Medici Chapel Florence tickets: prices, hours and New Sacristy

Medici Chapel Florence tickets give you access to the state museum behind the basilica of San Lorenzo: the official fare is €11, it is open 8:15–18:50 Tuesday to Sunday, and its highlight is Michelangelo’s New Sacristy. Here you will find prices, opening hours, combined tickets and the strict rules for the €32 Secret Room.

Medici Chapel Florence tickets: prices, Secret Room and online

The museum is run by GAMB (Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze e Musei del Bargello). The official sales channel is B-Ticket, with the Opera Laboratori call centre on +39 055 294883.

Under 18s go free. The optional booking fee is shown as €3 on the ticket pages and €4 on the museum pages and for the 72-hour combo; the exact amount appears at checkout.

Online, prices start from about €17.75 (reserved entry) and reach €19 for the main Tiqets ticket; third-party guided tours cost roughly €50–€80. The queue here is usually short, so you are paying for convenience and a guaranteed time, not to escape Accademia-style queues.

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Entry is free on the state-museum free days: the first Sunday of the month, 25 April, 2 June and 4 November, and for women on 8 March. On those days there is no booking and priority access is suspended. Other free categories include visitors with disabilities and a companion, EU-licensed guides, teachers and students of art faculties, ICOM members and accredited journalists — always with ID.

Opening hours and special openings

Standard hours are Tuesday–Sunday 8:15–18:50, with last entry 40 minutes before closing. The museum is closed on Mondays, except for special openings announced by GAMB, such as summer evening openings and Tuscany Day in late November, together with the other museums in the group. Check bargellomusei.it before planning a Monday visit.

Groups of up to 20 plus one leader can enter without booking; school groups (up to 25 plus one) must book, with two morning and two afternoon slots a day.

What to see in 45–60 minutes

Three spaces, one ticket:

1. Crypt — burials and the start of the Medici funerary route.
2. Chapel of the Princes — the grand dukes’ mausoleum in marble and inlaid semi-precious stones; its dome is also visible from outside.
3. New Sacristy — designed and sculpted by Michelangelo: the tombs of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino, and Giuliano, Duke of Nemours, with the allegories of Dawn, Dusk, Day and Night.

Do not confuse the museum with the basilica: San Lorenzo and the Laurentian Library have separate entrances and tickets. The museum entrance is at Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini 6.

Michelangelo’s Secret Room

Tickets cost €32 full (€20 for the room + €9 museum + €3 booking) and €7 reduced (€2 + €2 + €3). Booking is mandatory. A maximum of 4 people per slot can visit, for 15 minutes. Access is down a narrow staircase of 12 steps, so it is not accessible to visitors with reduced mobility; it is not allowed for under 10s or unaccompanied minors, and not recommended for people with heart conditions, claustrophobia or in late pregnancy. It is worth it if you have already seen the Sacristy and want to see the charcoal drawings — not a casual last-minute extra. Book it only once your museum day is fixed; if slots are sold out, the Chapels visit is still complete without it.

Free themed tours

Included in the ticket, in Italian, with no booking: groups form at the entrance (max 10 people) for a 60-minute tour on Fridays and Sundays at 11:00 and 12:00, and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 16:00 and 17:00. They are suspended on free-entry days. If you join one, allow about ninety minutes in total.

GAMB rules (same as the Accademia and Bargello)

• No bags, backpacks or helmets larger than 40×30×18 cm; no selfie sticks, non-folding umbrellas, trekking poles, drones or weapons.
• Water only in small closed containers; no eating or drinking in the rooms.
• Personal photos without flash or tripod.
• No swimwear or bare chests.
• Cloakroom: lockers that take a €1 coin, which is returned.
• No on-site parking. If you have a suitcase, go to luggage storage first.

Under GAMB ticket conditions, tickets are named and generally cannot be refunded or changed, except when the museum has to close for exceptional reasons.

Combos, Firenze Card and itinerary

The Accademia (€20), Bargello (€12) and Chapels (€11) add up to €43; the 72-hour combo at €38 also covers Palazzo Davanzati and Orsanmichele. Casa Martelli does not count while it is closed for works. The 48-hour Accademia + Bargello combo at €26 does not include the Chapels, so it is not enough if Michelangelo at San Lorenzo is your focus.

