Monuments aren’t the only reason to visit Florence, there is also a great and ever-changing selection of temporary exhibits taking place across the city at major museums, private museums, and galleries that complement the base and monumental amount of works spread across the city. Often, it is the best way to see contemporary artists and works, an interplay between past and present.
As you plan your time in Florence over the upcoming months, make sure to check out and add a visit to museums to also get a chance to see these exhibits, many of which offer a more modern, contemporary air to the city.
FRA ANGELICO
Where: Palazzo Strozzi and Museo di San Marco
When: from September 26, 2025 to January 25, 2026
Hours: 10am-8pm daily and every Thursday until 11pm
Cost: €15 full, €12 reduced, €5 kids 6-18, family tickets available
More info: palazzostrozzi.org
Together, the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco present Fra Angelico, an extraordinary and unprecedented exhibition with over 140 works of art
devoted to an artist who symbolises fifteenth-century Florentine art and stands out as one of the greatest masters of Italian art of all time, called by many as the father of the Renaissance. The exhibition is one of the leading cultural events of 2025 and is divided between the two venues.
The exhibition explores Fra Angelico’s art, development and influence and his relation to painters such as Lorenzo Monaco, Masaccio, and Filippo Lippi, as well as sculptors like Lorenzo Ghiberti, Michelozzo, and Luca della Robbia. It is the first major exhibition in Florence dedicated to the artist exactly seventy years after the monographic show of 1955, creating a unique dialogue between institutions and the region.
The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to explore extraordinary artistic vision of this friar painter deeply rooted in religious devotion, centred on a reflection of the sacred in relation to the human. The exhibition brings together works of art across the two venues that include paintings, drawings, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts from leading institutions such as the Louvre in Paris, the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Vatican Museums, the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and numerous libraries, churches, and collections both in Italy and internationally.
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Author's Note: This article was last updated on October 29, 2025 and is often updated.
