Virtual exhibitions
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2024
The website created by Museo Galileo makes it possible to explore the 53 maps painted on the cabinet doors of the Map Room in Palazzo Vecchio as well as Egnazio Danti’s terrestrial globe.
2021
The website, accessible in Italian, English and Chinese, makes it possible to explore Fra Mauro’s Map in detail and to choose the subjects to go into thoroughly: cosmographic data, geographic coordinates, regions, towns, rivers, mounts, seas, inscriptions.
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2021
The website—available in 8 languages—demonstrates Leonardo’s love for books by investigating his creative approach to reading.
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2016
The website makes users able to explore the 1507 Waldseemüller’s map of the world, that contains a wealth of historical, technical, scientific, and geographic data and tells countless fascinating stories.
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2016
This virtual exhibition, which has been specially created for Europeana Collections, tells the story of the never-completed equestrian monument to Francesco Sforza, especially focusing on the complex casting process which was designed by Leonardo.
2015
The First National Exhibition of History of Science held in Florence from May to November, 1929, was under many respects a unique event.
2013
Museo Galileo's Commemorative Coin Collection
The Commemorative Coin Collection conserved at Museo Galileo, which collects medical and scientific medals together with commemorative coins of conventions, academies and events related to the history of medicine.
2011
Science and Politics: The National Conferences of Italian Naturalists An Exhibition Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
A significant selection (only in Italian) of the extraordinary documentary and iconographic collection related to the Conferences of Italian scientists from 1839 to 1875, which is housed in the museum library.
2010
A brief history through images covering the Museo Galileo's different stages of its existence.