The exhibition “Galileo’s Telescope - The Instrument that Changed the World”,created by the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence and sponsored by Officine Panerai,is open from October 10th, 2009 to January 17th, 2010.
On the occasion of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, the Nobel Museum in Stockholm hosts the exhibition “Galileo’s Telescope - The Instrument that Changed the World” conceived by the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence to mark the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first celestial discoveries. The exhibition, opening on October 10th, is adorned by the extraordinary display of one of the only two surviving telescopes made by Galileo and this unique occasion to discover one of the treasures of all time history of science is possible thanks to the financial support of Italian high-end watchmaker Officine Panerai, main sponsor of the exhibition.Galileo’s telescopes are housed in the Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence. The instrument on show in Stockholm is displayed for the first time outside Italy. The exhibition consists of six sections featuring beautifully crafted replicas of some of the instruments housed in the Museo di Storia della Scienza as well as important documentation and a significant selection of visual material, included extraordinary unpublished photographs taken through Galileo’s telescope. Interactive models and multimedia animations help visitors in the understanding of optical and astronomical principles while an extraordinary “Jupiterium”, expressly conceived and realized by Officine Panerai for the exhibition,displays the movements of the Sun, of Jupiter and his moons through a unique, mechanical scale model.
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