Galileo Museum Tickets

• See famous collection like the Medici's and the Lorena's ones and some of the most important Galileo projects
• Skip the line and don't waste your time
• Once entered, spend inside the museum all the time you want

Museum

The museum is an international reference on Galileo Galilei and the history of science, where you can admire masterpieces of scientific culture.
The Museo Galileo inherits the prestigious tradition of 5 centuries of scientific collecting, which develops around the central importance given to the protagonists and the tools of science by the Medici and Lorraine families

History

The Galileo Museum, opened in 2010, preserves and exhibits the collections belonging to the Institute and Museum of the History of Science, active since 1930 in the current Palazzo Castellani, building of ancient origins (late eleventh century) already known at the time of Dante as Castello d'Altafronte.

Collections

The Medici collection of scientific instruments was begun in 16th century by Cosimo I in the Palazzo Vecchio (1519-1574), continued by Ferdinand I, who moved to the Uffizi, until the foundation of the "Accademia del Cimento" in 1657 by Ferdinando II and Leopold de 'Medici at Palazzo Pitti.
In the 18th century started the Lorraine collection, thanks to the Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Habsburg-Lorraine, which transferred all the scientific instruments and the masterpieces in Torrigiani Palace (now the Museum of the Observatory) and founded a veritable Museum of Physics. The workshops of the museum where new equipment were built, saw the participation of astronomers, physicists and inventors of great stature, up to the 19th century when the Tribune of Galileo was built with the collection of all the most popular instruments he invented.
After the unification of Italy in 1861, the collections were disrupted and the state of degradation was reported only at the beginning of the new century when in 1927 the Institute of the History of Science was founded with the task of "collecting, cataloging, and restoring" scientific collections, up to the current Galileo Museum.

Masterpieces

• Large selection of works and instruments of Galileo Galilei, as the telescopes.
• Medici and Lorraine collections.
• Collection of old globes and celestial spheres, with a great armillary sphere made ​​of carved wood.
• Educational workshops and interactive equipment.

The following options can be purchased in addition to the tickets in the booking Wizard on this website.

Reduced/Half Ticket:

• Children between 6 and 18 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)

Free Ticket (it is still required to pay the presale to skip the line) :

• Children under 6 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)
• Any handicapped person accompanied by the certificate of disability and the escort

1. The ticket is valid all day until closing time of the Museum starting from entrance time.

2. The entrance time written on the tickets may be subject to small changes depending on the actual availability of the Museum.

3. For a satisfying experience it is recommended to reserve at least 1 hour to visit the Museum.

4. The tickets will be sent via email within 24-48 hours after purchase (on weekdays) with instructions on how to get there and what to do to enter.

5. We inform you that, once booked, the date and time selected are binding. Please pick up your ticket at least 15 minutes before the reserved entrance. Who does not respect the time booked will not enter.

6. The Museum has a maximum capacity of people, in some periods of the year or special days you may experience short delays or waits not dependent on the Museumor Italy Tickets.