Temporary exhibitions
1998
The exhibition shows twenty-five precious clocks. Most of them are pocket watches made by prestigious European clockmakers between the late 16th and 19th centuries.
1998
A striking voyage to discover the senses of animals and compare them with human sensory experience.
1997
Significant instruments acquired by the Museo di Storia della Scienza in the latest years are displayed for the first time ever together with recently restored devices.
1996
The technological development of two-wheel vehicles – from early 18th-century foot-powered velocipedes to modern bicycles dating from the 1920s and 1930s.
1995
The close relationship between Italian and Swedish scientists from the Renaissance onward.
1995
The machines and technical devices designed by Leonardo da Vinci, Filippo Brunelleschi and the Sienese engineers in the Renaissance.
1995
The exhibition gives scientifically correct answers to some crucial questions on drug addiction and drug action upon the central nervous system.
1994
The working model of the planetary clock that Lorenzo della Volpaia designed in 1510, which has been faithfully recreated from his workshop notebooks.
1994
A hands-on exhibition aiming to promote understanding of the scientific principles that regulate everyday life.