Category: Florence museums

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Florence museums

31 Dec, 2012

Florence art: Rucellai Chapel open to visitors

Rucellai Chapel of Florence (or Temple of Saint Sepulchre) will be open to visitors from December 2012; architectural masterpiece of Renaissance, realized by Leon Battista Alberti, conserves “sacello del Santo Sepolcro” and it will enrich Marino Martini Museum’s offer.

The temple is a funeral memorial inside Saint Sepulchre Chapel and it is the last consecrated part of ex-Saint Patrick church; it preserve the remains of Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai, Italian merchant, writer and humanist.

Photo exhibition in Florence: National Museum of Photography celebrates Alinari

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17 Dec, 2012

Photo exhibition in Florence: National Museum of Photography celebrates Alinari

Florence, cultural and artistic centre, hosts an unmissable photo exhibition until 6th January 2013: “Gli Archivi Alinari e la sintassi del mondo. Omaggio a Italo Calvino”.
Rencontres d’Arles and Alinari Foundation celebrate 160th anniversary of “Fratelli Alinari” with an exhibition which combines literature and photography. Christophe Berthoud, the young curator of the showcase, uses Alinari’s archive like a repository of stories.

Florence art: the Myth, the Sacred, the Portrait: paintings from the Palatine Gallery’s repositories

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30 Aug, 2012

Florence art: the Myth, the Sacred, the Portrait: paintings from the Palatine Gallery’s repositories

Sala delle Nicchie in the Palatine Gallery hosts the exhibition “The Myth, the Sacred, the Portrait: paintings of the Palatine Gallery’s repositories”. Until 22th December 2012 you’ll have the chance to visit this short anthology, designed to enable public to approach an inexhaustible and always surprising artistic heritage, the result of the lengthy collecting of the Medici and their connection with the city.

Museum in Florence: New Frontier, the exhibit dedicated to the native inhabitants of America

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27 Aug, 2012

Museum in Florence: New Frontier, the exhibit dedicated to the native inhabitants of America

To celebrate the fifth centennial of the death of Amerigo Vespucci, famous discoverer of American continent, Florence hosts New Frontier, the exhibit dedicated to history and culture of native inhabitants of America. From 3rd July to 9th December 2012 Pitti Palace will host some of the most precious pieces from the Gilcrease Museum of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the most important for the richness of the North-American continent’s manufactures.

Florence museums: Accademia Gallery by night

Florence museums

9 Aug, 2012

Florence museums: Accademia Gallery by night

A great opportunity to visit one of the most important Florentine museum, known as the “home” of David by Michelangelo: Accademia Gallery of Florence will be open until 22 PM, on Tuesday and Thursday (for free), until 30th September 2012.

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