Born in florence in 1953, Monica Bietti graduated in art history with Mina Gregori. She has been Scholarship holder of the Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell'Arte Roberto Longhi (1979) and Director of the Museo Civico di Modena in 1982-'83. Since 1983, he has been in a tenure position at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, with his appointment in 1986 as Coordinating Director of Art History; he has worked in the Soprintendenza ai Beni Artistici in Bologna and then in Florene.

Since 2000 she has directed the Casa Martelli Museum and the Cenacolo di Ognissanti Museum. In 2004 she was appointed Director of the Medici Chapels Museum.

She did numerous exhibitions and demonstrations both with regard to restoration and other art-historical cultural aspects relevant to their specific tasks and studies, always paying close attention to communication aspects and contacts with foreign countries.