by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
The Museum’s collection takes us beyond the boundaries of physics, highlighting the connections that over the centuries have united physics with disciplines such as art, architecture, medicine, music, and psychology. Think, for example, of the pile-driver model...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
In the 17th century, experiments and demonstrations of natural philosophy began to spread but remained confined mainly within scientific academies. It was with the influence of Isaac Newton that, in England, “lecture-demonstrations” took hold: public...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
Despite being engaged in cutting-edge research, Giovanni Poleni and his successors also purchased older instruments, dating back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, for educational purposes. These instruments, of great value, now enrich the Museum’s...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
The 19th century saw intense scientific activity in Padua, reflected in the rich collection of instruments in the Physics Cabinet. Many instruments were purchased and used during this vibrant period. Among the prominent professors was Salvatore Dal Negro, appointed...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
The extraordinary developments of modern physics in Padua, from the late nineteenth century to today, are well represented by the Poleni Museum collection. Angelo Drigo, for example, a researcher at the University of Padua, developed during World War II equipment for...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
This is the history of the Giovanni Poleni Museum, whose collections began in the eighteenth century with the creation of the Physics Cabinet, enriched over the centuries to become a reference point for the history of physics in Padua. The Poleni Museum collection...
