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Meet Galileo
In this section you will find numerous information on the life and works of Galileo. To further deepen the history of man and scientist, we recommend that you also consult the Galileo Portal, where you will also find the contents here presented.
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Museum activities for schools
Education Department Staff
The Education Working Group at Museo Galileo includes Maria Cecilia Foianesi, Carmen Gagliardi, Karen Giacobassi, Andrea Gori (Education Coordinator) and Ilenia Ulivi. The Department is also supported by the operators Sergio Battaglia, Stella Battaglia, Antonio Branchi, Elena Diacciati, and Stefano Lecci. Collaborators of the Education Department include two associations: Tethys and L'immaginario.
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Museum activities for the general public
Visits
Visitors can book visits and educational activities conducted by an operator.
Inclusive Education
Special activities can be organized for public with specific needs.
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The Figures of Science and the Museum Guide: comic books
Library
Historical archive
The library holdings include collections of manuscript resources that are significant both for the history of science in general and for that of Florence in particular. The description of the collections is nearing completion.
The database Archive also includes historical photos.
Collections and documents related to the history of science, stored in other libraries and archives, are also searchable and in most cases offered in digital format. Noteworthy is the Galileian collection of the National central library of Florence and the Galileian documents housed at the State archive of Florence.
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Iconographic archive
The iconographic archive constists of a wide collection of historical and recent photographs, prints and drawings, medals.
Plenty of materials are available in digital version: the most of them are freely accessible in internet, some others have internal access only.
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Projects
Virtual exhibitions
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Special projects
The descriptions of more projects are available in Italian
Science and Music
The idea of harmony was a key concept of Western philosophy and involved cosmological, socio-political, and medical-physiological issues.
The prolific relationship between science and music permeated the studies of many philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers, and theologians that marked the beginning of modern science, such as Kepler, Mersenne, Galileo, Descartes, Kircher, and Newton. The idea of music, which embraced both the science of sounds and research on the concept of harmony (i.e. discordia concors), played a pivotal role in the macrocosm-microcosm correspondence, in astronomical and astrological topics, in the analysis of cosmological models, in metaphysical and theological discussions, as well as in the debates arose around different forms of musical temperaments, the birth of acoustics, the design of sonorous machines, and the survey on natural phenomena.
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