Uffizi on the shields at Easter. Pre-Covid levels reached and exceeded.

The Uffizi returned after two years to pre-Covid levels and, indeed, surpassed them, if only for one weekend, that of Easter: numbers that nonetheless bode well for the continuation of the season and that could drive many other museums, large and small, as well. Over the four days of the holidays just past, more than 36,000 visitors went to the Gallery of Statues and Paintings (36,608 to be exact), more than 29,000 to Boboli (29,436), and nearly 10,000 to the Pitti Palace (9,661), with the peak day being Easter Sunday, when nearly 20,000 total admissions (19,882) were marked in all three places in the museum complex.

In total, between Good Friday and Easter Monday, the three venues of the museum complex (Statue and Painting Gallery, Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens) were the cultural destination of choice for 75,704 visitors: this is 6 percent more (4,311 people) than in 2019 (71,393 visitors), the last Easter before the pandemic (during Easter 2020 and 2021 museums were closed for the national lockdown). Among them, 3,787 (or 5 percent) used the maxi cumulative ticket Passepartout 5 Days, which gives access to all three museums of the Uffizi Galleries, and in addition to the National Archaeological Museum and the Museum of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure. Thus, the trend also highlighted on these pages is confirmed: with proximity tourism, Italians are rediscovering museums. “The Uffizi Galleries,” comments director Eike Schmidt, “are once again confirmed as the engine of the Florentine economy.”

Finally, one last surprise just from the Easter weekend: yesterday Crown Prince of Norway Haakon Magnus with his wife, Princess Mette-Marit were among the illustrious guests these days: welcoming them was director Eike Schmidt. The royal couple arrived punctually at the opening of the museum and stayed in the Gallery throughout the morning, even indulging in a short breakfast in the sun on the Uffizi’s panoramic terrace overlooking the Loggia de’ Lanzi.

Image: passersby in the forecourt of the Uffizi during Easter weekend 2022.

Uffizi on the shields at Easter. Pre-Covid levels reached and exceeded.

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