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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.
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 18 – October 18, 2026
The exhibition is dedicated to a highly original work: a calligram that exploits the properties of the microscope to allow the reading of a text nearly invisible and illegible to the naked eye. The script composes a Madonna and Child derived from a painting by Pietro da Cortona now in the Louvre, Saint Martina with the Virgin and Child (1643). The author is Francesco Ignazio Muligino, a calligrapher active between France and Italy at the end of the 17th century, who mastered the use of optical science in support of his art.
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