All ancient art museums to visit in Florence

Step back in time with the fascinating collections of 9 ancient art museums in Florence. Marvel at artifacts, sculptures, and relics from ancient civilizations that tell the story of human history.

Do you have a fascination with ancient history and art? These are the top ancient art museums in Florence:

  1. Uffizi Gallery1

    Uffizi Gallery

     Florence
    The Uffizi Gallery in Florence holds a huge collection of valuable works mostly from the Italian Renaissance. The building was designed by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici, the second Duke of Florence, to house administrative offices and the state archive. Over the time, the Medici fam
  2. Accademia Gallery2

    Accademia Gallery

     Florence
    The Accademia Gallery in Florence was founded in 1784 and holds Michelangelo's masterpiece - the statue of David. Apart from this famous sculpture, it holds other artworks by Michelangelo and a collection of Renaissance paintings. The marble statue of the Biblical hero David was created between 1501
  3. Museo Nazionale del Bargello3

    Museo Nazionale del Bargello

     Florence
    Museo Nazionale del Bargello is a museum in Florence that is housed in a 13th-century palace which is the oldest public building in Florence. It opened as a national museum in 1865 after it was used as barracks, a prison, and finally the residence of the Bargello, the head of the police. The art gal
  4. Museo Bardini4

    Museo Bardini

     Florence
    The Museo Bardini (Bardini Museum) is a musuem in FLorence that houses a collection of more than 3600 works, including paintings, sculptures, armor, musical instruments, ceramics, coins, medals and antique furniture. Two rooms on the ground floor are dedicated to Florence and its history, with some
  5. Museo Archeologico Nazionale5

    Museo Archeologico Nazionale

     Florence
    The Museo Archeologico Nazionale (The national Archaeology Museum) in Florence is housed in a 17th-century palace, containing collections of Etruscan, Roman, Greek, Egyptian artworks and everyday items. The Egyptian Museum is housed on the first floor, recently expanded with two halls dedicated to C
  6. Museo Horne6

    Museo Horne

     Florence
    The Museo Horne is a museum that is housed in the former Palazzo Corsi in Florence that holds a collection that mainly consists of art and furnishings of the 14th and 15th centuries. The collection includes ancient artifacts, sculptures, painted chests and a notable collection of manuscripts and pai
  7. Cenacolo di Fuligno7

    Cenacolo di Fuligno

     Florence
    The Cenacolo di Fuligno is a museum in Florence that is dedicated to the great Last Supper by Pietro Perugino, in the refectory of the former convent of Sant'Onofrio, also known as the nuns of Foligno. In addition to The Last Supper of Perugino on the back wall of the refectory, the museum is dedica
  8. Museo Bellini8

    Museo Bellini

     Florence
    The Bellini Museum or Galleria Luigi Bellini (Museo Bellini) is a private museum in Florence. The museum holds a collection of a dynasty of antiquarians (since the 18th century), which contains objects such as tables painted with gold from the Middle Ages, small bronzes, wooden sculptures, majolica
  9. Salvatore Romano Foundation collection9

    Salvatore Romano Foundation collection

     Florence
    The Salvatore Romano Foundation is located in the Cenacle of Santo Spirito at the Basilica of Santo Spirito in Florence. The large room features a collection of sculptures from the 11th to the 15th century that was donated to Florence by the antiquarian Salvatore Romano. The collection features two