The Gipsoteca Bartolini (Hall of Models) is a unique space where the museum’s origins as a teaching gallery are on display. The Accademia Gallery was first created for students of the art academy nextdoor to study the works of great artists.

One of these greats was the 19th-century sculptor and academy professor Lorenzo Bartolini. The Gipsoteca, a loose recreation of his studio, holds a collection of more than 250 plaster models of Bartolini’s sculptures, as well as those of his protégé, Pampaloni.