Mid-August in state museums: the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence among the most visited
Gallery of the Academy of Florence
FLORENCE – According to the bulletin recently published by Ministry of Tourism together with Enit, the National Tourism Agency, with the data collected by The Data Appeal Studio, platform that analyzes and compares the contents available online, the Gallery of the Academy of Florence it turned out to be together with the Royal Palace of Caserta, one of the most interesting places among the Italian state museums, in week of August (7-15 August).
The Gallery, in fact, in the week of August, has kept quite a high number of visitors with one daily average of over 6000 entries and a peak of over 7000 on 7 August. As far as the type of public is concerned, it is mainly tourism Foreign rather than national, there was also a low turnout of organized groups in favor of groups of friends, couples and families, with a very young age group.
“The Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence – says director Cecilie Hollberg – it is a popular destination for tourists, and we know this. The public, both Italian and foreign, is attracted to Michelangelo’s David but we were able to find with pleasure how, today, at the end of the visit, he expresses his appreciation for all the collections kept in the museum. Our commitment in recent years to enhance all the works on display, with a new layout that allows different interpretations, with modern captions, with all the offer on the online Academy with in-depth videos of the individual sections, together with teaching, has been finally approved and rewarded by the enthusiastic comments of our visitors also on social networks. “
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