Palatine Gallery Tickets
Book on-line tickets to tour the Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Special entrance, skip the line at the ticket office. The ticket includes admission to the Gallery of Modern Art.
Palatine Gallery – Skip-the-line tickets. Online booking admission with special access
This booking gives you admission to Palazzo Pitti's two most important museums: the Palatine Gallery and the Modern Art Gallery, both on Palazzo Pitti's first floor. The ticket booking includes admission to the museums with skip-the-line priority at the ticket office. The ticket also includes admission to the Museum of Fashion and Costume and the Treasury of the Grand Dukes.
TICKET PRICE WITH SKIP-THE-LINE BOOKING
Full ticket price:(adult): €13.00 per person + €4.00 online booking fee
The price is automatically calculated by the system and includes an online booking fee of €4.00 per ticket.
The ticket price is subject to mandatory extra charges for temporary exhibitions.
Address: Piazza Pitti 1– Florence
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, from 8:15 am to 6:50 pm. Last admission: 4:45 pm.
Admission may be booked every 15 minutes.
Closed: every Monday, New Year's Day, May 2, and Christmas Day.
Admission to the Palatine Gallery may be booked every 15 minutes.
Notes
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
The first Sunday of each month admission to the museum is free but cannot be booked, and you must wait in line.
TICKET 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.
The Museum – History and useful tips
The Palatine Gallery is inside Palazzo Pitti, the former home of the Medici family. The Gallery starts from the Palace's piano nobile, decorated by master artist Pietro da Cortona. The exhibition plan is true to the tradition of painting galleries without considering the periods or styles. Its many works of art are exhibited following the taste of Grand Duke Peter Leopold in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The art shown here is part of the Medici family's immense holdings, their many masterpieces split between the Palatine Gallery and the Uffizi Gallery. At the end of the Gallery's many rooms are the Royal Apartments, home first to the Grand Prince Ferdinando de ' Medici, and then to members of the Lorraine family.
Palatine Gallery: The tour
After you've exchanged your voucher at the ticket office, outside of Palazzo Pitti on the right side of the square, you can enter the Gallery directly with your skip-the-line ticket. Go up to the first floor and after the final ticket check, you can go to the piano nobile. The exhibition continues inside the Footmen's Antechamber through many rooms full of paintings, taking us to the Royal Apartments.
Palatine Gallery: Exhibition rooms and artists
The Palatine Gallery is home to hundreds of masterpieces, many by the greatest names in art history. As we mentioned, though the exhibition is not organized following any particular criteria, we should look at a few pieces more closely. For instance, in the Ulysses Room is Raphael's Madonna dell'Impannata, and in the Jupiter Room we can appreciate Caravaggio's Sleeping Cupid. The names of famous artists abound, including Rubens, Van Dyck, Rosso Fiorentino, Titian, Filippo Lippi, Pontormo, and Canova.
Palatine Gallery – Useful information
Before heading up to the first floor to start your tour, remember that Palazzo Pitti's coat check and café are on the ground floor. There is a bookshop on the first floor. You may take pictures without a flash and take non-professional videos inside the Palatine Gallery.
The ticket for admission to the Palatine Gallery includes admission to the Modern Art Gallery, the Museum of Fashion and Costume, and the Treasury of the Grand Dukes. Per la
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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.
