Explore the Uffizi Gallery in Florence with a guide and learn about the Medici family. Discover how artists used mythology, allegory, and classical stories to communicate ideas.
Meet your guide outside the Uffizi Gallery and enter the gallery with your guide. Learn about the Uffizi Gallery, its connection with Florence, and the role of collecting during the Medici period.
Examine selected Renaissance works and identify mythological characters, allegorical figures, symbols, gestures, and objects that communicate ideas about beauty, virtue, knowledge, or power.
Discover how the Medici family supported artists and used collecting and display to express cultural authority. View selected masterpieces and discuss their subject matter, symbolism, technique, and historical context.
After the guided visit, you may remain inside the museum and continue exploring independently, subject to museum rules and opening hours.
