Each year the Uffizi museum, with the support of the Friends of the Uffizi Association, celebrates the holiday season with an exhibition of master works from their collections in storage - the "Mai Visti" or "Never Seen."

This year's gift to visitors and Florentines is the Uffizi's never-before-seen collection, the largest in the Western world, of Russian icons, now on display in the Sala delle Reali Poste on the ground floor, just across the square from the main entrance.   

The show will be on view until February 1, 2015 from 10 am - 5 pm, closed Monday; no admission is charged.  Free guided tours will be available in English on January 4 and 6 at 3 pm; and in Italian on the same days every 20 minutes from 2 to 4 pm.   A minimum 5 euro donation is requested, which will go towards the funding of a restoration of a work at the Uffizi.  To reserve a tour, contact regalatiunrestauro@mercurio-italy.org.