The Uffizi reopens its doors to the public today. Here's what's changing in how to visit

The Uffizi reopens its doors to the public today after being forced to close due to a health emergency: the reopening will take place in full compliance with anti-Covid regulations, with some changes in the visiting arrangements.

First of all, the openinghours will change: the famous Florentine museum venue will be open from Wednesday to Friday from 2 to 6:30 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (with last entry until one hour before closing).

Visitors will be able to access rooms on the first and second floors of the exhibition, and it is planned to close off rooms and corridors that do not allow for outlet possibilities and cannot guarantee interpersonal distancing. The Gallery will have a separate entrance path from the exit.

Body temperature will be measured at the entrance and access will be prohibited if the temperature is above 37.5 degrees; mask and interpersonal distance of at least 1.80 meters mandatory. Groups of no more than ten people will be allowed to enter, and tour guides must wear the whisper system.

It will be a slow reopening. The maximum number of visitors who will be allowed to stay in the Gallery at the same time will be reduced by half (from 900 to 450); distance markers have been placed on the floor in front of the main masterpieces so as to indicate where and how many people can stay in front of the paintings so as not to create gatherings.

Referring to the reopening day, Uffizi Galleries Director Eike Schmidt commented, “It will be a historic day. Only four times in the last century has the Gallery had to close its doors. It happened during World War II; then in ’66, when there was the Florence flood; then in 1993, after the infamous Mafia massacre in Via dei Georgofili. All the times the Uffizi reopened, more beautiful and magical than before. That will be the case this time as well. The Uffizi is the symbol of Florence rising stronger from darkness and crisis.”

Yesterday the Loggia dei Lanzi, which houses masterpieces such as Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus with the Head of Medusa, reopened instead. A maximum of 10 people can access it at a time.

For info: uffizi.it

The Uffizi reopens its doors to the public today. Here's what's changing in how to visit

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