Conveners
Scientific museums
- Roberto Lalli (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)
Science and technology museums are important places of production, appropriation, and dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge. Created in the nineteenth century, these museums expanded in the interwar years thanks to the financial support of both the state and private industry. Many industrial museums opened in those years, while many existing museums planned to transfer their...
The Museum of the History of Physics holds thousands of scientific instruments that were used for physics research and teaching in Padua from the 18th century onwards. It was founded in 1995. We have just developed a project to renovate the Museum, with the aim of shedding new light on the potentialities of Padua university physics collection.
The paper will discuss some of the main...
Seguendo le indicazioni del Ministero dei Beni Culturali, l’INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo ha recentemente implementato contenuti digitali e immersivi in VR e AR per valorizzare e diffondere la conoscenza del Museo della Specola.
Questi strumenti innovativi offrono forme di apprendimento personalizzate, rendendo accessibili a richiesta informazioni aggiuntive (per esempio, legate...
