Firenze Scienza: 19th-century Collections, Places and Personalities, November 8, 2009 - May 9, 2010

Area:	Institute
Start:	8 November 2009
End:	9 May 2010
Description:	From November 8, 2009 to May 9, 2010 the Museum of the History of Science will host a section of the show "Firenze Scienza. Le collezioni, i luoghi e i personaggi dell'Ottocento" (Firenze Scienza: 19th-century Collections, Places and Personalities), promoted by the Ente Cassa di Risparmio in Florence in four different venues: the Museum of the History of Science (the future Galileo Museum), the Natural History Museum (La Specola), the Physics Cabinet of the Science and Technology Foundation and Palazzo Medici Riccardi. The exhibition "La Fisica a Firenze nell'Ottocento. Strumenti e macchine da utilizzare" (19th-century Physics in Florence. Machines and Instruments) - presented at the IMSS and curated by Simone Contardi and Mara Miniati, scientific coordinator of the whole project - will mainly deal with the development of the branches of physics in the Imperiale e Regio Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale (Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History), founded in 1775 by the Grand-Duke Pietro Leopoldo. "Firenze Scienza", part of the project "Piccoli Grandi Musei", aims to recall the extraordinary times before the unification of Italy, when Florence was considered one of the European capitals of science. In the first half of 19th century, Italian and other European societies were strongly influenced by technological progress and by the interest in science that had led to an unprecedented growth in each of its branches, from mathematics to physics and from chemistry to biology. Nourished by the Enlightenment sense for useful science, the Galilean tradition became an instrument for social, economic and cultural progress, and was particularly cultivated by the Lorraine Grand-Dukes of Tuscany. For further information about the show, please call 0039 055 2346760.
Link:	www.firenzescienza.it/

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