Plan your visit to the Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) in Florence is one of the most important art museums in the world. Its collection of Renaissance paintings — Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio — draws visitors from every continent.
This website is a small, independent guide written by enthusiasts. It collects the practical information that is hardest to piece together: when to go, how tickets work, what the building actually is, and which rooms are worth your time. We sell nothing here — for official tickets and opening details you will always be pointed to the museum's own website.
Quick facts
- Where: Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6, 50122 Firenze — between the Ponte Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria.
- What it is: a Renaissance office building (the name literally means “offices”) turned museum.
- Closed: Mondays (as well as 1 January and 25 December).
- Official tickets: sold only through the official Uffizi Galleries website and on-site counters.
What you will find on this site
| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Visitor Guide | Opening hours, how the timed-entry system works, prices in plain words, best days and times, security checks and what you can bring in. |
| History | How Cosimo I's Medici offices became a public museum — five centuries of one building's story. |
| Masterpieces | The works everyone comes to see — Botticelli's Venus, Leonardo, Caravaggio — and how to enjoy them without rushing. |
| FAQ | Short answers to the questions we hear most: bags, photography, kids, how long a visit takes. |
This is an unofficial guide. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed
by the Uffizi Galleries (Gallerie degli Uffizi) or the Italian Ministry of Culture.
For official information, always use the museum's own website.