Museo Galileo, Science and technology museum in Florence, Italy
Museo Galileo is a science museum in Palazzo Castellani near the Uffizi in Florence, Italy. The rooms of the palace show instruments from several centuries, including telescopes, compasses, clocks, and anatomical models.
The museum opened its doors in 1927 and preserves collections that once belonged to the Medici and later to the House of Lorraine. The name changed in 2010 in honor of Galileo Galilei, the city's most famous scientist.
The collection shows tools from the time when Florence was a center for scientific research and scholars found new ways to understand nature. Visitors today see objects that explain how people back then observed the stars, measured distances, and made medical progress.
The entrance is near Ponte Vecchio and is accessible by wheelchair. The exhibition rooms spread across two floors, and audio guides help to understand the objects.
One room displays the middle finger of Galileo, which was removed when his body was moved to the Basilica of Santa Croce in 1737. The fragment remained in private hands for centuries before it came to the museum.
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