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: “Istituto e museo di storia della scienza”, “Museo di Storia della Scienza”, “Museo Galileo. Istituto e museo di storia della scienza”, “Museo Galileo. Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza”, “Museum of the history of science”, “Muzeo Galilejo”, and “Μουσείο Galileo”
  • Address: Piazza dei Giudici 1, Firenze, 50122

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Uffizi Gallery and Piazza della Signoria.

Museum
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The is a prominent art museum adjacent…

Square
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is a W-shaped square in front… is situated 210 metres north of Museo Galileo.

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The , also called the Loggia della… 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 residential district in the southwestern part of , , Italy. 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)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FMHQ794+39
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3518187675
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی گالیلۆ”
  • Chinese: “伽利略博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Galileomuseum”
  • Esperanto: “Museo Galileo”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo Galileo”
  • Estonian: “Galileo muuseum”
  • French: “musée Galilée”
  • French: “Musée Galilée”
  • Georgian: “გალილეოს მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Museo Galileo”
  • Greek: “Museo Galileo”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Γαλιλαίου”
  • 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”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Galileusza”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Galileo”
  • Portuguese: “Palazzo Castellani”
  • Russian: “Музей Галилея”
  • Slovenian: “Museo Galileo”
  • Spanish: “Museo Galileo”
  • Swedish: “Museum Galileo”
  • Turkish: “Galileo Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Галілея”
  • “Museo Galileo”

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