Pisa returns to pay tribute to the great scientist Galileo Galilei. For the seventh year the city celebrates its illustrious son on the day of his birth, which took place in Pisa on 15 February 1564.
The program of "Galileian Days"
Friday 14 February
Museum of Physics Instruments - Ludoteca Scientifica - Cittadella Galileiana, entrance side Largo Renzo Spadoni
10:00 - Inauguration of the Galileiani Educational Paths, curated by Claudio Luperini, Department of Physics Unipi.
Guided Tour for schools (Interested schools can book by calling 050 2214861 from 9:00 to 16:00. In case of many requests, the event will be replicated)
17:00 - Opening of the photographic exhibition "Beyond the Horizon" with the evocative images of the Maritime Alps seen from the Apuan and Pisa seen from Corsica. Meeting with the photographers and guided tour of the exhibition. (Link to the event: https://www.turismo.pisa.it/en/eventi/Beyond-the-Horizon-photo-exhibition-at-the-Ludoteca-Scientifica)
Speakers: Paolo Pesciatini (Tourism Councillor of the Municipality of Pisa), Sergio Giudici (director of the Museum of Instruments of Physics - Ludoteca Scientifica), Walter Del Pozzo (Department of Physics - Unipi), Paolo Macchia (Department of Civilization and Forms of Knowledge), Antonietta Sanna (Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics). Meeting with the photographers Fabio Longaron, Antoine Mangiavacca (Klape), Valerio Minato, Paolo Castroflorio, Giancarlo Vignale, Simone Fabi.
Saturday 15 February
Galileo Space - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II - https://www.turismo.pisa.it/en/eventi/spazio-galileo-2025
10:00-11:00 - Lego Astro Speed workshop (children)
11:00-12:00 - AstroGiochi (children 6-10 years)
11:00-12:00 - Solar observation and sunspot presentation (for everyone)
12:00-13:00 - Galileo’s hole in the water (conference for all)
15:00-16:00 - Meeting with Galileo Galilei, interview (for all)
15:00-16:00 - Solar observation and sunspot presentation (for everyone)
16:00-17:00 - AstroLab - constellations (children 8-12 years)
17:00-18:00 - Quiz: conosci Galileo? (quiz a premi per tutti)
18:00-19:00 - Light pollution in collaboration with Legambiente and Unipi (for everyone)
21:00-22:30 - Night observation of Mars, Jupiter, Orion and The Pleads.
10:00-17:00 Free entrance to the Walls of Pisa for residents and UNIPI students
Palazzo della Carovana - Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, Archivistico Center of the Scuola Normale Superiore
10:00 - Galileo Galilei: life and works. Exhibition route in collaboration with the Domus Galilaeana
Infopoint Pisa - Piazza del Duomo, 7
11:00 - RiscopriAmoPisa: Galilean route in the city.
For information and reservations: Tel. 050550100 - https://tuscanyaround.it/pisa/
Gipsoteca of Ancient Art of the University of Pisa, Piazza San Paolo all'Orto, 20
16:00 -The celestial music before and after Galileo. Cosmic sounds from antiquity to gravitational waves. Edited by EGO Osservatorio Gravitazionale Europeo with: Sergio Giudici (Department of Physics UNIPI), Lucia Papalini (collaboration Virgo UNIPI), Alice Caradente (Musical interventions at the harp). Moderator: Vincenzo Napolano (EGO)
Bastion of the Parlascio - Largo Parlascio, 14
Ore 18:00 - La Tavola Celeste: Galileo e il suo tempo. Text: Francesco Niccolini. Voice: Fabrizio Brandi, Sax: Dimitri Grechi Espinoza
Sunday 16 February
Galileo Space - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
10:00-11:00 - AstroLab - solar clock (children 8-12 years)
11:00-12:00 - Solar observation and sunspot presentation (for everyone)
12:00-13:00 - Galileo’s telescope (presentation for everyone)
12:00-13:00 - Meeting with Galileo Galilei interview (for all)
15:00-16:00 - AstroGiochi (children 6-10 years)
15:00-16:00 - Solar observation and sunspot presentation (for everyone)
16:00-17:00 - The Galileo probe (public event for all)
17:00-18:00 - Quiz: conosci Galileo? (quiz a premi per tutti)
18:00-19:00 - The scientific method - conference with Prof. Steve Shore of the Physics department of UNIPI (expert audience)
Infopoint Pisa - Piazza del Duomo, 7
11:00 - RiscopriAmoPisa: Galilean route in the city.
For information and reservations: Tel. 050550100 - https://tuscanyaround.it/pisa/
Palazzo Toscanelli State Archives of Pisa - Lungarno Mediceo, 17
15:00-19:00 Galileo between history and myth... in the maps of the State Archives. Documentary exhibition
17:00 Galileo between history and myth... in the Pisan iconography of the nineteenth century. Dialogue with Federico Tognoni.
For disabled access please contact: as-pi@cultura.gov.it
