Palazzo Strozzi

The Palazzo Strozzi hosts three major exhibitions annually, and is open year-round with a café/bar, and a permanent exhibition on the history of the Palazzo Strozzi.

Situated between Piazza Strozzi and via Tornabuoni in the heart of Florence, the Palazzo Strozzi is one of the finest examples of Renaissance domestic architecture. It was commissioned by the Florentine merchant Filippo Strozzi and the foundations were laid in 1489 according to a design by Benedetto da Maiano. A year later the project was given to Simone del Pollaiolo, known as Cronaca, who worked on it until 1504 but the Palazzo was only finally finished in 1538. The Palazzo remained the property of the Strozzi family until 1937, and since 1999 it has been managed by the City of Florence. Since the Second World War the Palazzo has been Florence’s largest temporary exhibition space. Among the major exhibitions held at Palazzo Strozzi have been the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (1949), 17th century Florence (1986), Gustav Klimt (1992), La Natura Morta Italiana (2003), Botticelli and Filippo Lippi (Italy’s most visited exhibition in Italy in 2004) and Cézanne in Florence (Italy’s most visited exhibition in 2007).

Opening information

Daily 9am - 8pm, thursday until 11pm

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Temporary exhibitions

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  Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists

  The exhibition explores the American impressionists' relationship with Italy, in the decades spanning the close of the 19th and dawn of the 20th.

  Palazzo Strozzi

  Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists2nd March 2012 - 15th July 2012 (Add to calendar)

  19th century, Painting, 20th century
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  Klimt's Vienna

  The exhibition aims to reconstruct the artistic and cultural climate in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century.

  Palazzo Strozzi

  Klimt's Vienna14th September 2012 - 27th January 2013 (Add to calendar)

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  Michelangelo Buonarroti

  Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter.

  16th century, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing
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  Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro)

  Fra Angelico (1387 - 1455) was commissioned to decorate friars' cells with frescoes.

  15th century, Painting

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