher or ticket. You can show it on your phone; there's no need to print it.
Mondays, plus 1 January and 25 December. It's the most common mistake when planning a visit to Florence.
Yes. The one in Piazza della Signoria is a copy placed in 1910 where the original stood until 1873; the one at Piazzale Michelangelo is another copy, in bronze.
Yes, without flash or tripod and for personal use. Selfie sticks are not allowed in the rooms.
Between an hour and an hour and a half. It's a medium-sized museum: you can see all of it at a relaxed pace in a morning.
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