Galileo museum

Once again out group had a good experience with a knowledgable tour guide. At the Galileo museum we saw two different collections: the Medici and the Lorenese. The Medici collection contains older artifacts whereas the Lorenese collection has newer pieces geared towards educating the public during the time of the enlightenment. The Medici collection including many artifacts for navigation and measurement like telescopes, calipers, globes,and many others. Other parts of the exhibit includes early alchemy and chemistry tools, early static electricity generators, and many of galileo's works were also on display. The Lorenese collection included some models of children in the womb during complicated childbirths(to educate mothers about their anatomy and potential complications of childbirth). These were very interesting and also quite accurate anatomically, unfortunately their accuracy is due to mothers and their children dying during births and subsequent dissection. Still there were many other medical displays in this exhibit.