Museo Galileo: www.museogalileo.it/en/

Since its foundation, the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza has been housed in the
11th-century Palazzo Castellani. In 2010, after complete renovation works and the redesigning of its permanent exhibition, it took the new name of Museo Galileo.

The museum precious collections rank among the most important in the whole world and consist of ancient scientific instruments that were collected by the Medici and Lorraine dynasties in the course of about four centuries. The over 1.000 items on permanent display include all Galileo’s unique artifacts, among which are the only two extant telescopes of the many that he built.

The Museo Galileo is also an institute for advanced research and documentation in the history of science and technology. It places the vast resources of its library at the disposal of scholars from across the world. A rich collection of digitized books is accessible on the museum website, which also offers a number of resources for historical scientific research, available both in Italian and English. The museum publishes specialized monographs and two journals with international circulation, i.e. Nuncius and Galilæana.

It partners with prestigious international institutions on innovative research projects and organizes conferences on scientific museology and the history of science and technology as well as temporary exhibitions on the history of science and the interactions of science and technology with the arts.