Uffizi Gallery opening hours, closing days and free days
The Uffizi opens Tuesday to Sunday, 8.15 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., and is closed on Mondays; entry is free on the first Sunday of each month, with no reservations.
The Uffizi keeps the same hours all year, with the ticket office and last admission both at 5.30 p.m. Mondays are closed, as are 1 January and 25 December, and there is no weekly evening opening in 2026. Entry is free on the first Sunday of every month and on three national holidays, but on those days nobody can reserve, so the free visit comes with a line that visitors report at anything from 45 minutes to several hours. The most useful thing in the timetable is the afternoon ticket: from 4 p.m. the standard €25 entry drops to €16, and the two and a half hours that leaves is enough for the second-floor highlights.
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Opening hours
| Time | |
|---|---|
| Doors open | 8.15 a.m., Tuesday to Sunday |
| Audio-guide desk stops lending | 5 p.m. |
| Ticket office closes | 5.30 p.m. |
| Last admission | 5.30 p.m. |
| Galleries close | 6.30 p.m.; visitors are asked to head for the exit |
The museum publishes no summer or winter timetable. A 5.30 p.m. entry leaves one hour, which is tight once you have climbed the 126 steps to the second floor, so treat 4 p.m. as the latest sensible arrival for the main rooms. If you want the museum’s €6 audio guide, collect it before 5 p.m.
Closing days and special Monday openings
The Uffizi is closed every Monday, on 1 January and on 25 December. In 2026 Christmas Day falls on a Friday, as does 1 January 2027. Two Mondays opened as exceptions in 2026, Easter Monday 6 April and 1 June, both now past, and nothing has been announced for the Mondays around Christmas and New Year. The museum’s own advice is to check its notices page before you travel to confirm openings, particularly for Mondays. The Vasari Corridor does not open on special Mondays even when the gallery does. On a Monday, Palazzo Pitti and the Accademia are closed too; the Boboli Gardens close only on the first and last Monday of each month.
Evening openings in 2026
There is no weekly evening opening of the gallery in 2026. The Tuesday evenings until 10 p.m. that older articles describe ran in 2024 and ended that December. Occasional one-off evenings, two so far in 2026, are announced on the museum’s notices page.
The one recurring evening is the Vasari Corridor. Every Friday from 3 July to 20 November 2026 the corridor opens from 7 to 11 p.m., with the last group leaving at 9.50 p.m. The ticket is €20 on the day and €24 booked ahead, booking is compulsory, and it covers the corridor only: you pass through the Uffizi but cannot visit any of its rooms. The walk takes about 35 minutes, meets at the entrance beside the Loggia dei Lanzi ten minutes before the slot, and ends through the Rondò di Bacco gate into Piazza Pitti. There is no cloakroom on Friday evenings, so leave the backpack at the hotel. Nothing is announced for the winter after 20 November. Daytime corridor tickets, which do include the gallery, are on our Vasari Corridor page.
Free days in 2026 and what they are like
The Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens are free on the first Sunday of every month under the Ministry’s Domenica al Museo scheme, and on 25 April and 2 June. On 4 November, a Wednesday in 2026, only the masterpiece rooms of the second floor open free, not the whole museum.
| Date | What is free |
|---|---|
| Sunday 4 October 2026 | Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Boboli Gardens |
| Sunday 1 November 2026 | Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Boboli Gardens |
| Wednesday 4 November 2026 | Second-floor masterpiece rooms of the Uffizi only |
| Sunday 6 December 2026 | Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Boboli Gardens |
First Sundays in early 2027 fall on 3 January, 7 February, 7 March and 4 April; the scheme’s continuation into 2027 has not yet been confirmed.
No reservations and no priority passes are accepted on free days, apart from visitors with disabilities, their companions and pregnant women, so the PassePartout, the annual pass and the Firenze Card all lose their priority entry that day. You receive a free ticket at the door after admission, and you cannot go back out and come in again. The one exception is the Vasari Corridor, which still needs an online reservation on free Sundays, at no cost, while slots last.
