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Uffizi Director Speaks Out About Staff Shortages at Italy's State Museums

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 08/23/2022 - 11:10

As Italy prepares for a general election on September 25, Eike Schmidt, the director of Florence’s state-run Uffizi Galleries — a group that also includes the…

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Ambitious Restoration Plan Unveiled for Florence's Boboli Gardens

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 08/16/2022 - 10:53

The lush green heart of the city of Florence is about to get a major facelift. A €50 million mega-project to restore the Boboli Gardens was announced last…

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Florence’s Uffizi Complex Becomes Italy’s Most Visited Cultural Site

by ITALY | Thu, 04/07/2022 - 05:45

The Uffizi surpassed the Colosseum for number of visitors in 2021, in what was a first for the famous Florentine museum complex, which also includes Pitti…

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Growing Up as a Child in Ancient Rome exhibition

Growing Up as a Child in Ancient Rome: First Exhibition of Its Kind Opens at Uffizi

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 11/25/2021 - 00:00

What was it like growing up in ancient Rome? How was the life of children who lived 2,000 years ago? The latest exhibition by the Uffizi Galleries in Florence…

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'Uffizi Diffusi' Project Set to Launch with Five Art Exhibitions Scattered Across Tuscany

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/01/2021 - 03:35

The ‘Uffizi Diffusi’ project is set to debut with five temporary exhibitions that will feature artworks from the Uffizi Galleries on display in various towns…

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Uffizi Galleries Reopen with New Displays and a Revised Entrance System

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 05/12/2021 - 03:39

After a two-month closure, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence reopened to the public on May 4, with 13 new rooms devoted to 16th-century art, holding 129…

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Uffizi Gallery Plans to Display Its Famed Collection Across Tuscany

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 03/17/2021 - 01:26

Italy’s most famous museum, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, is planning on launching a new program, called ‘Uffizi Diffusi’ (or ‘scattered’ Uffizi), in which…

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Statues on display at the Uffizi in Florence

Some Museums Reopen in Italy

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/21/2021 - 05:19

Italy’s museums are starting to reopen in ‘yellow zone’ regions, those considered to be at lower contagion risk. At the time of writing, these are Tuscany,…

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Staircase inside the Doge's Palace in Venice

Five Italian Museums To Visit From Home

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 11/06/2020 - 00:00

As regular travel to Italy is not expected to resume any time soon, and as museums remain closed following the latest emergency decree by the country’s prime…

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Florence In the Footsteps of Raphael

by Laura Morelli | Mon, 06/08/2020 - 11:51

In the fall of 1504, 21-year-old Raffaello Sanzio mounted a mule and began winding his way down the mountainous pathsfrom Urbino. At first glance, leaving his…