In 1988 the former church of San Pancrazio, located between the Palazzo Strozzi and the church of Santa Maria Novella, was converted into a museum devoted to the work of Marino Marini (1901-1980), the most famous Italian sculptor of the twentieth century. The church was founded in the ninth century and served as a Benedictine convent in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It later became home to the Vallombrosan order which commissioned renovations by Leon Battista Alberti in 1461-7. San Pancrazio was also the parish church of the wealthy merchant Giovanni Rucellai whose tomb by Alberti is located inside the church. In 1808, during the Napoleonic era, the church was deconsecrated, and thereafter was used for a variety of purposes.
The museum contains 179 works Marini: statues, paintings and drawings donated by the artist and his wife at various times.
The crypt of the church can be rented for exhibitions, concerts and meetings.

Piazza S. Pancrazio. Tel. 219432
Open: 10-13, 15-18 (summer 16-19). Closed Tuesdays.