
AMIR HAS CHANGED HIS NAME
Amir – Alliances, Museums, Encounters, and Relationships It is a project launched in September 2018 (the name in Arabic means 'prince') by a network of museums aimed at proposing cultural mediation activities conducted by citizens with a migrant backgroundIt currently involves twenty-five mediators and seventeen museums, collections, villages, churches, and public spaces in Florence and Fiesole. AMIR is a project curated by Utopia Station e Thematic museum network Museums for Everyone and involves the The Museum and Archaeological Area of Fiesole, the Bandini Museum, the Primo Conti Museum, the Palazzo Vecchio Museum, the Novecento Museum, the Santa Maria Novella Complex, the Museo degli Innocenti, and other sites including the Fondazione CR Firenze Art Collection, the Borgo di Quaracchi, the Borgo and Church of Santa Maria a Peretola, the Medici Villa La Petraia, and the Garden of the Medici Villa di Castello, as well as urban walks. The project collaborated with the Regional Directorate of Museums of Tuscany, the University Museum System, the Case della Memoria, the Lucca Archives, the Photo Library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence – Max-Planck-Institut, UniFi SAGAS, the Islamic Community of Florence, the Alinari Foundation for Photography, and Archivi in Rete, with the contribution of The Tuscan Regional Authority e CR Florence Foundation.
HOW DOES IT WORK:
- Free entry
- By reservation only
- The secretariat will confirm your reservation by email, or if the dates/times are full or there are changes, they will contact you to discuss the possibility of choosing other dates and/or routes.
- It is recommended to arrive 15 minutes before the start.
- The starting point for the visits is at the museum ticket offices.
- For information, please contact amirmuseums@gmail.com – +39 328 7084059
- Only for the Palazzo Vecchio Museum and the Novecento Museum, please book by sending an email to didattica@muse.comune.fi.itTel. 055-2616788 (active Monday to Friday 9:30 am - 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm)
A project curated by
Municipality of Fiesole
Municipality of Florence – MUS.E
Institute of the Innocents
Primo Conti Foundation
Utopia StationParticipating museums - Civic Archaeological Museum and Archaeological Area, Fiesole
Bandini Museum, Fiesole
Primo Conti Museum, Fiesole
Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Florence
Museum of the Innocents
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Utopia Station project), Florence
With the contribution of
- The Tuscan Regional Authority
CR Florence Foundation
Also for autumn 2025, a new cycle of visits accompanied by AMIR mediators!
AMIR | Alliances, Museums, Meetings, and Relationships is a program of museum activities that offers free visits to museums, collections, churches, villages, and public spaces in Florence and Fiesole, led by citizens with a migrant background. This is an opportunity to [...]










