Travel Reference
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Museo Galileo
SCIENCE MUSEUM
( 055 26 53 11;
www.museogalileo.it
;
Piazza dei Giudici 1; adult/reduced/family €9/5.50/22;
9.30am-5.30pm Wed-Mon, 9.30am-12.30pm Tue)
On the river next to the Uffizi in 12th-century
Palazzo Castellani (look for the sundial telling the time on the pavement outside) is this
state-of-the-art science museum, named after the great Pisa-born scientist who was invited
by the Medici court to Florence in 1610.
A visit will unravel a mesmerising curiosity box of astronomical and mathematical treas-
ures (think telescopes, beautiful painted globes, barometers, watches, clocks and so on) col-
lected by Cosimo I and other Medicis from 1562 and, later, by the Lorraine dynasty. Allow
plenty of time for the interactive area where various hands-on exhibits allow visitors to dis-
cover first-hand how and why some of the historic instruments displayed in the museum
actually work.
