Galleria Dell’Accademia Di Firenze was founded in 1784 by Pietro Leopoldo the Grand Duke of Tuscany. It is home to Michelangelo’s David and many other important pieces.  Located a couple of blocks north of the Duomo it is easy to walk to from most places in town. While it is not a huge museum it is well worth the visit. Give yourself a couple of hours.

Hall of the Colossus

Plaster model for Giambologna’s Rape of the Sabines marble statue, from around 1580.

Hall of the Prisoners

Unfinished statues by Michelangelo

The Tribune

Gipsoteca (Hall of Models) Bartolini

19th-century plaster casts by Lorenzo Bartolini and other sculptors.

 

Florentine Gothic and Florence Between 1370 and 1430