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The Museum of the History of Physics is located in the historic center of Padua and is part of the University Museums of the University of Padua. The collection of the Museum of the History of Physics of the University of Padua offers the public a journey through the science of yesterday and today, from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, up to the present day. Characterized by often unique or very rare pieces of great value, the collection not only tells the fascinating developments of scientific thought and technology, but also represents a precious testimony of the research and teaching activities carried out at the University of Padua in the field of physics since the eighteenth century. till today. The instruments themselves tell us the stories of scientists, their ideas, the development of their experiments and the intertwining of the contacts that were established in the various eras between the University of Padua and the Italian and international scientific community. Today the Museum has among its activities the safeguarding of the most important instruments of current Paduan physics, even if there are many difficulties linked to the size, quantity and type of instrumentation. A delicate but fundamental mission, since only in this way can the Museum of the History of Physics continue to keep alive, even for future generations, its identity as a university museum, whose value lies not only in the value of the individual instruments but in the added value constituted. from the whole collection itself. The exhibition itinerary is illustrated by precious original tools, some interactive experiments and multimedia simulations.

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Via Loredan, 10
35131 Padua

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