Florence's Museo Galileo, founded on May 7, 1925, as the Institute of the History of Science, is 100 years old this year, and several initiatives are planned to mark the centennial. We took the ...

Of note also is Ten Stories for a Museum that will be published by Edizioni Museo Galileo, featuring texts by ten nationally renowned writers, inspired by the museum’s collections: Valerio Aiolli, ...

There’s also a stop at Museo Galileo for educational hands-on science exhibits, as well as gelato tasting and meetings with local artisans. Being a renovated historic property, rather than a new ...

Before lunch, visit the Bargello, filled with the finest sculptures, paintings and decorative arts, and perhaps the excellent Museo Galileo, devoted to the history of science and too often overlooked.

Museo Sívori is another small museum that gets good reviews ... Or you can pass by in the evenings to see it spectacularly lit up. Planetario Galileo Galilei is very popular with local families and ...

The Museo Galileo celebrates a century since its founding. A packed schedule of events will kick off April 15, 2025, with a lecture by Martin Kemp, an exhibition on scientific treasures, and the ...

The famed science museum, in collaboration with other institutions is creating an archive of seismological and meteorological events. The scientific documents, including seismic and meteorological ...

A 3D digital exploration of the room has been created by Museo Galileo. The Sala della Guardaroba, commonly known as the Sala delle Carte Geografiche, was inaugurated on November 27 with the room ...

Today, visitors come to Museo di San Marco to see the frescoes ... Many famous names, including Michelangelo and Galileo, now rest in the Basilica di Santa Croce, also known as the “Pantheon ...

her visit to the Museo Galileo and, in particular, a painting she finds there labeled “Optical trick.” No wonders are more revealing, perhaps, than the moments between Galileo and Maria Celeste whom ...

Digital collaborations include the Darwin Online project of Cambridge University; the Galileo//Thek@ digital library of the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy; and Edition Open Sources with the Max ...

Model with spring drive of Leonardo da Vinci. Some erroneously saw this as the precursor of today’s cars. Credit: Museo Galileo, Florence. Figure 2. The mechanical knight. The model of the medieval ...