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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
  • The Museo di Storia della Scienza from 1945 to 1961
  • The ideal Museum: projects never implemented
  • The dawn of a new age: 1962-1965
  • The Flood of 1966
  • The History of Science at the Museum: 1967-1981
  • Toward the Museo Galileo: 1982-2010
Museo Galileo: 1930-2010 : The Flood of 1966 : Image Gallery

Image Gallery

- Palazzo Castellani during the flood - Ponte Vecchio and Lungarno degli Archibusieri during the flood - Map of the highest levels reached by the Arno in the vicinity of the Museum - Palazzo Castellani a few days after the flood - Wedgwood’s retorts and other chemistry apparatus flung by the force of the water and mud against the window on the ground floor of Palazzo Castellani - Ponte Vecchio seen from the Museum a few days after the flood - - - The medical instruments room (with the cases of surgical instruments) before the flood - Maria Luisa Righini Bonelli in the medical instruments room (with the cases of surgical instruments) after the flood - - - The electrical instruments room before the flood - The electrical instruments room after the flood - The electrical instruments room after the flood - Alberto Ulvelli (at right) and Andrea Rabbi engaged in restoring instruments damaged by the flood - Emblem of the “Accademia degli Infangati” founded after the flood by Maria Luisa Righini Bonelli to commemorate the work of volunteers

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