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  • Introduction: vita brevis, ars longa
  • The early years: 1922-1927
  • The National History of Science Exhibition held in 1929
  • The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945
  • Illustrious Visitors: 1931-1953
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  • The ideal Museum: projects never implemented
  • The dawn of a new age: 1962-1965
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Museo Galileo: 1930-2010 : The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 : Image Gallery

Image Gallery

The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Palazzo Castellani, seat of the Museo Galileo starting from May 1930, in a photo taken prior to 1934. At its inauguration, the collections were exhibited only on the ground floor. The first-floor rooms were added only in 1933 The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - The Accademia del Cimento’s thermometers and hydrometers, in the original display case coming from Galileo’s Tribune (1841) The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Alessandro Volta’s instruments, displayed after 1933 in a room on the first floor The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Mathematical instruments room on the first floor in a photo taken after 1933 The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Model of wing taken from Leonardo’s studies on flight. Made for the 1929 Exhibition and donated to the Museum in 1930 The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Model of helicopter taken from Leonardo’s drawings. Made for the 1929 Exhibition and donated to the Museum in 1930 The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Meeting, held in the Museum’s conference room, of the Society for the History of the Medical and Natural Sciences (5 October 1941). Andrea Corsini is at the centre The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Meeting, held in the Museum’s conference room, of the Society for the History of the Medical and Natural Sciences (4 October 1942), on the occasion of the commemoration of the fourth centenary of Galileo’s death. Maria Luisa Bonelli is the sixth from the The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Galileo’s thumb and index finger exhibited at the Museum in October 1942, on the occasion of the fourth centenary of his death The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Legs from Galileo’s bed, displayed at the Museum in October 1942, on the occasion of the fourth centenary of his death The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Galileo's telescopes The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - The Accademia del Cimento’s glass instruments The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Eighteenth-century medallion with portrait of Gambattista Beccaria coming from the rich collection of Giovanni Aperlo, donated to the Museum in 1942 The Museo Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze: 1930-1945 - Magnificent portrait of the surgeon Lorenzo Nannoni by Benjamin West, donated to the Museum in 1935

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