The Firenze Card (€85) includes the Chapels, but is only worthwhile if you visit many other museums in 72 hours; for GAMB sculpture alone, the combo is cheaper. For commercial combos, see the combos page and the box above. Tiqets also sells an Accademia + Chapels combo, which makes sense if you are not interested in the Bargello and the other venues on the official €38 ticket — but always compare it with the official prices plus booking fees.

A typical itinerary: the Accademia (David) in the morning, then the Chapels or the Bargello in the afternoon. San Lorenzo is a ten-minute walk from the Accademia and close to Santa Maria Novella station — convenient on arrival or departure, less so if you have already crossed half the city with a suitcase.

Michelangelo in the city: where to find him

For Michelangelo, the Medici Chapels show his funerary sculpture and architecture, the Accademia has the monumental David, and the Bargello holds early works (Bacchus, the Pitti Tondo, Brutus). The Accademia and the Chapels on the same day is manageable; adding the Uffizi usually is not. With the GAMB 72-hour combo, spread the Accademia, Bargello, Chapels and Davanzati over two or three half-days rather than rushing.

Entry ticket or guided tour?

A simple entry ticket (€11 official, about €18–€19 online) is enough if you know what you want to see in the New Sacristy and prefer to take it at your own pace. A guided tour (around €50–€80 from third-party operators) is worth it on a first visit to Florence, if you want the story of the Medici, the inlaid stonework and the sculpture without reading every caption. The free GAMB themed tour is ideal if you speak Italian and can make the 11:00/12:00 or 16:00/17:00 slots — no extra cost, maximum ten people. Do not confuse the Medici Chapels with the “Museo de’ Medici”, a different venue with its own ticket.

Before you go

Bring ID for reduced or free entry and remember the Monday closure. For the Secret Room, book several days ahead: places are very limited. Your ticket does not include San Lorenzo basilica. The Sacristy and the Chapel of the Princes are accessible within the limits of the historic building; the Secret Room is not.

Bring a €1 coin for the lockers (you get it back), and leave large backpacks and suitcases at luggage storage in town: the 40×30×18 cm limit is checked. If you arrive from the station with luggage, do not expect to pop in “for a minute” with your suitcase.

How long to allow and when to go

A full self-guided visit takes 45–60 minutes; with a free themed tour, 90 minutes; with the Secret Room, add waiting time plus 15 minutes inside. It is not a fifteen-minute stop between trains: with security, lockers and three spaces to see, allow at least three-quarters of an hour.

The best times are opening (8:15) or late afternoon after 16:00 on days without a busy themed tour. Avoid arriving at 18:00: last entry is 18:10 and your visit will be rushed.

How to get there

Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini is behind the San Lorenzo complex, on the opposite side from the basilica’s unfinished façade. It is a few minutes’ walk from Santa Maria Novella station and about ten minutes from Piazza del Duomo. Follow the signs for “Cappelle Medicee”, not the church entrance.

Nearby: the outdoor San Lorenzo market, the Accademia, and Palazzo Medici Riccardi (run separately, with its own booking for the Chapel of the Magi). For more sculpture, the Bargello is towards Piazza della Signoria.

Mistakes not to make

• Buying a “San Lorenzo” ticket expecting to see Michelangelo’s work in the Chapels.
• Skipping the GAMB combo when the Accademia and Bargello are already on your list.
• Booking the Secret Room with children under 10.
• Turning up on a Monday without checking for special openings.
• Buying the Firenze Card without checking whether you need it beyond these three museums.

In short: Medici Chapel Florence tickets

€11 for genuine Michelangelo, open 8:15–18:50, with short queues and a GAMB combo that pays off if you add the Accademia and Bargello. Take the €32 Secret Room only if 15 minutes, 4 people and 12 steps suit you. Check dates and availability in the booking box above; if an online price does not match the €11 / €32 official fares, check bargellomusei.it or write to travel@alltours.florence.it before you pay.