Museums in Florence
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Basilica of Santa Croce
Closed · Opens 9:30amSanta Croce
Brunelleschi's Dome
Open until 6:45pmCentro Storico
FreeFlorence Cathedral
Closed · Opens 10:15amCentro Storico
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Open until 7pmSan Lorenzo
Palazzo Pitti
Open until 6:30pmOltrarno
Uffizi Gallery
Open until 6:30pmCentro Storico
Vasari Corridor
Closed · Opens 10:15amCentro Storico
- Closed · Opens 9:30am
Basilica of Santa Croce
Santa Croce
- Open until 6:45pm
Brunelleschi's Dome
Centro Storico
- Closed · Opens 10:15am
Florence Cathedral
Centro Storico · Free
- Open until 7pm
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
San Lorenzo
- Open until 6:30pm
Palazzo Pitti
Oltrarno
- Open until 6:30pm
Uffizi Gallery
Centro Storico
- Closed · Opens 10:15am
Vasari Corridor
Centro Storico
Good to know
- Best Audio Guides for Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence (2026)Palazzo Medici Riccardi has no audio guide at all. Here is what actually exists, what the €14 guidebook covers, and how to prepare for the Magi Chapel's five-minute slot.
- Best Audio Guides for Palazzo Pitti, Florence (2026)Palazzo Pitti holds more Raphaels than any museum outside Rome, just reopened its Royal Apartments in January 2025, and gets a fraction of the Uffizi crowds. Here is every audio guide option compared honestly.
- Best Audio Guides for the Ponte Vecchio, Florence (2026)Every Ponte Vecchio audio guide compared: Rick Steves (free), VoiceMap, Vox City, izi.TRAVEL, and GYG bundles. Plus the 700-year history almost no visitor stops to hear.
- Best Audio Guides for the Vasari Corridor, Florence (2026)The Vasari Corridor reopened in December 2024 after eight years. Hard cap of 650 visitors per day, named tickets, no standalone audio option. Here is what actually works.
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