Galleria dell'Accademia

The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture David. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mostly from the period 1300–1600 (the Trecento to the Late Renaissance). It is smaller and more specialized than the Uffizi, the main art museum in Florence. It adjoins the Accademia di Belle Arti or academy of fine arts of Florence, but despite the name has no other connection with it.

This article is about the Accademia art gallery in Florence. For the Accademia art gallery in Venice, see Gallerie dell'Accademia.

Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze
Interior of the gallery, with Michelangelo's David visible in the centre
Established1784
Location58–60 via Ricasoli, 50122 Florence, Italy
Coordinates43°46′37″N 11°15′32″E
TypeArt museum
Websitewww.galleriaaccademiafirenze.it/en/

In 2016, it had 1.46 million visitors, making it the second-most-visited art museum in Italy, after the Uffizi (2.02 million).

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