Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure
Opificio or manufacture: the museum focuses on the output and history of the Court Manufacture established by Ferdinando I dei Medici in 1588, which was specialized in pietre dure, magistral inlay of semi-precious stones.
It contains furniture (cabinets, tables, panels for the Chapel of Princes in San Lorenzo) decorated a commesso, that is with different-coloured stones cut and arranged so as to form pictorial compositions, or with painted stone or in scagliola (a very light kind of plaster).
The workshop exhibits include samples of materials, workbenches and tools. The Opificio still restores mosaics made from semi-precious stones.
Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure
Useful information
01-01-2025 - 31-12-2025
Monday - Saturday from 08:15 to 14:00
The ticket office closes at 13:30
EXTRAORDINARY OPENING:
18-07-2025
25-07-2025
01-08-2025
29-08-2025
from 19:00 to 23:00
04-09-2025
from 14:00 to 18:00
05-09-2025
from 19:00 to 23:00
11-09-2025
18-09-2025
25-09-2025
02-10-2025
09-10-2025
16-10-2025
23-10-2025
30-10-2025
06-11-2025
13-11-2025
from 14:00 to 18:00
Closed: Sunday and holidays
Sunday and holidays
The main entrance is accessible with wheelchairs (pavement connected to the street level).
To reach the ticket office, the bookshop and the toilets there is a step that can be overcome with a platform lift; another platform is at the entrance and exit of the museum, and there is another one in a hall. A stair lift is available to visit the upper floor (but it is not suited for electric wheelchairs).
The museum is equipped with toilets for disabled people on the ground floor.