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Museo Galileo

Tourist attraction Museum Science museum

Collection of artifacts from the 15th/16th centuries, with scientific instruments & personal items. People often mention museum, time, science, collection,


Address

Piazza dei Giudici, 1, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

Website

www.museogalileo.it

Contact

+39 055 265311

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (7.1K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 9:30 am to 6 pm
  • Saturday: 9:30 am to 6 pm
  • Sunday: 9:30 am to 6 pm
  • Monday: 9:30 am to 6 pm
  • Tuesday: 9:30 am to 1 pm
  • Wednesday: 9:30 am to 6 pm
  • Thursday: 9:30 am to 6 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: museum (15) time (9) science (8) collection (7)
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  • 5/5 Kerron M. 4 months ago on Google • 215 reviews
    FANTASTIC! If you like scientific things this is such a great museum with a fantastic app. It's easy to use and one of the best I've seen! This was a highlight for me personally as I love science gadgets and telescopes and astronomy.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pong L. 2 months ago on Google • 468 reviews New
    This museum is absolutely stunning, I didn’t think I would enjoy it nearly as much as I did. It’s extremely unique, very beautiful, its collection is absolutely amazing. It’s very well preserved and displayed. It’s very educational and informative, it’s a great place to take kids. It’s got lots to see, it’s very historical and technological. I really enjoyed my time here as did the friends I went with. I would definitely recommend visiting this museum when in Florence. I would give this museum 6/5 stars if I could.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Coenraad L. 7 months ago on Google • 161 reviews
    Studying the tools, instrumentation and maps of the 16th century is about a deep a dive as you can take into the past, as a maker. I am not sure how to feel about the finger, but the irony is not lost on the curators who filled 3 rooms with globes and maps... if only the now heretics of the past could get a glimpse of this future, and those rooms of the museums in particular. I also particularly enjoyed the mobile devices (sundials) of which the device you are reading this on, is perhaps version 1000000.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cindy L. 8 months ago on Google • 250 reviews
    A lovely museum that isn't overly crowded. If you like science and inventions this is a fun one for all ages. It's not particularly large but still interesting enough that I think it would be good for the attention span of young curious kids.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Juan J. 4 months ago on Google • 33 reviews
    Totally worth the visit if you are interested in the history of scientific discovery of the last few centuries and what it meant to humankind. Very well organised with digital representations of how things worked.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Kristian W. 5 months ago on Google • 112 reviews
    It is possible that one need to be an engineer to fully appreciate this museum - fortunately, this is true for my entire family. The collection is a mix of beautiful instruments, globes, and physical representations of the textbook exercises in dynamics, and of course, The Finger - which is how we found the museum (through atlas obscura).
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Christopher S. 3 months ago on Google • 40 reviews New
    An incredibly curated tour through the history of some of the most critical scientific discoveries and inventions. Simply walking through to admire each piece can be enough for most, but if you have time to include the audio tour, you'll learn a lot and be grateful for it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cristian D. 9 months ago on Google • 27 reviews
    This museum will show you a glimpse of the "long and windy road" of science from its early days, long before today's achievements. A rich and diverse collection of the relentless effort to see, understand, grow... A wealth of scientific tools, instruments and devices that are also beautiful, decorated and embellished. Our comfortable and serene modern life has countless roots in Florence, a crucible of arts and knowledge. Viewing and understanding the past helps to leap into the future.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Stephan W. 1 year ago on Google
    It's been impressive how much science, physics and math were known during that time. The collection there was amazing and excellent. They've had a lot of things from different scientists and philosophers. The exhibition covered a time span of several hundred years around the 16th century. Especially a huge collection of globes and navigation technology is provided in this museum.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 da31fox 8 months ago on Google
    Neat museum, took us about two hours to go through, and it was not busy at all. Really interesting globes with constellations, and there is even a piece of Galileo there! Pictures really don't pick up well with the glass over nearly everything there, other than the really big items.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Family Gerrits (. 4 months ago on Google • 13 reviews
    Beautiful museum right round the corner from the Uffizi without the queues! The pieces they have here are stunning and there is lots of information. It was so quiet we could really enjoy our time there. Totally recommend a visit.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Ann 2 months ago on Google • 71 reviews New
    In my honest opinion, if you thinking to visit this museum, without kinds, not that much into science (physics, mathematics etc), this museum is not interactive at all. Lots of wonderful, sophisticated old measuring devices, however, not enough explanation, no interaction at all as it’s too old and precious to touch. I had been to interactive science museums, it’s possible and exciting! Of course they are not cheap to create and maintain, but they do teach you something incredibly new based on an experience. In my opinion doesn’t worth the time. If you have to stare without possibility to touch or interact, better chose Uffizi, it’s really worth it as it’s just beautiful and enormous, even if not the first time.

  • 5/5 Cathleen C. 1 year ago on Google
    Very interesting and well-curated collection of scientific instruments with a thought-provoking history of how various areas of science developed. Galileo provided the foundation of modern science, but there were many other curious minds creative enough to challenge the thinking of the day with highly innovative experiments.

  • 4/5 George K. 1 year ago on Google
    Good museum about Galileo who gets neglected in THE Renaissance city. Place would have benefited though in the display of the artifacts in a less clutered way. There are simply way to many on a window. In addition, the lack of air con and fresh air makes this a particularly tough one to go.l through. And I was there at 9.30am! Also it would have been great to have replicas of his famous contributions at the shop or some prints. But it seems all museums shops these days are catered towards kids.

  • 5/5 Bruno H. 9 months ago on Google
    Absolutely wonderful place to visit! Not at all crowded, with lockers to place your things, great exhibits of Galileo’s work and others from the same time period. You’ll even see Galileo’s finger in the exhibition! As a scientist myself, you truly appreciate the ingenuity of these people at such a early time in humanity’s development. Absolutely recommended.

  • 3/5 Luiz F. 3 months ago on Google New
    Very interesting museum, with a bog collection. The experience could be a lot better if they provided the audio guide in different languages (not only italian) and also some interactive videos of how the instrumenta worked. As of that, not worth the 13 euros.


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible lift
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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