Museo Galileo
Museo Galileo is located in Florence, Italy, in Piazza dei Giudici, along the River Arno and close to the Uffizi Gallery. The museum, dedicated to astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei, is housed in Palazzo Castellani, an 11th-century building which was then known as the Castello d'Altafronte.
- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (170 feet)
- …is also known as “Museum of the history of science”
- …was formerly known as “Museo di Storia della Scienza”
- …is wheelchair accessible
- Description: Italian museum for the history of science
- Address: Piazza dei Giudici 1, Firenze, 50122
- Email: imss@imss.fi.it
Places of Interest Nearby
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Piazza della Signoria
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210 metres north of Museo Galileo
Loggia dei Lanzi
The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della…
170 metres north of Museo Galileo
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Statuto and Monteripaldi.
Museo Galileo
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Latitude
43.76766° or 43° 46′ 4″ north
Longitude
11.25591° or 11° 15′ 21″ east
Open location code
8FMHQ794+39
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Museo Galileo” goes by many names.
Գալիլեյի թանգարանArmenian
Музэй ГалілеяBelarusian
Museu GalileuCatalan
مۆزەخانەی گالیلۆCentral Kurdish
伽利略博物馆Chinese
GalileomuseumDutch
Museo GalileoEsperanto
Muzeo GalilejoEsperanto
Muzeo GalileoEsperanto
Galileo muuseumEstonian
გალილეოს მუზეუმიGeorgian
Museo GalileoGreek
Μουσείο GalileoGreek
Μουσείο ΓαλιλαίουGreek
Museo di Storia della ScienzaItalian
Museo GalileoItalian
Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della ScienzaItalian
ガリレオ博物館Japanese
Музеј ГалилеоMacedonian
Museo GalileoNorwegian Bokmål
موزه گالیلهPersian
Muzeum GalileuszaPolish
Музей ГалилеяRussian
Museo GalileoSlovenian
Museum GalileoSwedish
Galileo MüzesiTurkish
Музей ГалілеяUkrainian
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