Temporary exhibitions
2003
Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman instruments are evidence of the long journey of mankind towards precise measurements of dimensions and time.
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External related resources
2002
Surgical instruments and treatises illustrate the development of surgery from the second half of the 18th century until it was finally acknowledged as an independent discipline in the 19th century.
2002
The crucial role of Tuscany for scientific research and technological innovation in agricultural sciences during the 18th and 19th centuries.
2002
Galileo's celestial discoveries and the development of the telescope.
2001
The Tuscan artist's contributions to the development of perspective in figurative arts (in Italian onlystrong>).
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External related resources
2001
The exhibition features the Medici and Lorraine collection of musical instruments housed in the Galleria dell’Accademia together with scientific apparatus.
2001
A newly designed exhibition of the Accademia del Cimento’s glassware highlights the relationship of these splendid artefacts with scientific experiences made by the Academicians.
2001
The history of the first scientific society in Europe (in Italian only).
2000
The exhibition features four wonderful “theories of the planets,” that is armillary spheres showing the planetary motion usually housed at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence.