Florence's Museo Galileo (formerly the Institute and Museum of the History of Science) is located in Piazza dei Giudici, near the Uffizi Gallery, in the Palazzo Castellani, a building of ancient origins.
Inside the museum are some of the most relevant collections of scientific instruments in the world, and the goal is to preserve what this scientist and astronomer left us and celebrate Tuscany's contribution to modern science. Galileo's telescope with which he discovered the lunar mountains and Jupiter's satellites, but also the first mercury barometer, invented in 1634.
An opportunity for children to learn new and interesting things and stimulate them into new curiosities, through games, activities that engage them, puppet shows, costumed operators showing the rooms dedicated to the great scientist, where the original instruments he used are preserved
info The museum is open daily.