Museo Galileo
The Museo Galileo is a history of science museum in Florence , Italy .
The museum got its name after the reopening of the Institute and Museum for the History of Science ( IMSS , Italian: Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza ) on June 11, 2010.
Since it was founded in 1927, the institute has dedicated itself to the collection , cataloging and restoration of ancient tools and instruments of historical and scientific importance.
history
The IMSS was founded by the University of Florence , which made available to the newly founded institute its inventory of scientific instruments, which originally came from the collections of the Medici family and the Dukes of Lorraine .
When it was founded, many initiatives were launched with the aim of preserving Italy's scientific and cultural heritage . With the help of the “ Gruppo per la Tutela del Patrimonio Scientifico ” in Florence, founded in 1923, the IMSS organized a first exhibition on the history of science in 1929.
The first exhibition rooms on the first floor of Palazzo Castellani , which at that time also had to be shared with other exhibitors, were ceremoniously inaugurated in 1930.
The first president was the politician and entrepreneur Piero Ginori Conti (1865-1939). The founding document of the museum was written by the science historian Andrea Corsini (1875–1961), who remained director until his death. His successor, Maria Luisa Righini-Bonelli (1917–1981), initiated a development that over two decades transformed the IMSS into a modern museum and research center that was used by both Italians and foreign scholars.
After the devastating flood of 1966, the exhibition was moved to the second floor of the building, where the instruments that could be rescued and restored thanks to the collaboration of Italian and foreign specialists are on display again.
In the 1980s, the IMSS began a development program that not only worked out a new exhibition concept based on current studies, but also led to a remarkable expansion of the library, with large investments in new information and communication technologies.
The main focus was on usefully opening up the sources for studies of the history of science, especially with regard to figures like Galileo Galilei and the Galilean School. For the past twenty years the IMSS has published biannual publications on the history of science ( Nuncius. Annali di Storia della Scienza ).
Web links
- Homepage of the museum
- piccoligrandimusei.it (English)
Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′ 3.9 " N , 11 ° 15 ′ 21.4" E