Uffizi Museum Florence: Pioneer Of The Modern Museum

2007-05-02 10:04:19

( Arts )



The Uffizi Museum Florence is known for many innovations in the exclusive world of museums. One thing you should know is that the Uffizi Museum Florence is actually one of the first museums in Florence and in the world, to present a systematic exhibit of art objects for public viewing. This is the modern idea of a museum, and you may safely say that Uffizi Museum Florence is one of the pioneers of this concept.

You should find this fact worth remembering, because Florence is the first city in the continent to revisit the long unused term museum. To the ancient civilization that coined the term, museum meant a space dedicated to the nine muses of mythology; in Florence museum was used to signify a statuary collection of antique sculptures and objects of art. In 1591 a guide to Florence described Uffizi Museum Florence as one of the supremely beautiful places to see in the world, and that it was full of ancient statues, valuable paintings and precious objects. You can still view these collections, for they are still in existence at this most celebrated of Florence museums.

Although the Uffizi Museum Florence officially opened its doors to the public in 1765, it was already open to visitors on request two centuries before. It was first established by the dukes of Tuscany in 1560, and it served as the administrative and judicial offices, the Uffizi, for the duchy of this famous region in Italy.

The Uffizi Museum Florence is organized into rooms, or loggias, where the exhibits are representative of specific themes. For instance, there is a loggia of geographical maps in room sixteen, where you can view antique maps used by the seafarers and explorers of centuries past. You will just marvel at the incomparable heritage of artistic works housed in this legendary Florence museum.


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