The Museum of Zoology and Natural History, best known as La Specola, is an eclectic natural history museum in Florence, central Italy, located next to the Pitti Palace.
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Court strikes down 5 museum director appointments
Lazio regional administrative court (TAR) has struck down five of the 20 appointments for top Italian museums that were recently put out to international selection to attract the best possible candidates.
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Ferragamo’s return to Italy… 90 years later
The Salvatore Ferragamo musum celebrates 90th year of Salvatore Ferragamo’s return to Italy from the US with a new exhibit in Florence.
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Museo degli Innocenti reopened in Florence
Istituto degli Innocenti is reopening its doors after a long period of refurbishment, with its splendid museum that has been completely restored.
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Gucci Museum in Florence honours Tom Ford
The Gucci Museum in the piazza Signoria, Florence, Italy, has dedicated two of its rooms to the Italian brand’s former creative director Tom Ford.
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New museum of fashion created in Florence
A new Museum of Fashion and Costume was created in Florence.
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Florence won the most visited museums ranking
Florence won the most visited museums ranking in Italy in 2015. Uffizi Gallery is at the 25th place in the world with 1,971,596 visitors.
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Artifact from lost culture found in Mugello
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered what may be a rare sacred text in the Etruscan language that is likely to yield rich details about Etruscan worship of a god or goddess.
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From Kandinsky to Pollock at Palazzo Strozzi
Opening 19 March 2016, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence presents masterpieces of European and American art of the 1930s to the 1960s from the collections of Peggy Guggenheim and Solomon R. Guggenheim.
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The Art of Guggenheim Collections in Florence
From Kandinsky to Pollock. The Art of the Guggenheim Collections in Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italy) starting 19 March and running till 24 July 2016.
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