Florence Accademia Gallery Timed Entry Ticket & POP Guide Audio App - David, the Prisoners Series & Stradivari Instruments

Enter the Accademia Gallery Through a Special Entrance at Your Booked Time

At your booked time, meet the host at Via Ricasoli 115 and exchange your voucher for a paper ticket, then enter through a special entrance without waiting in the ticket line. The Accademia Gallery began in 1784 as an educational collection for students of the Florence Academy of Fine Arts. Explore freely while listening to commentary on the artworks through the POP Guide audio app.

See Michelangelo's David in the Hall of the Prisoners

See Michelangelo's David, the symbol of Renaissance Florence, up close. David was carved from a single block of marble between 1501 and 1504, stands more than 5 meters tall, and was moved to this gallery in 1873. In the same hall, the unfinished "Prisoners" series and the statue of "Saint Matthew" give a glimpse of Michelangelo's working process of drawing forms out of stone.

The Gipsoteca and Medieval and Renaissance Paintings

Walk through the Gipsoteca (plaster cast gallery), where original plaster models by 19th-century Florentine sculptors fill the walls, and see paintings by medieval and Renaissance masters such as Giotto and Botticelli. Finish your visit by going up to the top floor to see the grand altarpieces.

The Medici Museum of Musical Instruments

At the museum of musical instruments inside the gallery, see original instruments once owned by the Medici family. Three instruments made by the master violin maker Antonio Stradivari can also be seen here.

※ A guide and headphones are not included. Use the POP Guide audio app with your own smartphone and headphones.
※ Waiting times may be longer than expected due to museum operations and security checks.