Uffizi Galleries Reopens Restored Stanzino delle Matematiche Following Two-Month Renovation
The Uffizi Galleries has reopened the Stanzino delle Matematiche after restoration of its floor, walls and bronzes in the niches, along with installation of a new lighting system. The intimate space beside Buontalenti’s Tribune, originally created to house scientific instruments, maps and models for Grand Duke Ferdinando I de’ Medici, had served primarily as an antechamber after the Tribune’s 2012 restoration closed public access. The project forms part of the museum’s broader effort to reassemble phases of its transformation from a dynastic Medici collection into a modern painting gallery.
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The reopening restores public access to a space that illustrates the Uffizi’s foundational role in European museum history and its links to the Terrace of the Map Room and Palazzo Vecchio’s Hall of Geographical Maps. By reconnecting the room with natural light and highlighting its 16th- and 18th-century functions, the Galleries underscores the continuity between Medici scientific patronage and later antiquarian display practices.
- People: Simone Verde, Ferdinando I de' Medici, Cosimo I de' Medici, Giulio Parigi, Luigi Lanzi
- Museums: Uffizi Galleries
- Locations: Florence
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