The Da Vinci Interactive Museum, Florence

The Leonardo da Vinci Interactive Museum is located in Florence's historic Palazzo di Sforza Almeni, Designed by Bartolomeo Ammannati in the 16th century, it is located near the Accaignatia Gallery where the statue of David is located.

Leonardo Da Vinci was not only a great painter and sculptor, but also an outstanding scientist, engineer and inventor, and the museum is the largest exhibition space in Florence dedicated to this genius. The museum displays 100 replicas of the Da Vinci Code, including his famous flying machines, war machines and engineering equipment, including 50 mechanical devices for public interaction.

Visitors can learn about Da Vinci's achievements by experiencing his inventions first hand. In addition, the museum showcases Da Vinci's interests in the fields of art, anatomy and mathematics. The tour lasts approximately 1 hour and is recommended for children over 7 years old.

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The museum offers a hands-on experience that allows visitors to try out Da Vinci's designs, such as tanks, catapults, auger, vertical auger, hydraulic saw and printing press. There is also the opportunity to compare digital reproductions of his masterpieces through high-definition backlighting technology. The museum also features interactive workshops where visitors can build outstanding creations such as self-supporting domes, Bridges inspired by Da Vinci's original designs, and fascinating polyhedra.

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1. April to October: Open daily from 9:30am to 7:30pm (last entry 6:30pm)
2. November to March: Monday to Friday, 10:30 am to 6:30 PM; Saturday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m
   
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   Adults 10.00 euros
   €8.00 for children
   Family ticket €28 / €32.00 (includes two adults and two children between 6 and 18 years of age)
   Students under the age of 21 and senior citizens over the age of 65 have preferential tickets
   
   Galileo's middle finger is also on display and a production model
   
   This is the Galileo Museum in Florence, Italy

On March 12, 1737, Galileo's remains were transferred from his original tomb to the memorial tomb at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence. This time, three fingers (the thumb, index, and middle fingers of the right hand), a vertebrae, and a tooth were dislodged from Galileo's body.

The Galileo Museum in Florence is an international reference to Galileo Galilei and the history of science. Thanks to the Medici and Lorraine families, five centuries of scientific collections are on permanent display here. The collection of the Medici family began in the 16th century, first in the Old Palace, then in the Uffizi Palace and finally in the Pitti Palace, with the founding of the Accademia del Cimento in 1657.

In the 18th century, the Lorraine family continued to collect, and the Grand Duke of Habsburg-Lorraine Peter Leopold established a veritable physics museum in the Palacio Torricciani. Weighty astronomers, physicists and inventors attended an adjoining seminar. In the 19th century, the Galileo Tribune was built to display all of his most famous instruments and artifacts.

But after the unification of Italy in 1861, the collection was broken up and abandoned until 1927, when the Institute for the History of Science was founded. The aim of the Institute is to collect, catalogue and restore this important scientific collection until the opening of the current Galileo Museum in 2010, which inherits and preserves all the masterpieces of scientific culture today.

The collection showcases all the instruments realized by Galileo Galilei, a large selection as telescopes, as well as old globes and carved celestial bodies that, thanks to educational workshops, can be not only appreciated but also interacted with.