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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), painted 1636 Oil on canvas, 66 x 56 cm Inv. 745
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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), painted 1636 Oil on canvas, 66 x 56 cm Inv. 745

Table in the archbishop's palace opposite the Tower of Pisa, with a letter by Galilei concerning his experiments on the free fall. Two stone balls, similar to those Galilei dropped from the Tower of Pisa.
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Table in the archbishop's palace opposite the Tower of Pisa, with...

University of Padua. Rostrum in the Aula Magna which Galilei's students built for him (he was small) so that they could see him better while he was teaching.
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University of Padua. Rostrum in the Aula Magna which Galilei's students built...

Telescope, triangle, magnet compass, hourglass and pendulum clock (16th and 17th), which belonged to Galileo Galilei.
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Telescope, triangle, magnet compass, hourglass and pendulum clock (16th and 17th...

Telescope and other astronomical instruments, built by Galileo, on the terrace of San Marco, Venice, where they were shown to the Doge. Instruments from the Museo della Scienza, Florence.
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Telescope and other astronomical instruments, built by Galileo, on the terrace o...

Galileo Galilei's room in Florence, with his astronomical instruments
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Galileo Galilei's room in Florence, with his astronomical in...

Telescope, triangle, magnet compass hourglass and pendulum clock (16th and 17th), which belonged to Galileo Galilei.
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Telescope, triangle, magnet compass hourglass and pendulum clock (16th and 17th...

Interior of the Palazzo Pitti with tapestry (17th) and Medici coat-of-arms. Galilei and his friends discussed science and literature here with the Grand Duke Cosimo II.
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Interior of the Palazzo Pitti with tapestry (17th) and Medici coat-of-arms....

First edition of the "Dialogo" by Galilei in which he supported Copernicus' view that the sun was the center of the universe: the publication brought Galilei before the Inquisition.
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First edition of the "Dialogo" by Galilei in which he supported Copernicus' vi...

Galileo Galilei's workroom with his table and a globe. Sentenced to seclusion by the Inquisition in Rome, he returned to his house near Florence where he wrote the "Discorsi".
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Galileo Galilei's workroom with his table and a globe. Sentenced to seclusion by...

Galileo Galilei's house in Arcetri, near Florence, where he died in 1642. Sentenced to seclusion by the Inquisition in Rome, Galilei returned to his house in 1633.
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Galileo Galilei's house in Arcetri, near Florence, where he died in 1642. Sente...

Peter Anich (1723-1766). Oil portrait. Map of Northern Tyrol with globes, spheres, and instruments.
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Peter Anich (1723-1766). Oil portrait. Map of Northern Tyrol wi...