Central Italy
Tuscany
Florence

Museo Galileo

Museo Galileo is located in , , in Piazza dei Giudici, along the River 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.
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  • Email: imss@imss.fi.it
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Italian museum for the history of science
  • Also known as: “Museum of the history of science”
  • Address: Piazza dei Giudici 1, Firenze, 50122
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uffizi Gallery and Piazza della Signoria.

Museum
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The is a prominent art museum adjacent to the in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best-known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance.

Square
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is a W-shaped in front of the in , . It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio. is situated 210 metres north of Museo Galileo.

Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on the south corner of the in , , adjoining the , and diagonally to the east the Palazzo della Signoria, the political center of the city. is situated 170 metres north of Museo Galileo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Statuto and Monteripaldi.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km south of Museo Galileo.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km west of Museo Galileo.

Museo Galileo

Latitude
43.76766° or 43° 46′ 4″ north
Longitude
11.25591° or 11° 15′ 21″ east
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8FMHQ794+39
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10278898
Wiki­data ID
Q1668196
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Museo Galileo” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գալիլեյի թանգարան”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй Галілея”
  • Catalan: “Museu Galileu”
  • Chinese: “伽利略博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Galileomuseum”
  • Esperanto: “Museo Galileo”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo Galilejo”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo Galileo”
  • Estonian: “Galileo muuseum”
  • French: “Istituto e museo di storia della scienza”
  • French: “musée Galilée”
  • French: “Musée Galilée”
  • French: “Museo Galileo. Istituto e museo di storia della scienza”
  • French: “Museo Galileo”
  • Georgian: “გალილეოს მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Museo Galileo”
  • Greek: “Museo Galileo”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Galileo”
  • Italian: “Museo di Storia della Scienza”
  • Italian: “Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza”
  • Italian: “Museo Galileo. Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza”
  • Italian: “Museo Galileo”
  • Japanese: “ガリレオ博物館”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј Галилео”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Museo Galileo”
  • Persian: “موزه گالیله”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Galileo”
  • Portuguese: “Palazzo Castellani”
  • Russian: “Музей Галилея”
  • Slovenian: “Museo Galileo”
  • Spanish: “Museo Galileo”
  • Swedish: “Museum Galileo”
  • Turkish: “Galileo Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Галілея”

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