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London & Florence: Arts in Context

London, England & Florence, Italy

Field trips in Florence

Many classes are held on-site to take advantage of Florence's magnificent museums, palaces and churches. Below is a sample from recent years.

Museums:

  • Galeria degli Uffizi
  • Fra Angelico Museum
  • Bargello Sculpture Museum
  • Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
  • Vatican Museum in Rome

Sites:

  • Pitti Palace
  • Ponte Vecchio
  • Palazzo Vecchio
  • Strozzi Palace
  • Il Duomo
  • Santa Maria Novella

Activities in Florence:

The program offers students extra-curricular opportunities to learn more about Florence and Italian life. Out-of-class activities in Florence vary from year to year, depending on the interests of the program participants and visiting professor. Excursions in recent years have included the opera, wine tastings, professional soccer games, and tours of glass-blowing factories in Murano.

Trips to Rome and other cities:

The program always includes a trip to Rome and Venice. Other cities on the itinerary vary.

London & Florence: Arts in Context

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Sarah Brown There are so many magnificent things to encounter on the ACM London & Florence program. If asked to sum up my experience abroad in one sentence, I might hem and haw a bit trying to decide whether to talk about flipping coins into the fountain in Rome or socializing with the scruffy pony in a field on the side of the road in Stratford, the historic awe that is Florence's church of San Miniato or the puzzle piece wonder of London. I think I would finally say, however, that the most defining moments of going abroad were the moments I have been able to bring home with me. As the Italians say, "Ho capito que… non capisco, ma e’ va bene." ("I understood that I don’t understand, but that it is OK.") Since I have gotten home, I have come to realize that along with the plethora of academic knowledge imparted to us, the London & Florence program gave me the opportunity and security I needed to be truly alone with myself and to learn how to trust myself again. I re-discovered the wonder of my life and found new curiosity in the world.

—Sarah Brown, London & Florence, Spring 2008

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