The Museum is incorporated in the vast complex of the basilica of San Lorenzo which, being the parish church of the Medici family, was particularly richly decorated. It is here that members of the family were buried from the mid-15th century onwards.
The Museum is especially famous for the New Sacristy which Michelangelo designed for the tombs of Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici, creating one of the masterpieces of architecture and sculpture of the Italian Renaissance.
The Chapel of the Princes was begun in the early 17th century to become the mausoleum of the Medici grand-dukes. This grandiose octagonal chapel, with its immense dome, is entirely faced with polychrome marble and pietre dure.

Opening hours: Daily, 8:15 - 17:00. Closed on the 2nd and 4th Sunday and 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of each month, New Year’s Day, May 1st and Christmas Day.

Tickets: Full price Euro 4, Reduced Euro 2. Free admission.

Bookings: Firenze Musei, Tel: +39 055294883
Booking charge: Euro 3 per person.

Disabled persons: Please ask for assistance from the personnel on duty.

Schools: Free admission.
Booking is compulsory but free of charge: tel.Tel: +39 055290112.
On admission it is necessary to present a list of the students and teachers on headed notepaper of the school.
Guided assistance for schools may be arranged with Firenze Musei at the time of booking at the rate of Euro 3 per student.

How to contact the Museum: Tel and Fax: +39 0552388602.