Florentine museums no longer bookable during free Sundays?

In recent days, rumors have been circulating in culture and tourism circles in Florence that, starting next month, it may no longer be possible to book visits to the museums of the Polo Museale Fiorentino during free Sundays. Official confirmation, however, is still lacking: yesterday afternoon we reached the Florentine Polo Museale’s office of additional services by phone, from which we are waiting for a written response to our request for clarification on the rumors that have been chasing each other in these hours.

However, an initial “unofficial” confirmation can be obtained by trying to purchase a ticket on B-ticket.com, the site managed by Firenze Musei (the concessionaire of the Polo’s services), the only official channel for the online purchase of tickets for the Uffizi, the Galleria dell’Accademia and, in short, all the Polo’s museums. From the site, in fact, it appears that it is not possible to book tickets for the first Sundays of the month starting in December, as we show in the image below (click to enlarge).

Although, we repeat, we still lack official sources that can confirm or deny the rumors, we can already foreshadow what the possible consequences of such a decision will be. With the long queues created during these initiatives, those who planned a visit to Florence during the first weekend of the month will probably have to revise their plans, because the inability to book a visit undoubtedly creates inconvenience. So imagine the likely repercussions on the image of museums. In addition, tour guides will lose one day of work per month: impossible, for those in this profession, to think of working without reservations. And then let’s think about organized trips: cruise groups, for example, which follow rather strict schedules and often arrive in the city on the first Sunday of the month. For them, too, visiting the Pole’s museums will become an impractical option.

We, for our part, await official confirmation or denial and, in the case of confirmation, hope that the Polo Museale Fiorentino will also clarify any reasons.

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