Uffizi Gallery Tickets

• See famous masterpieces like the Michelangelo's Holy Family, the Botticelli's Birth of Venus and the Spring
• Skip the line and don't waste your time
• Once entered, spend inside the museum all the time you want

Museum

The most important art gallery in Italy and the earliest museum in modern Europe, it displays the greatest paintings from every age. It houses the most significant classical sculptures from the Medici collections and a big selection of Italian and European painting from 13th to 18th C., mainly late Medieval and Renaissance Tuscan works.

History

The Uffizi Palace was built by Giorgio Vasari at the wishes of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici as the place of the offices of the Medici government. The origin of the Gallery dates back to the Medici age, but the museum was regularly opened to the public under the reign of the Lorraine dynasty.

Collections

The first section of the Gallery was created in 1581 by Francesco I de' Medici on the last floor of the building, intended to house the Magistrature (the administrative and judicial offices) of the Florentine State. It included the works collected by the Medici in 15th and 16th C., originally located in the "Tribuna" and adjoining rooms. Under the rule of the Lorraine family the works were more rationally arranged, new collections were added, older ones were moved and became the core of other important Florentine museums (arms, scientific instruments, archaeological pieces, ancient and Renaissance bronzes). After the suppression of churches and monasteries in 18th and 19th C., many important religious works were moved to the Uffizi. In the early 20th C. some significant paintings were acquired in order to fill in the gaps of the museum, so that the Uffizi became the "National Italian Gallery".

Masterpieces

Florentine painters: Cimabue, Giotto, Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino.

Italian painters: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, Gentile da Fabriano, Piero della Francesca, Perugino, Raffaello, Tiziano, Tintoretto, Veronese, Caravaggio, Canaletto.

European painters: Hugo Van der Goes, Hans Memling, Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Dürer, El Greco, Rubens, Rembrandt.

Greatest works:

• Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, 1484 approx.
• Botticelli, The Spring, 1482 approx.
• Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation, 1475 approx.
• Michelangelo, Tondo Doni, 1506 approx.
• Raphael, Portrait of Leo X, 1518 approx.
• Tiziano, Venus of Urbino, 1538
• Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1597 approx.

The following options can be purchased in addition to the tickets in the guided booking on this website.

Reduced/Half Ticket:

• European Community citizens between 18 and 25 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)

Free Ticket (it is still required to pay the presale to skip the line) :

• EU and not EU citizens under 18 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)

• Temporary and permanent teachers of Italian public and private schools equipped with the appropriate documentation issued by MIUR

• Any handicapped person accompanied by the certificate of disability and the escort

1. The ticket is valid all day until closing time of the Gallery starting from entrance time.

2. The entrance time written on the tickets may be subject to small changes depending on the actual availability of the Gallery.

3. For a satisfying experience it is recommended to reserve at least 2 hours to visit the Gallery.

4. The tickets will be sent via email within 24-48 hours after purchase (on weekdays) with instructions on how to get there and what to do to enter.

5. We inform you that, once booked, the date and time selected are binding. Please pick up your ticket at the door n. 3 of the Uffizi Gallery at least 15 minutes before the reserved entrance. Who does not respect the time booked will not enter. To pick up the audio guide, you need a valid ID.

6. The Gallery has a maximum capacity of people, in some periods of the year or special days you may experience short delays or waits not dependent on the Gallery or Italy Tickets.

7. According to Museum provisions, groups starting from eight people (guide included) will be obliged to wear headphones.