by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
On the occasion of the renovation and reopening to the public in 2021, the museum was given the name “Giovanni Poleni,” with the intention of remembering the scholar who, in the eighteenth century, initiated the teaching of physics in modern terms in Padua...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
The science we know today is the result of exchanges that have taken place over the last millennia between nations, empires, and civilizations. Scientific instruments constitute the material testimonies of these exchanges of knowledge and scientific practices. Think,...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
If the Poleni Museum is the result of research and teaching carried out in Padua in the field of physics over the centuries, its function today goes beyond the conservation and enhancement of the past. It is a “living” collection that is enriched by what...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
The Giovanni Poleni Museum stands out internationally for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach, receiving prestigious recognitions in 2024: Finalist at the European Museum of the Year Awards 2024, one of the most important awards for European museums, which...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
Among its various objectives, the Poleni Museum also aims to stimulate reflections and discussions on the relationships between science and society. A section of the museum, dedicated to the study of electrical discharges in rarefied gases, shows for example how a...
by Daniel Zilio | May 14, 2025 | EN
