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 October 12 - December 21, 2004
(Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 in English)
A. Corsini Hall
Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Piazza dei Giudici, 1
Florence, Italy
The History of Science Museum presents A Brand New Sky (Il cielo nuovo), an experiment in communicating the history of science through narrative, with the goal of conveying the fundamental elements of the first Galilean astronomical discoveries and the cultural climate in which they took place.
The activity is dedicated to small groups of Museum visitors and is guided by a narrator who, in the costume of a skilled glass artisan, Merlo, retraces the pivotal moments of the first observations of Galileo with the telescope: the surface of the moon, the stars of the Milky Way and the satellites of Jupiter, with reference to the scientist's substantial contribution to the debunking of the "Aristotelian-Ptolemaic" model of the universe and its substitution by a model constructed on the basis of new data and criteria.
Guided by the figure of the artisan, the story re-evokes the sentiments of wonder, curiosity, admiration and disbelief aroused in all of Europe by the publication of the Galileo's observational results in Sidereus Nuncius in March, 1610.
The narrative journey of A Brand New Sky is aimed towards a broad public and is especially suitable for students beginning from the second year of secondary school.
Preference is given to school groups for the morning engagements; those in the afternoons and on weekends are open to all. The duration of each encounter is 50 minutes.
**Note: Only on Tuesday, December 21 and Wednesday, December 22, 2004
will the activity be offered in English.**
TICKETS
A Brand New Sky is open to visitors of the History of Science Museum, while spaces last.
| Full-price: |
€6.50 |
| 0-6 years: |
free |
| 7-18 and over 65 years: |
€4.00 |
| groups (min. 15 persons): |
€4.00 |
| school groups (7-15 years): |
€3.00 |
BOOKINGS/RESERVATIONS
Servizio MSF - Musei Scientifici Fiorentini (Florentine Science Museums Service)
tel. (+39) 055 210866, fax (+39) 055 2679106
e-mail: info@museiscientificifiorentini.it
Service hours (from Oct. 1, 2004): Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
Bookings are required for school groups.
SCHEDULE
October 2004 |
| Tues., Oct. 12 |
11:00 AM |
| Weds., Oct. 13 |
11:00 AM |
| Thurs., Oct. 14 |
11:00 AM |
| Fri., Oct. 15 |
11:00 AM |
| Sat., Oct. 16 |
4:00 PM |
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December 2004 |
| Fri., Dec. 3 |
11:00 AM |
| Sat., Dec. 4 |
4:00 PM |
| Mon., Dec. 6 |
11:00 AM |
| Tues., Dec. 7 |
11:00 AM |
| Thurs., Dec. 9 |
11:00 AM |
| Fri., Dec. 10 |
11:00 AM |
| Sat., Dec. 11 |
4:00 PM |
| Sun., Dec. 12 |
11:30 AM |
| Tues., Dec. 14 |
11:00 AM |
| Weds., Dec. 15 |
11:00 AM |
| Thurs., Dec. 16 |
11:00 AM |
| Fri., Dec. 17 |
11:00 AM |
| Sat., Dec. 18 |
4:00 PM |
| Tues., Dec. 21 |
11:00 AM
(in English) |
| Tues., Dec. 22 |
11:00 AM
(in English) |
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Project and Coordination by: Silvana Barbacci
Text and Artistic Direction by: Tommaso Correale Santacroce
Narration under the care of: Filippo Plancher
Artistic and organizational guidance: Mirco Artuso
Graphics: Monica Tassi
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