Expect a line. Visitors report 45 to 90 minutes if they arrive for the 8.15 a.m. opening and two to four hours by mid-morning in peak season, and reported turnout on recent free Sundays has passed 10,000 people in a day. For a first visit I would pay the €25 and go on the Saturday, or arrive before 8 a.m. on the Sunday and treat the wait as part of the morning.
Tickets, the afternoon discount and when to book
Standard entry costs €25 at the ticket office on the day and €29 booked before the day; the €4 is the museum’s advance-booking surcharge. From 4 p.m. the afternoon ticket costs €16 on the day or €20 in advance and leaves two and a half hours before the exit call, which covers the museum’s own “Fast” route of 1½ to 2 hours around the second floor. The 2025 early-bird ticket has been withdrawn and replaced by this afternoon discount. EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay €2, and under-18s of any nationality enter free with ID. Every ticket has been nominal since 13 October 2025: names go on at booking and are checked against ID at the door.
Reseller tickets bundle the €29 entry with a slot and an audio guide or a live guide. The Uffizi Gallery Reserved Entry Ticket & Audioguide ($49, 4.4 from 2,014 reviews) comes with an audio-guide app and staff at a meeting point on Via dei Gondi who hand over the tickets; cancellation is free up to 24 hours before. If you would like a person instead of an app, the Renaissance Masterpieces Guided Tour ($84, 4.6 from more than 6,000 reviews) is a 1½-hour guided visit with earpieces and a luggage deposit at the operator’s office. More options are on our tickets page and guided tours page.
Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens hours
Palazzo Pitti keeps the Uffizi’s timetable: 8.15 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday, last admission an hour before closing, closed Mondays, 1 January and 25 December. Tickets are €16 on the day and €19 in advance.
The Boboli Gardens open at 8.15 a.m. every day except the first and last Monday of the month and close with the daylight: 4.30 p.m. from November to February, 5.30 p.m. in March and October while standard time applies, 6.30 p.m. in the daylight-saving weeks of spring and autumn, and 7.10 p.m. from June to August. A garden ticket is €10 (€13 in advance), and a combined Pitti and Boboli ticket €22 (€25). The PassePartout 5 Days, at €40, covers all three sites over five consecutive days, with the Uffizi visited first at a booked time and the other two needing no reservation; the validity stretches to a sixth day if a Monday, 25 December or 1 January falls inside it.
Frequently asked questions
What are the Uffizi Gallery’s opening hours?
The Uffizi is open Tuesday to Sunday from 8.15 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., all year round, with no seasonal timetable. The ticket office closes and last admission is at 5.30 p.m., and at 6.30 p.m. visitors are asked to make their way to the exit.
Is the Uffizi open on Mondays?
No. The Uffizi is closed every Monday, and also on 1 January and 25 December. The museum occasionally opens on a holiday Monday, as it did on 6 April and 1 June 2026, and announces these on its notices page, which is the place to check.
When is the Uffizi free?
Entry is free on the first Sunday of every month, and on 25 April and 2 June. On 4 November only the second-floor masterpiece rooms open free. The remaining 2026 dates are 4 October, 1 November and 6 December, and no reservations are taken on any of them.
Can I book a ticket for the free Sunday?
No. On free days the museum takes no reservations and honors no priority passes, apart from visitors with disabilities, their companions and pregnant women. Everyone joins the same line, and visitors report waits from 45 minutes at opening to several hours by mid-morning in busy months.
Is the Uffizi open in the evening?
Not on a regular basis in 2026. The weekly Tuesday evening openings ended in December 2024. The Vasari Corridor opens on Friday evenings from 7 to 11 p.m. until 20 November 2026, but that €20 ticket covers the corridor only and does not allow a visit to the gallery rooms.
What is the last entry time at the Uffizi?
Last admission is 5.30 p.m., when the ticket office closes, which leaves one hour before the 6.30 p.m. exit call. For a visit without hurry, aim to be inside by 4 p.m.; the €16 afternoon ticket starts then and gives two and a half hours, enough for the second floor.
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