The Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Bargello National Museum), in the 13th century Bargello Palace (a former prison), was founded in 1865.
It displays the largest Italian collection of Gothic and Renaissance sculptures, including masterpieces such as Michelangelo's Bacchus, Tondo Pitti and Brutus; Giambologna's Flying Mercury and Bronze Animals; Donatello's David, St. George, Bust of Niccolò da Uzzano and Atys-Amor; Verrocchio's David, and Lady with Posey; and Cellini's Bust of Cosimo I.
Works from the Baroque period can also be found here, as well as a significant collection of ceramics, textile, ivory, silver and armour.
Address
Via del Proconsolo, 4, 50122 Florence
Getting There
Bus: line C2 (Ghibellina - Baiana Viaggi)