Must-See
Museo Galileo
A museum of science by the river, with Galileo's own telescopes and, in a glass case, one of his fingers.
- Open
- Every day; check the website for hours
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Piazza dei Giudici 1, 50122 FlorenceDirections
- Getting There
- Behind the Uffizi, by the river.
Why Go
The Medici collected scientific instruments, and the museum holds globes, clocks, astrolabes and the only two surviving telescopes made by Galileo.
Galileo's middle finger, taken from his body when it was moved in 1737, points skyward in a glass jar.
Nearby in Florence
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