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Museo "La Specola"

Museum · Florence · Italy 🇮🇹
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What we established Museo "La Specola": the official site is sma.unifi.it. Its tickets are sold on smaunifi.vivaticket.it, the ticket shop its official site links to. Added to our site on .

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Admission prices
Adult
€10
10€
Reduced
€5
5€
stated on sma.unifi.it/vp-245-la-specola.html · checked 2026-10-17 Full: 10€ Reduced: 5€
Translation · original in ItalianIntero : 10€ Ridotto : 5€

Practical

Museo "La Specola": opening hours

The Museum is open on the following days and times: Tuesday to Sunday from 9 to 17
Translation · original in ItalianIl Museo è aperto nei seguenti giorni e orari: da martedì a domenica dalle 9 alle 17
✓ sma.unifi.it/vp-245-la-specola.html · 2026-10-17

Museo "La Specola": closing days

Closing days: every Monday, 1 January, Easter, 1 May, 15 August, 25 December.
Translation · original in ItalianGiorni di chiusura : ogni lunedì, 1° gennaio, Pasqua, 1° maggio, 15 agosto, 25 dicembre.
✓ sma.unifi.it/vp-245-la-specola.html · 2026-10-17

Museo "La Specola": what should I know before visiting?

Tickets can be purchased on the Vivaticket platform (online and sales outlets) or at the Museum ticket office (subject to availability net of online sales). Given the high attendance and the consequent risk of sold-out tickets, online purchase is strongly recommended.
Translation · original in ItalianÈ possibile acquistare i biglietti sulla piattaforma Vivaticket (online e punti vendita) oppure presso la biglietteria del Museo (secondo disponibilità al netto delle vendite online). Data l'alta affluenza e il conseguente rischio di esaurimento posti, si consiglia fortemente l'acquisto on line.
✓ sma.unifi.it/vp-245-la-specola.html · 2026-10-17

Museo "La Specola": how to get there

On foot: approximately 20 minutes from the Duomo and Santa Maria Novella Station | approximately 8 minutes from Piazzale di Porta Romana.
Translation · original in ItalianA piedi: circa 20 minuti dal Duomo e dalla Stazione di Santa Maria Novella | circa 8 minuti dal Piazzale di Porta Romana.
✓ sma.unifi.it/vp-932-come-raggiungere-la-specola.html · 2026-10-17

Museo "La Specola": parking

By car: the Museum is located within the Limited Traffic Zone (ZTL), therefore the vehicle must be equipped with a ZTL permit or parked outside the ZTL. The nearest paying car parks outside the ZTL are at Piazzale di Porta Romana and along Viale Francesco Petrarca.
Translation · original in ItalianIn macchina: il Museo si trova all’interno della Zona a Traffico Limitato ( ZTL ), pertanto l’autovettura deve essere munita di permesso ZTL oppure parcheggiata fuori dalla ZTL. I parcheggi a pagamento più vicini fuori della ZTL sono nel Piazzale di Porta Romana e lungo il Viale Francesco Petrarca.
✓ sma.unifi.it/vp-932-come-raggiungere-la-specola.html · 2026-10-17

Museo "La Specola": is it wheelchair accessible?

The museum ticket office is located on the ground floor, while the exhibition rooms permanently open to the public (Mineralogy, Zoology and "Art and science: didactic models") extend across the first and second floors, are accessible by lift and are free of architectural barriers.
Translation · original in ItalianLa biglietteria del museo si trova al piano terra, mentre le sale espositive aperte permanentemente al pubblico (Mineralogia, Zoologia e "Arte e scienza: modelli didattici") si sviluppano al primo e al secondo piano, sono raggiungibili tramite ascensore e sono prive di barriere architettoniche.
✓ sma.unifi.it/vp-931-servizi-e-accessibilita.html · 2026-10-17

La Specola houses a unique worldwide collection of internationally renowned wax anatomical models, produced over approximately one century by the Wax-Working Workshop created at the Museum in 1771.

Translation · original in Italian

La Specola ospita una collezione unica al mondo di modelli anatomici in cera di fama internazionale, prodotta in circa un secolo dall’Officina di Ceroplastica creata presso il Museo nel 1771.

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