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Visit the Archaeological Museum without queuing up!

With 3 simple steps you can buy tickets and visit the Archaeological Museum without standing in line.

With a few clicks you can visit a fabulous Etruscan and Egyptian section with masterpieces like the Chimera, the "Arringatore"(Orator), the Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianthi and the famous "François Vase”.

Do not waste time during your holidays by standing in line. Buy tickets online through our safe and easy system and you will have immediate access to the masterpieces of Florence.

You can buy tickets for most Florentine museums at the same time. Do not waste your time, rely in us!

In our website you can find all the necessary information on how the system works, on the safety of transactions or simply on how to get more information on your past or future purchases.

IMPORTANT : If the time requested is not available, the museum will confirm a timetable different from the one you requested, but as close as possible to the one you requested.

Reduced and free tickets

Reduced/Half Ticket:

  • European Community citizens between 18 and 25 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)
  • Teachers from EU public institutes (Città del Vaticano, Montecarlo, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Repubblica di San Marino, Lichtestein included) with proof of tenure.

Free Ticket:

  • Non European Community citizens under 18 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)
  • European Community citizens under 18 and over 65 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)

Service fees and eventual temporary exhibition fees are always due.

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Cloakroom

Inside the Museum there is a cloakroom where visitors can hand in umbrellas, large bags and backpacks.

Bookshop

There is one bookshop inside the Museum where it is possible to buy guide books in various languages and objects inspired by works of the Museum.

Disabled Visitors

The museum is accessible for disabled persons.

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Museum

One of the most important archaeological museums in Italy, it is mainly renowned for a very important Etruscan collection and an amazing Egyptian section, second in Italy (the first is in Turin).

History

The Museum was opened in 1888 when most of the Etruscan, Greek and Roman works collected by the Medici and the Lorraine families were moved from the Uffizi Gallery to the Palazzo della Crocetta (a 16th C. Medici property). A few years later, Egyptian works discovered by a French-Tuscan expedition to Egypt (1828) were moved to the museum and there arranged.

Collections

The Egyptian section shows works from Prehistory to the Copt era: steles, pottery, amulets, small bronzes and fabrics. The Etruscan section includes a huge collection of cinerary urns, sarcophagi, stone and bronze sculptures, small bronzes, home tools and pottery.

Important marble and bronze sculptures are displayed in the Greek-Roman section, along with a big collection of Greek painted pottery. A new splendid section has been recently added, with Etruscan and Roman precious stones, gems, cameos and jewellery.

Masterpieces

Among the main Egyptian works there are some statues (Amenophi’s time), a military chariot (18th Dynasty), a pillar from the tomb of Sety I, the “square lip” faience goblet, the portrait of a lady from Fayum, the collection of Copt fabrics.

The most important Etruscan works are three celebrated big bronzes:

  • the Arezzo Chimera (IV century B.C.)
  • the “Arringatore” (Orator) (I century B.C.)
  • the Minerva (IV century B.C.)

along with famous funerary sculptures:

  • the stone Mater Matuta (460-450 B.C.)
  • the terracotta Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianthi (II century B.C.)
  • the painted marble Sarcophagus of the Amazons (IV century B.C.)

Dating back to Greek-Roman times are:

  • the renowned bronze Head of a Horse, once belonged to Lorenzo the Magnificent
  • the bronze “Idolino” (Small Idol) from Pesaro
  • the marble “Milani” Apollo and Little Apollo (VI century B.C.)

The real gem of the museum is an Attic black-figures crater called “François Vase”(VI century B.C.).

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