Florence, extraordinary openings at Bargello Museums for All Saints' Day weekend

The Bargello Museums in Florence (i.e. the Bargello Museum, the Palazzo Davanzati Museum, the Museum of the Medici Chapels, Casa Martelli and the Orsanmichele Museum) will follow some extraordinary openings for the All Saints’ Day weekend. Here is the program in detail below.

On Nov. 1 (Thursday), the Bargello National Museum and the Museum of the Medici Chapels (8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.), the Museum of Palazzo Davanzati (8:15 a.m. to 1:50 p.m.) and the Museum of Casa Martelli (2 p.m. to 6:50 p.m.) will be regularly open. At Orsanmichele during the religious holiday of All Saints’ Day, only the Church will be open for visits (10:00 am to 5:00 pm).

On Nov. 2 (Friday) extraordinary openings until evening of the Museum of Orsanmichele and Palazzo Davanzati: Orsanmichele will be open free of charge from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m., while the museums of the Medici Chapels and the Bargello will be open from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the Museum of Palazzo Davanzati will offer an extraordinary afternoon opening. The museum, also known as the Museum of the Ancient Florentine House, will extend its opening in the afternoon, welcoming visitors from 8.15 am to 6 pm.

On Nov. 3 (Saturday) rich offer with the five museums open with these hours: Casa Martelli from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Museum of Orsanmichele from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Palazzo Davanzati from 1:15 p.m. to 7 p.m., and the Museum of the Medici Chapels from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. For those who would like to visit the Medici Chapels, there is a guided tour in the afternoon dedicated to the varied collection of relics preserved in the Medici Chapels. The visit, which will begin at 3:30 p.m., is included in the ordinary price of the Museum admission ticket. Nov. 3 will also be the day of the extraordinary opening of the Bargello National Museum, which will remain open until evening (8:15 a.m. to 8 p.m.). A time to discover, or rediscover, masterpieces of Renaissance sculpture but also one of the last opportunities to visit the exhibition Islam and Florence. Art and Collecting from the Medici to the Twentieth Century, which will close to the public on Sunday, November 4.

On Nov. 4 (Sunday) museums will still all be open and free for #domenicalmuseo, the first Sundays of the month free at cultural venues. For a complete overview of the schedules of all five Bargello museums, you can consult the pages dedicated to each museum within the official website of the Bargello Museums.

Finally, with the All Saints’ weekend also comes the end of the season, which began last April, of extended openings at the Bargello National Museum and the Museum of the Medici Chapels, which will resume their ordinary opening hours from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Nov. 6. “In these months of the ’beautiful seasons,’” reads a note from the museums, “tourists, citizens and art lovers in general have taken advantage of the extended hours of the two important museums in Florence in large numbers, demonstrating in numbers and approval ratings the effectiveness of the experimentation. In the hope of soon being able to reintroduce more extended access hours, the five Bargello Museums are still waiting for you in large numbers even during the weeks with ’morning’ opening hours, inviting you to follow the many initiatives and extraordinary openings that have been arranged for the coming months on the Museums’ official website.”

Pictured: the New Sacristy (Medici Chapels Museum)

Florence, extraordinary openings at Bargello Museums for All Saints' Day weekend

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