The original Gates of Paradise, restored and behind glass. Donatello's gaunt wooden Magdalene. Michelangelo's late, unfinished Pietà, which he attacked with a hammer. The original facade sculpture from the medieval front that was pulled down in 1587.
The museum also holds the models, tools and machinery of the dome's construction, which is the part most visitors skip and the part that explains the building.
It is the newest and best-designed museum in the complex, and it is included on the same passes as the rest of it.
⭐ Reliably the emptiest room in the Duomo complex, and the one that makes the dome make sense.
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in pictures
