10 of the best · Tuscany, Italy
Museums, Opera and Festivals in Tuscany
The Uffizi and the Bargello, Palazzo Strozzi’s exhibitions, Sienese painting, Puccini’s Lucca and the opera at the Teatro del Maggio.
Our 10 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
What's onThis week in Tuscany
Insiders' picks
Three of our favourites from this list, vetted by people who know and love Tuscany.
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Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo
Uffizi Galleries
The Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens, with the reopened Vasari Corridor.
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Renaissance sculpture
Museo Nazionale del Bargello
Florence’s museum of sculpture, in a medieval palace: Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini.
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Opera and the Maggio festival
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Florence’s opera house and home of the Maggio Musicale festival.
Piazza Vittorio Gui 1, 50144 FirenzeExplore View on map
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Museums 8
The Uffizi and more.
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Galileo’s instruments
Museo Galileo
A museum of science beside the Uffizi, with Galileo’s own instruments.
Piazza dei Giudici 1, 50122 FirenzeExplore View on map
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Renaissance sculpture
Museo Nazionale del Bargello
Florence’s museum of sculpture, in a medieval palace: Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini.
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Twentieth-century Italian art
Museo Novecento
Italian art of the 20th century in a former hospital on Piazza Santa Maria Novella.
Piazza Santa Maria Novella 10, 50123 FirenzeExplore View on map
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Florence’s exhibition palace
Palazzo Strozzi
A Renaissance palace used for major exhibitions of old and modern art.
Piazza degli Strozzi, 50123 FirenzeExplore View on map
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Sienese painting
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena
The great collection of Sienese gold-ground painting.
Via di San Pietro 29, 53100 SienaExplore View on map
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Puccini’s birthplace
Puccini Museum
The house in Lucca where Giacomo Puccini was born.
Corte San Lorenzo 9, 55100 LuccaExplore View on map
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Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo
Uffizi Galleries
The Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens, with the reopened Vasari Corridor.
Stages and festivals 2
Opera and Puccini.
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Puccini by the lake
Festival Puccini, Torre del Lago
The summer open-air Puccini festival beside Lake Massaciuccoli.
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Opera and the Maggio festival
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Florence’s opera house and home of the Maggio Musicale festival.
Piazza Vittorio Gui 1, 50144 FirenzeExplore View on map
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