Bargello Museum Tickets
Book on-line tickets for admission to the Bargello National Museum in Florence and explore the masterpiece sculptures of great Tuscan artists, including Michelangelo, Giambologna, and Donatello, without waiting in line at the ticket office.
TICKETS TO THE BARGELLO NATIONAL MUSEUM IN FLORENCE
Booking the Bargello Museum gives you admission to the museum and lets you skip the line. The museum is Florence's center, a short walk from Piazza Duomo, set in a majestic medieval building. It is home to masterpiece sculptures by many Tuscan greats, including Michelangelo, Donatello, Giambologna, Tribolo, Cellini, and many others.
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Bargello National Museum - Useful Information
Address: Via del Proconsolo, 4 – Florence
Hours: Monday to Sunday, from 8:15 am to 1:50 pm. From April 1 to November 1 and from December 26 to January 7, the museum is open with extended hours until 4:50 pm.
Closed: Second and fourth Sunday of the month, first and third Monday of the month, New Year's Day, May 1, and Christmas.
Admission to the Medici Chapels may be booked every 15 minutes. The first Sunday of the month admission to the museum is free but cannot be booked and you must wait in line.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
TICKET PRICES
Full price: €16.00 per person + price includes skip-the-line booking and booking fee
Extra charges for temporary exhibitions, when applicable, are required and are added automatically to the ticket price. The ticket price may increase during high season.
TICKETS REDUCTIONS
Reduced Tickets: Reduced tickets are available for European Union citizens between 18 and 25 and teachers at Italian state schools with regular contracts.
Free Tickets:
Those entitled to a free ticket for entrance include:
– All minors under 18 years of any nationality;
All people with disabilities and their assistants are entitled to a free ticket, upon presentation of a medical certificate attesting to the disability.
Note: Proof of identity will be required to prove age or membership in discounted group. If proof of identity is not provided, the visitor will not be entitled to the discount and must pay a full-ticket price.
Agency fee for online reservations. €4.00 per ticket.
The Museum – History and useful tips
The Bargello Museum is famed for having been the seat of the "Captain of the People" starting in 1574. It is considered one of the world's most important museums for its Renaissance sculpture collection.
On Via del Proconsolo, not far from the famous Florentine Abbey, the Bargello is in Florence's historic center, and it was the city seat before Palazzo Vecchio.
Built between 1255 and 1261, it incorporated a pre-existing building and was expanded several times. The courtyard dates to about 1295 and its majestic grand staircase is the work of the architect Neri di Fioravanti.
Over its many centuries, it has been the site of a courthouse, a city police headquarters, and a prison. Leopold II of Tuscany started renovations on it in 1857, and moved the prisons, turning the Bargello into the present-day museum in 1865.
The Bargello National Museum is also famed for its collections of applied art, ancient objects, and marble pieces.
Bargello Museum: The tour
The tour of the Bargello Museum starts from its majestic courtyard and grand staircase adorned with stone and glazed terracotta coats of arm, and the portico where there is a collection of sculptures by artists the likes of Ammannati and Giambologna.
We suggest arriving at the museum 15 minutes before the booked time. During high season, the last admission is at 3:00 pm.
Once you have exchanged your voucher for a ticket and gone through security, the tour begins.
After the sculpture courtyard and the grand staircase, we come to the eastern side of the courtyard of the 14th-century hall. The exhibition spaces are organized by theme. The tour continues to the Michelangelo room. In the first-floor loggia, we can appreciate some 19th-century frescoes done in medieval style and some 16th-century art.
The General Council room, also known, as the Donatello Room is a must-see, home to Donatello's bronze David.
National Museum Bargello: Exhibition rooms and artists
The National Bargello Museum has one of the most important sculpture collections from the 14th to the 17th centuries, with sculptures by famed artists, such as Michelangelo, Giambologna, and Donatello. Here, you can also appreciate busts by Verrocchio, Antonio del Pollaiolo, and many pieces by the Della Robbia brothers.
Of great import are also the ceramics, the Medici bronzes, and the wonderful Carrand collection, including major ceramic pieces, glazes, and small paintings. The tour ends in the Armory Hall where the Medici arms are exhibited along with some from private collections.
Bargello Museum – Useful information
You will find the ticket office, bookshop, and free coat check at the museum entrance.
You may take pictures without a flash and take non-professional videos inside the Bargello Museum.
The museum is equipped with services for disabled visitors, including an elevator on the ground floor by the rooms for temporary exhibitions.
Others eligible for free tickets
– teachers and students of the faculties of architecture, conservation of cultural heritage, education sciences and degree courses in literature or literary subjects with archaeological or historical-artistic orientation (students must present proof of enrollment for the current academic year)
– teachers and students of fine arts academies (students must present proof of enrollment in current academic year)
– tour guides at work (must show a valid license issued by competent authorities)
– tour interpreters when needed to work alongside the guide (must show a valid license issued by competent authorities).
– staff of the Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities – members of ICOM (International Council of Museums)
Note: Proof of identity will be required to prove age or membership in discounted group. If proof of identity is not provided, the visitor will not be entitled to the discount and must pay a full-ticket price.
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