Florence,
Pitti Palace.

The Palatine gallery is, in essence, a private Medici (and their successors') collection, and is today displayed as such - hung according to taste, not chronology, with approximately 500 largely Renaissance paintings by such masters as Raphael, Titian, Correggio and Rubens.

The Modern Art Gallery is perhaps not ideally named - no amorphous sculptures, no 'installations', no shock-of-the-new here. This is because, in Italian, 'modern art' dates from prior to the 2nd World War - what comes after tends to be called 'contemporary'. What there is is a good collection of pieces dating from 1700 to early 1900; of particular note are works by members of the Macchiaioli movement, a school of pioneering 19th-century Tuscan painters, prime movers in the impressionist movement.

The Silver Museum is located inside the Pitti Palace and is home to a splendid collection of well, silver, as well as cameo work and pieces of work in semi-precious stones. The Costume Gallery is located in the wing of the palace known as the Palazzina della Meridiana, and is home to a collection of theatrical costumes dating from the 16th century up to the present day. Also on show is a collection of Italian garments spanning the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Closed for restoration: The Royal and Imperial Apartments, the Costume Gallery, and the Tesoro die Granduchi are currently not acessible to the public due to restoration work.

This ticket does not cover access to the Boboli Gardens that lie behind the Pitti - click here for those, or here for a combo ticket that also includes the Uffizi Gallery.