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Multimedia Museum Catalogue
This online Catalogue of Museum presents a 3D virtual visit of the rooms where more than 1200 pieces of its permanent collection can be viewer in color images accompanied by detailed descriptions.The user can also access short biographies, explore theme visits and view short educational animations.
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Galileo. Images of the universe from antiquity to the telescope
The major exhibition held at Palazzo Strozzi (Florence) in the Galilean Year Celebrations. |
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Galileo e l'universo dei suoi libri (in italian only) |
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Scientific Itineraries in Tuscany
Itineraries of the most significant places of historical-scientific interest throughout the region of Tuscany. |
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The Medici and Science. Instruments and Machines in the Grand-Ducal Collections
The exhibit highlights the marriage between art, science and political power, emphasising the prominent role that physical-mathematical disciplines played in Tuscany during the 16th-17th century. |
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Astronomy in Florence
from the "Specola" to the Arcetri Observatory
Brief history of Florentine astronomy |
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Galileo's Telescope.
The Instrument that Changed the World
A virtual journey through the history of the telescope to comprehend the enormous impact the instrument had on science and society in the 17th
century. |
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Benozzo Gozzoli. The life, works and techniques.
An overview on the life and works of Benozzo Gozzoli with special reference to the painting techniques and modern methods of restoration. |
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Mathematics Rooms (in Italian only)
The project presents the virtual reconstruction of the Medicean collection of scientific instruments in its original location in the Uffizi Gallery. |
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The Mind of Leonardo - the Universal Genius at Work
An exploration of the work and processes of the "Universal Genius" through text, images, reconstructions and animations. |
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Leonardo and the Engineers of the Renaissance
The machines, technical devices and constructions of Leonardo da Vinci, Brunelleschi and the Sienese engineers of the Renaissance. |
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Ancient gardens from Babylon to Rome
The typological evolution of the garden in the ancient world: from a place
dedicated to otium and leisure to a place devoted to meditation, study and experimentation in the naturalist and technical spheres. |
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The Line of the Sun
An ideal itinerary through the city of Florence to visit the places of monumental gnomons. The Census of Florentine sundials is available online. |
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The Life and work of Galileo
A virtual tridimensional exploration. |
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Court Scientists
The art of experimentation in the Accademia Galileiana del Cimento (1657-1667). |
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Michael of Rhodes
Life, voyages, sea battles, scientific knowledge and manuscripts of Michael of Rhodes, mariner aboard Venetian ships in the 15th Century. |
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Mille Anni di Scienza in Italia (in Italian only)
Chronology of the major historical events of scientific interest in Italy through the course of the last millenium, subdivided by area of discipline. |
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Evangelista Torricelli and Horror Vacui?
The discovery of the weight of air or the existence of the void. |
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Historical Pharmacies in Tuscany (in Italian only)
Descriptions of the architectural elements, furnishings, scientific equipment and endowments of the historical pharmacies in Tuscany. |
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Homo Faber
Pompeii: Nature, Science and Technology in a Roman Town |
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Nel segno di Masaccio - The invention of perspective (in Italian only)
The Tuscan artist's contributions to the development of perspective in the figurative arts. |
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Medicean Skies
XII Week of Scientific Culture in Tuscany
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Census of Scientific Collections in Tuscany (in Italian only)
Census of the Tuscan institutions that conserve scientific collections of historial interest. |
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Cycling through Time
Exhibition of antique bicycles. |
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Vitrum
Glass between Art and Science in the Roman World
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Galilean Itineraries in Tuscany (in Italian only)
Places, documents and personalities related to Gaileo. |
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Leonardo's Automobile (in Italian only)
A project to reconstruct digital and functional models of Leonardo da Vinci's self-propelled cart. |
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Machina Mundi
Images and Measures of the Cosmos from Copernicus to Newton |
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Beautiful Minds
The Nobel Prize - a Century of Creativity (in Italian only) |