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The instrument collections of the Museo Galileo in Florence are among the most important in the world. These collections preserve an eloquent testimony to the promotion of scientific research carried out, first, by the members of the Medici dynasty, then by the Grand Dukes of Lorraine.

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SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Galileo at the museum

A look at the life of the Pisan scientist and his precious instruments and memorabilia preserved in the museum that bears his name.

Temporary exhibition

June 20 – October 19, 2025

One Hundred Years of the History of Science in Florence

The rare editions of volumes on display offer visitors a unique opportunity to admire masterworks usually conserved out of view. A photographic exhibition documents the most important moments in the life of the Institute over these hundred years. The story illustrates how Florence—with its history and heritage of texts and scientific instruments—has proven the ideal birthplace for this institution, which embodies a model practically unprecedented in the panorama of Italian museums.

The cost is included in the entrance ticket

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POMPEII

THE IMMORTAL CITY

13 December 2024 - 27 July 2025

La Sucrière, 49-50 Quai Rambaud
69002 Lyon France

Curator: Giovanni Di Pasquale (Deputy Scientific Director)

News

Issue 12 of Imagines dedicated to the study day “Per verba ad astra”

Issue No. 12 of Imagines, the magazine of the Gallerie degli Uffizi

The Sarton Medal is back to Museo Galileo

The prestigious Sarton Medal awarded in 1979 to Maria Luisa Righini Bonelli, then director of the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, was donated to the Museo Galileo (May 6, 2025).

Call for Papers | International Conference

The Words of Vitruvius: Between Archaeological Findings and Vulgarizations
Fano, Centro Studi Vitruviani, Thursday, October 16th – Friday, October 17th, 2025

Opening of the centenary celebrations of the Istituto di Storia della Scienza (now Museo Galileo)

Yesterday, the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio hosted the opening of the centenary celebrations of the Istituto di Storia della Scienza.

Digital Library: The Institute of the History of Science at the University of Florence at the dawn of the historiography of science

A new digital library has been published online.

Cooperation Agreement Signed

Museo Galileo, Fabbrica Italiana dell’Innovazione, and SPICI: A New Alliance Between Naples and Florence for Promoting the Culture of Innovation

WINTER SCHOOL IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE

Behind the scenes of a museum

Florence, Museo Galileo, 24-28 November 2025

Winter School, organised in collaboration with the Italian Society for the History of Science on the occasion of the centenary of the Institute of the History of Science (now Museo Galileo)

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