Florence's modern side: a former hospital transformed into a dynamic home for Italian art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Italian modern art
- Alberto Della Ragione Collection
- Ottone Rosai, De Chirico, Morandi, Severini, De Pisis and others
- Temporary exhibitions
- The historic Leopoldine complex
Artlovers tip
Visit Novecento between the Renaissance museums rather than treating it as a separate contemporary-art destination. It creates a fascinating historical bridge between Florence's past and its modern artistic identity.
Don’t miss The Alberto Della Ragione Collection, particularly the works by Giorgio de Chirico and Giorgio Morandi.
Nearby route ideas
Florence — From Renaissance to Modernity
Uffizi Gallery → Museo Novecento → contemporary galleries
The clearest Artlovers route for showing how Florence's artistic identity evolved.
Modern Florence
Museo Novecento + Palazzo Strozzi + contemporary galleries
A strong combination of 20th-century Italian art, major contemporary exhibitions and Florence's commercial gallery scene.
Santa Maria Novella art route
Museo Novecento → Santa Maria Novella → Basilica → historic centre
An easy route because the museum sits directly on Piazza Santa Maria Novella.
Italian modernism route
Museo Novecento + Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice + Museo del Novecento Milan
For travellers interested in the evolution of Italian art through the 20th century.
About
Museo Novecento occupies the former Spedale delle Leopoldine in Piazza Santa Maria Novella and is dedicated to Italian art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Its programme combines civic collections, temporary exhibitions, installations and special projects.
Museo Novecento opened in 2014 in the former Spedale delle Leopoldine, directly overlooking Piazza Santa Maria Novella. The museum focuses on the art of the 20th and 21st centuries, with particular emphasis on Italian art of the first half of the 20th century.
The museum combines its civic collections with a substantial programme of temporary exhibitions, installations, special projects, talks, screenings and performances.
Highly recommended — particularly as a complement to Florence's Renaissance collections.
Museo Novecento is not the museum to choose if you have only a few hours in Florence and want the city's canonical masterpieces. But once you have seen the Uffizi, Accademia and the major Renaissance sites, Novecento becomes extremely valuable.
It answers a question many visitors to Florence don't think to ask: What happened to Florence's art after the Renaissance?
Worth the trip
To discover the Italian art story that Florence's Renaissance museums largely leave out — from early 20th-century modernism to contemporary practices.
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