October 2026
October in Florence belongs to Palazzo Pitti. The Costume and Fashion Museum shows Ferdinando Sarmi's New York couture beside its rehung century of dresses, and the Palatine Gallery's Niche Room holds sixteen pieces of royal furniture. The Vasari Corridor still opens on Friday evenings, no Uffizi visit attached, and with October's earlier dusk the Ponte Vecchio below is already lit.
Permanent guide to October 2026 →
Palazzo Pitti · Until 31 December
Gowns Ferdinando Sarmi cut in Florence and sold on Fifth Avenue, worn by Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, shown with period accessories in the Ballroom at Pitti.
Vasari Corridor · Fridays until 20 November
Thirty-five minutes along the full 750-metre passage in groups of about thirty, looking down on a lit Ponte Vecchio. No Uffizi visit needed first, so this is the corridor on its own.
Uffizi Gallery · Until 31 December
Sixteen pieces from three dynasties in the Palatine Gallery's Niche Room, including Socci's mechanical writing desk and a cabinet built as a miniature of the Pitti facade: the palace's souvenir, centuries before the gift shop.
Uffizi Gallery · Until 31 December
Forty dresses run the century from 1920s Charleston beading to the 1980s, Schiaparelli, Saint Laurent and Capucci among them, in galleries reopened after a four-year renovation.
Palazzo Medici Riccardi · Until 5 January
Dürer's Rhinoceros and a surviving Cranach woodblock lead about 150 European prints, many from Georg Baselitz's collection, begun with one sheet in 1964. Four of his sculptures stand among them. Nearly all of it is on paper.
Galleria dell'Accademia
Two restored early 15th-century panels by the Maestro del 1416, shown side by side on the first floor with a video on the restoration.
Museo Novecento
Her first Florence show: 20 paintings of quiet domestic interiors, set against works by Martini, Casorati, Morandi and de Pisis from the Della Ragione collection.
Museo degli Innocenti
First exhibition on Artemisia Gentileschi's Florentine years, when she joined the Academy of Arts and worked for the Medici; includes two Caravaggios.
Vasari Corridor
Every Friday from 3 July to 20 November 2026, the Vasari Corridor opens exclusively in the evening — no Uffizi visit required. Groups of around 30 are accompanied through the full 750-metre passageway from Piazzale degli Uffizi to Boboli Gardens, with visits lasting roughly 35 minutes.
Uffizi Gallery
Special Friday evening access to the historic 1-km Vasari Corridor, the secret passageway connecting the Uffizi to Palazzo Pitti across the Ponte Vecchio. Open every Friday from 7pm to 11pm, with guided start times every 20 minutes. Visits last approximately 35 minutes; ticket includes passage through the Uffizi Gallery.
Uffizi Gallery
New arrangement at the Costume and Fashion Museum showcasing 40 dresses from the 20th century, from the 1920s Charleston through the 1980s.
Uffizi Gallery
Sixteen masterpieces of royal furniture spanning three centuries (17th–19th) and three dynasties — the Medici, Lorraine, and Savoy — displayed in the Palatine Gallery's Niche Room at Pitti Palace. Highlights include Giovanni Socci's legendary mechanical writing desk, Sèvres vases, and a stipo offering a miniature replica of the Pitti Palace itself.
Palazzo Pitti
The first exhibition dedicated to Italian couturier Ferdinando Sarmi, who dressed Hollywood legends including Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, and First Lady Pat Nixon. Features iconic garments from the Sarmi Foundation alongside period accessories evoking the glamour of 1950s–60s New York.
Uffizi Gallery
Retrospective at the Museum of Costume and Fashion dedicated to Florentine couturier Ferdinando Sarmi, who dressed Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, and Marlene Dietrich. Features iconic garments alongside archival materials evoking the glamour of 1950s–60s New York high society, shown in the Ballroom and adjoining rooms at Palazzo Pitti.
Palazzo Pitti
Sixteen furniture masterpieces spanning three centuries and three dynasties — Medici, Lorraine, and Savoy — newly arranged in the Palatine Gallery's Niche Room. Pieces range from 17th-century intarsia armchairs and Sèvres porcelain vases to Giovanni Socci's mechanical writing desk and a stipo cabinet that recreates the facade of Palazzo Pitti itself.
Palazzo Pitti
Reopened after a four-year renovation, the Museum of Costume and Fashion's new galleries trace haute couture from the 1920s Charleston era through the 1980s across nine rooms, with pieces by Schiaparelli, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, and Roberto Capucci shown alongside 20th-century paintings.
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
"Beyond the Renaissance. Between Dürer and Parmigianino" explores Georg Baselitz's collection of European Mannerist prints alongside works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, curated by Daniel Blau, Sergio Risaliti and Valentina Zucchi, with four Baselitz sculptures also on display.
Palazzo Strozzi
Over eighty fragmentary sculptures from Ancient Egypt to Michelangelo, Rodin and Louise Bourgeois, organized with the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Four large Nasini canvases on the life of Saint Francis, commissioned by Cosimo III in 1695 after his Assisi pilgrimage, return to Florence for the first time in over three centuries.
Museo Novecento
About 25 paintings by Victor Man on motherhood, portraiture, still life and the female figure, plus five works from the Luminary Petals on a Wet Black Bough series.
A short note now and then when something new opens worth your time.
