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Bargello Museum, Florence: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Nazionale del Bargello at Via del Proconsolo 4 in Florence is the world's most important collection of Italian Renaissance sculpture — and one of the most undervisited major museums in the city. It houses two bronze Davids (Donatello and Verrocchio), Michelangelo's Bacchus and…

The National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy.

National Archaeological Museum in Naples (MANN): practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN) at Piazza Museo 18/19 holds the most important collection of Graeco-Roman antiquities in the world, including treasures excavated from Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the Farnese collection. This guide was updated in June 2026. Four significant alerts apply for 2026.…

Visiting the Leonardo da Vinci Interactive Museum, Venice: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Da Vinci Interactive Museum (Museo Interattivo Leonardo da Vinci) is housed in the Scoletta di San Rocco at Campo San Rocco, San Polo 3052 in Venice. The building was constructed in 1494 as the first seat of the Confraternity of Saint Roch, and retains…

Inside the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena, Italy.

Visiting the Enzo Ferrari Museum, Modena: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Enzo Ferrari (MEF) at Via Paolo Ferrari 85 in Modena is the birthplace of the man who founded Ferrari and the second site of the official Ferrari museum network. The striking yellow pavilion — designed by the late London architect Jan Kaplický of…

Visiting the Uffizi Gallery, Florence: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Galleria degli Uffizi on Piazzale degli Uffizi in Florence, Italy, holds the world's greatest collection of Italian Renaissance painting and one of the most important collections of Western art. This guide was updated in June 2026. Three pricing tiers now apply — most guides…

Visiting the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Palazzo Vecchio on Piazza della Signoria has been the seat of Florentine civic power since 1299 and today operates as both Florence's working town hall and one of its most visited museums. This guide was updated in June 2026. Two significant updates for 2026:…

Visiting the Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition, Rome: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Mostra di Leonardo at Piazza della Cancelleria 1 in Rome is a permanent interactive exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's machines and inventions, housed in the Palazzo della Cancelleria — a Renaissance palace next to Campo de' Fiori. This guide was updated in June 2026.…

Villa Carlotta, Lake Como: practical guide for first-time visitors

Villa Carlotta sits directly on the shore of Lake Como at Tremezzina, a neoclassical villa housing a museum of Neoclassical and Romantic art alongside one of the finest botanical gardens in northern Italy. This guide was updated in June 2026. The 2026 adult admission is…

Visiting the Museum of Oxford, Oxford: practical guide for first-timers

The Museum of Oxford (MOX) is a local history museum inside Oxford Town Hall on St Aldate's. It's the only museum dedicated entirely to telling the story of Oxford and its people. This guide covers opening hours, admission prices, accessibility, transport, what to see, and…

The History of Science Museum in Oxford, South-East England.

Visiting the History of Science Museum, Oxford: practical guide for first-timers

The History of Science Museum is a free museum at Broad Street, Oxford, housed in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built public museum building (built 1683). It holds one of the world's greatest collections of historic scientific instruments. This guide covers opening hours, admission, transport, parking,…