An amazing portal into the past - we loved the entire exhibition. There’s a lot to see and you can take a nice photo of the dome from the top floor. Make sure you go through all the rooms - even though we followed the directions, we still found rooms that we didn’t check out, after circling around again. Buy the full ticket to check out other places too - way cheaper than paying for every place separately. Other than the exhibition - the place wasn’t crowded, there’s a nice souvenir shop, it’s cool inside (which was great compared to the outside heat), and it has clean toilets.

A large collection of statues, the doors were also very fascinating to look at in detail. Not too crowded, was able to go at my own pace without being disturbed. The directions of the museum are not organized at all. They use a room numbering system, but the order was very difficult to follow, and some exhibits were closed, and would cause you to have to skip between floors and rooms.

The museum is part of a Brunelleschi Pass which costs €30. The pass can be purchased online. It contains access to the doom, cathedral, Baptistery of San Giovanni, Giotto's Bell Tower, Opera del Duomo Museum and the ancient crypt of Santa Reparata. You do not need to book in advance and the queue was not that long. The museum contains a number of rooms with artifacts that were part of the cathedral. The artifacts are in excellent condition and look like new. The doors are also impressive. The museum is open from 10:15 to 17:00pm.

There was the famous ´Heaven’s door’ which was door of the baptistery of St. John. The one in this museum is genuine, whereas the current door on the baptistery is a copy of this door. There are also so many sculptures from the church.

Extremely beautiful and underrated museum. I would highly recommend visiting here if you’re in the area for the Basilica. You can easily spend multiple hours here, given it’s a 3 storey building full of art and sculptures. I purchased the Brunelleschi pass, which gave me access to not only the museum, but so multiple attractions around the Basilica. Would highly recommend buying that pass!

One of the most underrated museums in Florence! We bought our ticket with the Giotto Pass (recommend buying online) and came right to the museum after climbing the Bell Tower. We arrived shortly after the museum opened and felt like we had it mostly to ourselves. So much amazing history to be seen and laid out in such a thought and breath taking way. Make sure you go all the way up to the top of the museum - there's a rooftop patio with a great view of the Duomo.

This is an amazing museum to the Duomo cathedral, it has an absolutely stunning collection. It has a vast selection of artifacts, artwork, relics, antiques, religious items and statues to see. It’s very well laid out, preserved and displayed. It’s quite big with many rooms filled with lots of things to see. I really enjoyed my time here and I would definitely recommend checking it out when in Florence.

Brilliant museum and enables you to have a greater appreciation of the design, history and changes that have been made to the Duomo over the years. It is very clean bright and modern and should not be missed. It can get a little confusing to navigate around the sections and find the roof terrace.

Great discovery! Went to it without any expectations and was very surprised in the positive way. Beautiful bilding, unique pieces in the colection of many italian masters and the history of the Duomo. Nice atmosphere. I would recommed it to everybody, sort of hidden gem. Somebody told me Michellango had his working space there for the David statue.

I did not expect the museum to be nice, but I was wrong, it us amazing. It has a lot of the original artwork for the Duomo and the original golden doors. In the end, we were allowed to go to the roof to see the cupola.

Spent around 2 hours here. Was recommended by my city tour guide to come here and wow its really amazing. Got caught in the beauty of all the exhibitions. Bought tickets just for the museum but there is another bundle of 30 where you can visit participating museums. Overall a must visit in Florence! I love this museum :)

A very modern, well-constructed and multi-storey museum. The atmosphere of the place is enchanting. It presents in detail the history of the cathedral, as well as the related artworks and their originals. Not to be missed.

Wonderful layout. There are some famous artworks here. Also the bronze doors are not to be missed. We started at the topband worked our way down.

This museum is included in our Brunelleschi pass. It provides nice videos and sculptures. There is a relic room. This museum has rest rooms and is air conditioned.

Tickets purchased in advanced required to enter. I was pleasantly surprised with the museum. It is full of Michaelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello sculptures, along with dozens of relics and other pieces directly from the Catholic Church. The third floor is used exclusively for a terrace (pictured) to game upon the city from. Staff are present and you will be required to check your bags in, but they hold onto them for you good. Overall, if you bought a ticket which includes this package, I would recommend the visit.

Interesting museum detailing the evolution of the Florence Cathedral. Worth a visit if you have time after visiting the Cathedral itself.

This is the museum detailing the history, sculptures, architecture (choice of facade) etc of the duomo of Santa Marina. A great place to visit after visiting the duomo.

Awesome museum. Most of the pieces inside are the original busts on the cathedral but have been replaced cause of damage. Shows how it was built and the dome was one of the first of its kind. Amazong museum. Keep in mind that they will kick you out before closing time. You can’t start to leave they will kick you out 5-10 before hand just FYI

Masterfully curated "Cathedral Workshop" for the oversight and construction of the Duomo (founded in 1296). Houses an amazing collection of Gothic and Renaissance sculptures (attention North Americans, these are not copies as many believe...it's difficult for us to accept the age of these precious antiquities), including Michelangelo's Pieta'. The jewels of the museum are the 3 original bronze doors of the Duomo created by Pisano and Ghiberti (who was a talented goldsmith as well as sculptor, hence the magnificent gold overlay) from 1329-1452. Beautifully done and a wonderful museum.

The museum was larger that I was expecting, filled with beautiful art (all statues standing outside, in the wind and rain, are copies, so in the museum you can see the originals, and you can admire also the Gates of Paradise, the original ones), but also useful information (a short movie about the Brunelleschi's cupola, another one about the Medicis and the Duomo etc. ). This museum is not to be missed!

