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Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Piazza dei Giudici 1, 50122 Florence, Italy Phone: 0039 055 265 311 www.imss.fi.itAbout
Institute and Museum of the History of Science. This museum shows the evolution of the instruments used in various scientific fields such as mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy. The room of Galileo Galilei shows some of his original instruments as well as models from his drawings. The room of Spheres and Globes houses an excellent cartographic collection. In a rather macabre twist the museum also has the middle finger of Galileo's right hand on display.
