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Eike Schmidt. Courtesy Uffizi Galleries. Florence’s Uffizi Gallery is looking to share its wealth. The museum is launching a new program called “Uffizi Diffusi”—Italian for “scattered Uffizi”—to exhibit works from its renowned collection of Renaissance masterpieces at as many as 100 sites across the greater Tuscany region. “Art can’t survive on big galleries alone,” director Eike Schmidt told CNN Travel. “We need multiple exhibition spaces all over the region—especiall...

Artworks stored at the Uffizi Gallery -- one of the most popular museums in the world -- will be put on show throughout the surrounding area of Tuscany, turning Italys most famous region into one big scattered museum.

Italys most beloved art is on the move — quite literally. Florences Uffizi Gallery — home to works like Michelangelos "Holy Family," Raphaels "Madonna of the Goldfinch," and Botticellis "The Birth of Venus" — often hosted as many as 12,000 visitors a day during its busiest periods before the pandemic. But now, the gallery has come up with a way to prevent the return of overtourism by spreading its artwork across all of Tuscany, The plan, called Uffizi Duffusi, which means "scattered Uffi...

Why This Italian Art Museum Is Spreading Its Collection Around Tuscany © Provided by Travel + Leisure Roberto Serra/Iguana Press via Getty Italys most beloved art is on the move — quite literally. Florences Uffizi Gallery — home to works like Michelangelos "Holy Family," Raphaels "Madonna of the Goldfinch," and Botticellis "The Birth of Venus" — often hosted as many as 12,000 visitors a day during its busiest periods before the pandemic. But now, the gallery has come up with a way to p...