Starting Sept. 26, 2025, the full-price ticket to enter the San Marco Museum in Florence will rise from 8 to 11 euros. The increase, decided by the National Museums Tuscany Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Culture, comes in conjunction with the opening of the Beato Angelico exhibition, the result of a collaboration with the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation. The increase is motivated by the need to bring the rate in line with that of other major Florentine state and civic museums, in light of substantial investments in restoration and reorganization of the exhibition itinerary. All gratuities and reductions provided by the regulations remain valid.
The rearrangement of the museum spaces and restoration work are part of a project that began in 2019 to mark the 150th anniversary of the museum’s founding. In six years, the complex has changed its face, opening new sections to the public and making previously inaccessible rooms and works visible. At the center of the renovated itinerary is the Hall of Beato Angelico, which houses some of the friar painter’s best-known masterpieces. The rearrangement of the room, entirely supported by the Friends of Florence Foundation, has made it possible to enhance paintings on wood panel such as the San Marco Altarpiece and the Deposition of Santa Trinita, the latter of which was recently restored.
The room will remain open to visitors until August 18, 2025. After that it will close temporarily to allow for the installation of the Beato Angelico exhibition, which will be hosted at both San Marco and Palazzo Strozzi and will remain open until January 25, 2026. In preparation for the exhibition, Michelozzo’s Library will also close to the public starting July 28 to allow for technical and refitting work. In addition to the Hall of Beato Angelico, the public can now access other fully restored rooms. In the Cloister of Sant’Antonino, at the entrance to the museum, the funerary monuments and fifteen marble tombstones have been restored. Also in the same cloister is the on-sight restoration of the fresco St. Dominic in Adoration of the Crucifix, by Beato Angelico himself, an intervention also financed by the Friends of Florence.
Among the most significant new features is the restoration of the two refectories. The Small Refectory welcomes the fresco of theLast SupperadiDomenico Ghirlandaio and three works resurfaced from storage: Filippo Tarchiani’s Oration in the Garden, Antonio Franchi’s St. Mark the Evangelist Enthroned, and the Blessing St. Augustine, attributed to Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio. The Great Refectory, recently reopened after a complete renovation, preserves the fresco of the Providence of the Dominicans with Crucifixion by Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, dated 1536. The room also houses a selection of paintings from the School of St. Mark, now presented in a new arrangement.
The museum itinerary now includes hitherto lesser-known or partially usable rooms, such as the new Sala del Pollaiolo, the Corte del Grano, the Cortile dei Silvestrini, Cell 44 in the north dormitory and the cells of Girolamo Savonarola. These spaces are flanked by Michelozzo’s Library, which preserves 130 illuminated codices produced between the late thirteenth and early sixteenth centuries, some displayed in rotation, along with 26 glazed terracotta vases. The room’s wooden ceiling is decorated with polychrome faux marble lacunars.
The Museum of St. Mark’s enhancement plan has not only involved the physical expansion of the itinerary and the preservation of the works. In recent years, a new cultural vision of the museum has also developed, hosting performance and musical events in dialogue with the historic spaces. Among the most important experiences are collaborations with choreographer Virgilio Sieni, who has created meditative and performative paths inspired by ancient art in the museum, and with musical realities such as the Fondazione Toscana Musiche and the Florentine Chamber Orchestra. There are also numerous site-specific musical interventions in the cloisters, as well as editions of the FloReMus festival, dedicated to Renaissance music and promoted by the association L’Homme Armé.
To improve the museum’s accessibility and make it more inclusive, a new digital application and accessible multimedia content is being developed. The project, financed with PNRR funds from the General Directorate of Museums of the Ministry of Culture, pays special attention to the needs of people with disabilities.
The ticket revision thus coincides with a moment of revitalization for the museum, in part symbolically represented by the opening of the Beato Angelico exhibition. The exhibition, considered one of the most anticipated events on the 2025 cultural calendar, will involve two venues: Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco. For the occasion, a subsidized cross-ticket has been introduced: visitors who purchase a ticket for San Marco will be entitled to reduced admission to Palazzo Strozzi at a cost of 12 euros, while those leaving from Palazzo Strozzi will be able to access San Marco for 8 euros.
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