Visit the Horne Museum
Opening hours
The Museum is open Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Closed every Wednesday and public holidays.
Special openings on request.
Fees
€ 8.00 full price
€ 6.00 concessions
Concessions: students up to 26 years old, over 65, groups of at least 10 people, Fai members, Touring Club Members, ICOM members, ACI members, Unicoop members, Santa Croce ticket holders and Museo Galileo ticket holders.
Admission free: children up to 6 years of age, visitors with disabilities and their caregivers, group leaders, teachers with their classes, journalists with prior accreditation displaying professional ID, tour guides.
Reservations are free but mandatory for:
– groups (up to 10 people)
– schools
Contact +39 055 244661 (Monday to Sunday, 10 am to 2 pm), segreteria@museohorne.it
Access to the museum is included with the Firenzecard
How to reach us
Museo Horne
via dei Benci, 6
50122, Florence
+39 055 244661
segreteria@museohorne.it
By public transport:
ATAF bus numbers: 23, C1, C3
Visitor guide
There are no labels or information panels in the Museum galleries — instead, visitors are invited to explore the collection using dedicated digital and printed tools.
- Before the visit: you can download the Museum’s catalog free of charge, which is useful to prepare for and learn more about the contents of the collection.
- During the visit: a digital guide is available for smartphones and tablets, which will accompany you through the exhibition with texts, images and in-depth information.
Casa Vasari
Casa Vasari is open on demand.
The Museum organizes a guided tour in Italian every second Saturday of the month. Check the calendar for more possibilities. You can always contact us for an English-language tour.
Ticket: €12.00 Casa Vasari and Museo Horne
Concessions: €8.00 Unicoop members, Santa Croce ticket holders and Museo Galileo ticket holders.
Admission free: children up to 3 years of age, visitors with disabilities and their caregivers, group leaders, teachers with their classes, journalists with prior accreditation displaying professional ID, tour guides.
Borgo Santa Croce, 8 – Florence
Contact segreteria@museohorne.it
In 1561 Cosimo I de’ Medici gave Giorgio Vasari a house in the Santa Croce neighbourhood in recognition of his artistic achievements. With help from his workshop assistants, Vasari decorated the walls of the Sala Grande on the first floor in around 1572 with frescoes focusing on the Arts and the primacy of Drawing. Since his death in 1574, only the Sala Grande has remained untouched by the countless renovation schemes to which the palazzo has been subjected down the centuries. After lengthy restoration, the Great Hall regained its former appareance, and was opened to the public for the first time, in 2011.