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From June 3 to July 22, the museum will close at 10:00pm on Tuesdays
The Accademia Gallery in Florence is extending its opening hours into evening every Tuesday this summer from June 3, to July 22, 2025. You will get a chance to visit the museum later in the day, since it will remain open until 10:00pm (last entrance at 9:15pm). This summer initiative has been appreciated in the last few years, as it gives both locals and visitors from all over the world the opportunity to enjoy an evening stroll inside the Gallery while admiring the permanent collections in a new light.
Michelangelo’s sculptures await visitors at sunset, yet the extended opening hours are a wonderful opportunity to also appreciate other masterpieces in the museum. Among these, the collection of paintings by Florentine masters from the 13th to the 16th centuries, among the most important at an international level. Off the Hall of the Colossus, with the plaster sketch by Giambologna depicting The Abduction of the Sabine Women, is the small room dedicated to the 15th century which houses two masterpieces including the so-called Cassone Adimari by Scheggia, Masaccio’s brother.
The Gipsoteca is not to be missed – housing the plaster portraits by Lorenzo Bartolini and Lorenzo Pampaloni – and neither is the Museum of Musical Instruments, which boasts a collection of around 400 instruments dating from the 16th century to more modern times, among these, three 16th-century spinets of great value and workmanship exhibited for the first time since last December.
The Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence is generally open from Tuesday to Sunday from 8.15am to 6.50pm (last admission 6.20pm) and, in summer, reservations are strongly recommended (at an extra cost of 4 euros). You can book ahead by telephone with Firenze Musei (+39 055 294883) or online here.
Tomorrow night, Saturday May 17, 2025 is the European Night of Museums across the old continent. As such, many museums are organizing special events and openings. The Galleria dell’Accademia has announced it will have a special evening opening from 7-10pm for the occasion. The ticket office will close at 9:15 pm — and admission for the evening will be a symbolic price of just €1!
If you’re here in Florence and haven’t bought a ticket yet, or considering whether to go, this might be the perfect occasion!
This May 1st, Labor Day, the museum will be open with its regular hours, from 8.15am to 6.50pm (last entrance at 6.20pm). Regular entrance to be paid on this day.
On Sunday, as the first Sunday of the month, the museum will be free entrance to all. You cannot book tickets for that day, so you will need to queue in line and wait to get in.
In addition to admiring Michelangelo’s David, make sure to study the unfinished sculptures called “the Prisoners” in the hall leading up the David, also by Michelangelo. Before you get that far, head right as you enter the museum and make a stop at the Museum of Musical Instruments, where you can see early versions of the piano and some of the last Stradivari violins left in the world, as well as other instruments from the Medici and Lorraine collections.
After the David, make a stop and go around the room with gesso preparatory works by Lorenzo Bartolini and Luigi Pampaloni. Here you can admire the works before they were carved into marble and which you might see on location elsewhere in Florence. There are many of their works spread out over the city.
Many are taking advantage of May 1st being on a Thursday to take a four day weekend, so expect the museum to be busy. Check to see if you can book tickets ahead online or by phone at 055.294.883. If you can’t find availability, you will need to queue in line to get in.
Easter is almost here and the Accademia Gallery is having some special openings right around the corner for the occasion. The museum is generally open on Sundays, so it will be open, with regular hours 8.15am-6.50pm, on Easter Sunday, April 20th, and, in addition, it will have a special opening on Monday, April 21st (when it is normally closed). Entrance will be at usual admittance fees.
In addition, the Accademia will also be open on Friday, April 25th, on Italy’s Liberation Day (it is a national holiday). To celebrate the holiday, entrance will be free. The hours will also be 8.15am-6.50pm (last entrance at 6.20pm).
This is your chance to visit the internationally famous museum and see the largest collection of Michelangelo’s sculptures in one location – not just the David, but also the Prisoners and Pietà di Palestrina – as well as Lorenzo Bartolini’s large collection of gesso models, medieval and Renaissance Florentine paintings and some of the oldest pianos and violins in the Musical Instrument museum.
Please note that on April 25, with free entrance, you CANNOT book tickets ahead of time. You just need to go to the museum and get in line to visit the museum. On the other days, however, it is recommended you book ahead if you can.
The Accademia Gallery will do a special opening on Monday, November 4, 2024, thanks to the special initiative organized by the Ministry of Culture. This is a special occasion to visit and explore the exceptional collections and admire the masterpieces at the museum.
The museum will be open with free entrance at the usual hours, from 8:15am to 6:50pm – the last entrance is at 6:20pm. You don’t need to book!
If your’re wondering what to do on this Thursday, August 15, a national Italian holiday called “Ferragosto”, don’t worry! The Accademia will remain open to the public and even offer an extension of its opening hours, from 8:15 a.m. to 9 pm (with the last admission being at 8:15 pm). The museum has longer opening hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays all throughout the summer and until the end of September.
The Accademia Gallery open its doors on summer evenings again! Starting June 4 through September 26, 2024, the museum will extend its opening hours:
- every Tuesday until 10 pm (last admission at 9:15 pm);
- every Thursday until 9 pm (last admission at 8:15 pm).
The special longer opening hours will continue on Tuesdays in October, as above, and then only on the last day of the month will it again have longer evening opening as follows:
- Thursday October 31, 2024 until 10 pm (last admission at 9:15 pm).
A special longer opening day in December
Then, on Thursday, December 5, 2024, the museum will again extend its opening hours until 10 pm (last admission 9:15 pm).
Lots of occasions to visit the museum over the upcoming holidays, starting with Easter. The Accademia Gallery will be open this Sunday, March 31 with regular hours (open from 8.15am to 6.50pm, last entrance at 6.20pm) and will have a special opening on Monday, April 1st (same hours).
The following Sunday, April 7th, will be the first Sunday of the month and as such, entrance will be free for everyone. You cannot book tickets ahead of time for those Sundays, but the line generally moves quickly.
Up until April 14th, you will also be able to visit the temporary exhibition dedicated to Pier Francesco Foschi (1502-15687), Florentine painter. The exhibition is an opportunity to admire long forgotten works and to compare his work with works by painters such as Andrea del Sarto. There are works on loan from the Rijksmuseum, Galleria Borghese, and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, among others, which allow some works to be shown together for the first time, such as the Pala della Madonna del Piano, which was separated and sold to different museums.
The museum will also be open on two other upcoming national holidays, April 25 and May 1. Entrance will also be free for everyone on the 25th of April, in celebration of the Day of Liberation.
To summarize, entrance will free only on April 7th and 25th.
On Monday, April 25th, 2022, Day of the Liberation for Italy, the Accademia Gallery will have a special opening from 9am to 6.45pm. You can book tickets ahead of time online or by phone to skip the line.
The Accademia Gallery is always open on Sundays, and thus it will be open on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022.
It will also have a special opening on Monday, April 18, 2022 for the special long holiday weekend.
The museum will have regular opening hours on both days, from 9am to 6.45pm.