Uffizi Medici heiress. The Uffizi is one of the first modern museums. The gallery had been open to visitors by request since the sixteenth century, and in 1765 it was officially opened to the public, formally becoming a museum in 1865. Today, the Uffizi is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Florence and one of the most visited art museums in the world. The building of Uffizi complex was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici so as to accommodate the offices of the Florentine magistrates, hence the name , "offices". The construction was later
Hereford Museum and Art Gallery Hereford Museum and Art Gallery The Hereford Museum and Art Gallery is a local museum in the cathedral city of Hereford, Herefordshire, England. The museum is housed in a Victorian Gothic building. Through the generosity of James Rankin, President of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, it was opened as a free library and museum on 8 October 1874 and has since exhibited artefacts, fine art, and decorative art associated with the local area. There are regular temporary exhibitions of craftwork, paintings, photography, and prints. In 2006, the bicenterary of Joseph Murray Ince was celebrated with an exhibition. The designs of