Collections and services

News

Crinò donation

2021-05-10:

Publications belonging to the personal library of Sebastiano Crinò have been received as donation.

Cultural workshops - Science in the archives

2021-02-26:

Thanks to the financial contribution of the Fondazione CR Firenze a project of preservation and digitization of archival materials has been carried out.

Leoncini donation: monographs

2020-06-03:

The monographs belonging to Leone Leoncini's personal library have been catalogued.

Archive of the Institute and Museum of the history of science

2020-01-21:

The documents created during the direction of Andrea Corsini (1927-1961) have been described.

Restored ancient books

2019-09-06:

Thanks to a cultural donation ("Art bonus") two 18th century scientific works have been restored.

Portal Archives of science

2019-08-05:

The Museo Galileo library maintains the section "Bibliographic resources"

Recent acquisitions

Subscribe to our newsletter

External databases

Research library specialized in the history of science and technology, the Library of the Museo Galileo aims to support historical studies on the various scientific disciplines, on technology and medicine from the ancient world up to the first half of the twentieth century.

Explore the collections

Google cultural institute

Related Resources (PDF)

The library houses about 170,000 works concerning the history of science. The antique book collection, consisting of nearly 5,000 works, is supplemented by several 19th-20th century collections as well as a contemporary collection which has an annual growth of hundreds of new acquisitions.