museums and galleries

In the Oltrarno, you’ll find some of Florence’s most important museums. The Pitti Palace, for example, hosts the Palatine Gallery and the Gallery of Modern Art, in addition to the Costume Gallery and the Silver Museum. ‘Museo della Specola’ is one of the oldest Natural Science museums in the world. Visitors will also delight in the area’s smaller galleries and collections, designed to bring together many extraordinary masterpieces of western art