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Palazzo Castellani, home of Museo Galileo, seen from across the Arno with the museum's red banners.
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Museo Galileo

Museo Galileo is a museum of the history of science in Palazzo Castellani, beside the Uffizi on the Arno, called the Institute and Museum of the History of Science until 2010. Its scientific instruments come from the Medici and Lorraine collections and include two telescopes made by Galileo, the lens of a third, globes, clocks and anatomical models.

When to go

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Mon09:30–18:00
Tue09:30–13:00
Wed09:30–18:00
Thu09:30–18:00
Fri09:30–18:00
Sat09:30–18:00
Sun09:30–18:00

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