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Opera del Duomo Museum: where the originals live

If the square shows copies, the originals are here. Gates of Paradise, Michelangelo’s Bandini Pietà, Donatello’s wooden Magdalene, cantorie by Donatello and della Robbia. Ninety minutes, three floors, lifts available.

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Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise, original in the Opera del Duomo Museum

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Quick summary
Price from	€15
Hours	8:30–19:00
Booking	No
Time	≈ 90 min

The Museo dell’Opera del Duomo is the under-served title in the cluster: high search volume, weak SERP. Piazza Duomo 9, 28 rooms. This is where you learn why the 19th-century façade is a rebuild and where Arnolfo’s statues went.

Ticket comparison

Every pass includes it. There is no museum-only upsell. Tours at €19–55 add a guide, not an extra monument versus Ghiberti.

Timing is everything

8:30 opening: empty rooms. First Tuesday: closed — shift the pass to Wednesday.

The insider entry

Number 9, not the cathedral. Cloakroom 38/r next door.

How to save

Ghiberti at €15 beats a museum tour if you do not need a live guide. ICOM: desk.

How to get there

East side of the square, ten minutes from SMN.

Official hours and pass prices: Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, tickets.duomo.firenze.it. Partner (Tiqets) prices as of August 2026; they change.

FAQ

No. You need a pass or a tour that includes it.

Free OperaGuide, IT/EN, inside the museum.

First Tuesday of the month, plus 25 Dec, 1 Jan, Easter Sunday.

Museum free at the desk, museum only.

Yes — Michelangelo, meant for his own tomb, later in the Duomo, now in the museum.

90 minutes, Opera’s own figure.