Accademia Gallery Guided Tour (group tour)

• Tour with a professional guide
• Skip the line and don't waste your time
• See the famous David by Michelangelo, his Four Slaves and the St Matthew
• Stay in the museum how long you want after the guided tour

Museum

Located in the heart of Florence, is one of the most visited museums in the city because it houses an important collection of works by Michelangelo between which stands the David, exposed in the spectacular tribune specifically created.

History

In 1784, using the environments of the San Matteo Hospital and of the Convent of St. Nicholas of Cafaggio, the Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Lorraine created the Academy of Fine Arts; along this, it was also founded the Accademia Gallery, a museum created to accommodate works of art for the training of the artists. During the course of centuries, it was modified several times to become the current museum mainly dedicated to Michelangelo.

Collections

In addition to the core of the original works, new acquisitions of old paintings took place during the eighteenth century after the abolition of churches and convents implemented by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo, and in 1810 by Napoleon; in 1872 was transferred here the David by Michelangelo from Signoria Square to an environment of the gallery called the Tribune. In 1906 was transferred also the San Matteo and in 1909 the four sculptures of the Slaves coming from the Buontalenti Grotto in the Boboli Garden. Inside there is also a collection of plaster by Lorenzo Bartolini, and a section dedicated to the ancient musical instruments; very remarkable are also some paintings on wood by Florentine artists from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, and the group of Russian icons.

Masterpieces

• Michelangelo, David, 1501-1504, from Piazza della Signoria
• Michelangelo, Four Slaves, 1530 approx., from the Buontalenti Grotto in the Boboli Garden, sculpted for the Tomb of Pope Julius II
• Michelangelo, St. Matthew, 1505-1506, from the Florentine Cathedral
• Michelangelo (attributed), Pietà, from the church of St. Rosalia at Palestrina (Rome)
• Giambologna, plaster model of the Rape of the Sabines, 1582

Paintings by Taddeo Gaddi, Bernardo Daddi, Pacino di Bonaguida, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Andrea Orcagna, Lorenzo Monaco, Giovanni da Milano, Andrea del Sarto, Pontormo, Lo Scheggia, Filippino Lippi, Fra’ Bartolomeo, Agnolo Bronzino, Alessandro Allori, Santi di Tito.

Reduced/Half Ticket:

• Children between 4 and 12 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)

Free Ticket:

• Infants between 0 and 3 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)

1. The tour is conducted only in ENGLISH
2. Tickets will be sent via e-mail within 24-48 hours after purchase (weekdays) with all the instructions on how to get to the meeting point.
3. We inform you that, once booked, the date and time selected are binding. Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the starting time.
4. Big bags, large umbrellas and liquid bottles are not allowed inside the museum.
5. Please note that even with a skip the line ticket, the security check at the entrance of the museum may cause some delays.