Florence: Specialty Museum

Places and attractions in the Specialty museum category

Palazzo Pitti

Renaissance palace with art gallery complex Palazzo Pitti, a grand Renaissance palace, stands as a testament to the rich history and artistic legacy of Florence, Italy. Originally built for the banker Luca Pitti in the 15th century, the palazzo was later acquired by the Medici family, who transformed it into the...

Spedale degli Innocenti

Orphanage with portico by Brunelleschi The Spedale degli Innocenti, nestled in the heart of Florence, Italy, is a historic building that holds a unique place in the city's rich tapestry of art and humanitarianism. Founded in the early 15th century as an orphanage, it is recognized as one of the earliest...

Loggia del Bigallo

Nestled in the heart of Florence, Italy, the Loggia del Bigallo is a museum that captures the essence of the city's rich history and artistic heritage. This modest yet enchanting building is located on the corner of Piazza San Giovanni, offering a glimpse into the...

Galleria dell'Accademia

The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture David.

Stibbert Museum

Museum with a collection of armory and art The Stibbert Museum is located on via Frederick Stibbert on the hill of Montughi in Florence, Italy. The museum contains over 36,000 artifacts, including a vast collection of armour from Eastern and Western civilizations.

Florence Charterhouse

1300s hilltop monastery for guided tours Florence Charterhouse is a charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery, located in the Florence suburb of Galluzzo, in central Italy. The building is a walled complex located on Monte Acuto, at the point of confluence of the Ema and Greve rivers.

San Francesco Convent

The Convent of St. Francis is a Franciscan convent located in the western, historic center of Fiesole in the region of Tuscany. Located on Via San Francesco, it is not far from the Cathedral of Saint Romulus and the former Basilica of St. Alex.

Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia

The Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia, formerly Museo della Storia della Fotografia Fratelli Alinari is a photography museum located in part of the premises of the former Ospedale di San Paolo in the Piazza Santa Maria Novella in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Museo di San Marco

15th-century convent art museum Museo Nazionale di San Marco is an art museum housed in the monumental section of the medieval Dominican friary dedicated to St Mark, situated on the present-day Piazza San Marco, in Florence, a region of Tuscany, Italy.

Museo Horne

The Museo Horne is a museum focusing on art and furnishings of the 14th and 15th centuries, located in the former Palazzo Corsi, on via de' Benci number 6 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

Casa Buonarroti

Palace museum dedicated to Michelangelo Casa Buonarroti is a museum in Florence, Italy. The building was a property owned by the sculptor Michelangelo, which he left to his nephew, Leonardo Buonarroti.

Palazzo Davanzati

Medieval house museum with guided tours Palazzo Davanzati is a palace in Florence, Italy. It houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.

Casa Guidi

Casa Guidi is a writer's house museum in the 15th-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. The piano nobile apartment was inhabited by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs Browning's death in 1861.

Opificio delle pietre dure

The Opificio delle pietre dure, literally meaning Workshop of semi-precious stones, is a public institute of the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage based in Florence.

Salvatore Ferragamo Museum

The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence, Italy, is a fashion museum dedicated to the life and work of Italian shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo and his eponymous company. The museum contains 10,000 models of shoes created and owned by Ferragamo from the 1920s until his death in 1960.