Interesting exhibit of statues, stained glasses and carvings that once took part of Santa Maria del Fiore. Also shows you how dome was built, if you're interested

A nice place to visit and get more information about how the Opera and the dome were built. Make sure you go to the top where there is a terrace with a great view and gets you really close to the dome.

Beautiful artwork. Most of them were marble statues. There are also lots of things that are gold/silver-plated and have lots of precious gems. Many rooms to see. Not many actual paintings, mostly 3d things like sculptures and stuff.

While the pieces in Opera del Duomo Museum were once in the cathedral, they now live in splendor at the museum. Unlike the Duomo in Siena where you can see the stone mosaics and much of the finney in the cathedral, most of it lives in the museum alongside the cathedral in Florence. The way the pieces are set up enhance there appearance and an aspect of their previous grandeur. Definitely worth it especially if you wander into the cathedral. Great place to learn more about the amount of effort the Medicis put into the art in this complex.

Worth it just to see the doors! But also some really amazing things to see as well. Building of the Duomo models. Machinery for building in the 1400s type thing. Loved it.

This museum of the Dom includes original sculptures, replicas, and some touchable replicas of the history of the Dom. There are short films detailing the construction of the dome and the evolution of the facade - both with narration in English and Italian. The rooftop on the forth floor offers a nice view of the dome.

Wonderful! Recently redone and it is absolutely gorgeous, especially with all three doors of the Baptistery now in the collection. Would heartily recommend.

I was surprisingly impressed with this museum. Buying the combo ticket for the bell tower, baptistery and museum is a great value. This museum is a great cap to that experience. The way the museum displays the statues is very inspiring. Our kids also loved the sculptures of the different guilds and personification of the Roman gods.

We went specifically to see the originals of Ghiberti's doors (Gates of Paradise from the Baptistry) and ended up seeing even more, so it was a bonus. We were so fortunate to see three different "Pieta" works of Michelangelo, but I think that exhibit may have been temporary, only through mid-October. According to the museum's website, the area where the museum is now located was actually where Brunelleschi had his office during the construction of the Duomo and where Michelangelo carved the David statue. So that's pretty cool.

Don’t miss the Opera Sep Duomo Museum. This is a very easy miss just across from the Duomo in an unassuming entrance. This a place is fairly large once you enter the museum. It has many levels and many pieces including the original Baptistry doors (after the 1966 Florence flood the doors were removed from the Baptistry and displayed here). Likely a top draw is the Michelangelo statue (Pieta’) named the Deposition. Michelangelo. The sculpture, on which Michelangelo worked between 1547 and 1555 into his 80s depicts four figures: the dead body of Jesus Christ, newly taken down from the Cross, Nicodemus (a self portrait of Michelangelo) Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary. There are numerous other pieces including works by Donatello. There are numerous replicas where touching is allowed.

My favourite museum in Florence, actually. Or at least, the one with the best visitors' experience, in my humble opinion. Compared to the labyrinthine tangle of the Uffizi and the Accademia, this museum's curation is much more focused and easy to follow and get immersed into. I am not an art or history aficionado so I did not come equipped with the mental tenacity needed to navigate "heavy" collections. This museum however? It was cohesive, comprehensive and mesmerizing, with a thoughtfully crafted visitor's route. An easy visit and an enjoyable experience!

Museum with various exhibits about the Basilica that can be visited via the Bruneschellini Pass. It’s conveniently across the Basilica and there were quite a few field trips and tour groups present. There’s multiple levels and we went from bottom to top. Restrooms are available as well as a water fountain. You go through a security check first and then will scan your ticket. You can purchase the Brunnelschini Pass and then use that to enter the museum at any time. Elevators and stairs are available. There are also a couple of benches at the top level to sit if you need a break. We spent about an hour and a half to two hours here.

Very interesting and informative, adds a lot of depth and meaning to the cathedral visit. I would recommend coming here first before you visit the cathedral. Lots of interesting artwork, sculptures and relics.

Wow what a surprise this was. The museum is far larger than it seemed and there were a lot of really neat things to see. Make sure you make your way to the 3rd floor there is a nice outdoor area which offers amazing views of the duomo. The tickets can't be bought at the museum directly you need to go to building 14 across the entrance to the Santa Reparata. The tickets we got were €15 which includes the baptistery, the Santa Repara and the museum. The museum itself is worth the €15 fee so the others are just a bonus. They don't allow bags in the museum but they do have a free bag check.

I’m not a big fan of Museums, artefacts and history but this came part of our ticket so it was worth it. We went in as we had the time and the weather was a bit grim. A very nice, smart, modern museum, I must say. Artefacts and historical pieces maintained very well. A huge Museum with some interesting articles. The video is definitely worth a watch as to how the Cathedral came to to be built and the engineering along with it. If your in to Arts, history and artefacts, it is definitely worth it. No backpacks are allowed and will be removed and stored on entrance. Completely understandable too. Thank you for the experience. 💫

Clear recommendation! Unfortunately, we went to the museum AFTER we had visited the dome cupola and the baptistery, and then saw that one could have borrowed an audio guide for all included monuments here at the museum... But then it was already too late for the ones we had already seen. Anyway, I highly recommend to take an audioguide for the museum. Very interesting and helpful explanations for the exhibited items. We enjoyed the museum very much!