Florence - Cathedral Museum 



(Local Name: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo/Museo di Santa Maria del Fiore) A host of artists created notable works of art - sculpture, gold and silver items, embroidery, etc. - to furnish the Cathedral, the Campanile and the Baptistry. Security and weathering meant these could not be allowed to stay in place inside and outside the building, so at an early stage they were removed for safekeeping. Since 1891 they have been kept in the Cathedral Museum, the building that in the 15th c. had been the site of the studios and workshops for the artists and craftsmen working on the cathedral.
Over the portal of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo - literally the museum of the cathedral building works - is a bust of Grand Duke Cosimo I by Giovanni Bandini dell'Opera (1572).
Over the portal of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo - literally the museum of the cathedral building works - is a bust of Grand Duke Cosimo I by Giovanni Bandini dell'Opera (1572).
Hobbies & Activities category: Fabrics, textiles, costumes exhibits; Paintings, art collections; Gold, silver, metalworking exhibit; Christian sites; Religious treasury
Attractions within Cathedral Museum
Anteroom
One of the items in the anteroom is a bust of Brunelleschi who was responsible for the dome of the cathedral.Goldsmith's Octagon
The octagon adjoining the small room contains relics from 1300 to 1800.Pieta of Michelangelo
The Mezzanine holds one of the most famous sculptures in Western art, Michelangelo's Pietà, the marble group fashioned by the artist in his old age but never completed. The limp, broken figure of
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Room of the Old Cathedral Facade
By the entrance to this room can be seen a mark showing the water-level of the Arno on 4th November 1966. The room contains statues that were incorporated in the old façade of the cathedral and
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Sala dell'Altare
The greatest treasures of the Altar Room in the Cathedral Museum in Florence are the silk and gold needlework panels with scenes from the life of St John the Baptist, from designs by Antonio
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Sala delle Cantorie
The Cantoria Room contains the two marble "singing galleries" which used to support the console of the cathedral organ. They stood under the dome until 1686 when they were dismantled on the
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Sala delle Formelle del Campanile di Giotto
This room contains the bas-reliefs which formerly decorated the panels on the lower story of Giotto's Campanile; these were replaced by copies between 1965 and 1967. The panels with the allegorical
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Small Room
The small room holds missals and precious reliquaries together with other gold and silver works from the Cathedral Treasury. Also of interest is the original wooden model for the cathedral lantern signed by Brunelleschi.| April 1 to October 31 | ||||||||
| Open | 8:00 | 8:00 | 8:00 | 8:00 | 8:00 | 14:00 | Closed | |
| Closed | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | ||
| November 1 to March 31 | ||||||||
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | Closed | |
| Closed | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | ||
| Always closed on: | ||||||||
| New Year's Day (January 1) Easter - Christian Christmas - Christian (December 25) | ||||||||
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