Tour Highlights

• The Accademia is also known as the Statue of David museum. That’s hardly a surprise. However, Michelangelo’s David is just a tip of the Accademia’s artsy iceberg. The gallery is also home to:
• The collection of Michelangelo’s other works such as the four unfinished Prisoners. 
• 15th- and16th-century paintings by Botticelli, Uccello or del Sarto.
• The Museum of Musical Instruments (a recent addition) displaying antique instruments by Stradivari and Cristofori (inventor of the piano).
• With Accademia Gallery guided tour with Digital City Map, you get skip-the-line access to the gallery, in-depth commentary of an expert guide and a special interactive map to enhance your sightseeing experience.  
• After the tour of the gallery is over, you are free to linger inside and explore it on your own.  
• The digital map stays with you! There is no time limit using the POP Guide’s digital map of Florence. You can use it as your personal audio guide to the city throughout your whole stay

History Sneak Peek

Like the majority of buildings in Florence, Accademia Gallery isn’t the youngest. Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany, founded the gallery in 1784.

Initially, the gallery served as an additional teaching facility for the Academy of Fine Arts. Before that, the halls were used as a hospital and a convent. Step by step, paintings and sculptures came to decorate the many walls of the gallery. Today, the gallery displays a plethora of paintings, tapestries, and sculptures. For instance, in the 50s, the gallery opened The Hall of Colossus and Byzantine-style rooms displaying 1300 panel paintings. More recently, in 2001, the gallery opened Museo Degli Strumenti Musicali featuring hundreds of antique musical instruments. 

Book the Accademia Gallery guided tour with Digital City Map and make the most of your trip to Florence.