First Medici Museum to Open in Florence's Villa Medicea di Careggi

A new museum dedicated to the Medici family is planned for the Villa Medicea di Careggi on the outskirts of Florence. The villa, a 15th-century country residence of Cosimo de' Medici and Lorenzo the Magnificent, was the birthplace of the Neoplatonic Academy in 1459. After years of abandonment and a 2008 relocation of hospital offices, the Tuscan Region has approved a motion by Fratelli d'Italia to collaborate with the Uffizi Galleries and the Ministry of Culture on the project. The museum would be the first worldwide focused on the Medici dynasty, part of a broader "Uffizi diffusi" plan announced by Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano to expand the Uffizi's reach. The villa's restoration, costing €9 million by 2026 (with €2 million in the first phase ending November 2023), is underway. Contents of the museum are yet to be determined. The initiative also considers the Villa dell'Ambrogiana in Montelupo as another potential site.