After almost five years during which it was hosted at the Congress Center "Le Benedettine" within the exhibition "HELLO WORLD. Computer science from arithmometer to smartphone", the collection of the Museum of Computing Tools returns to the Galilean Citadel, its historic headquarters, with a new exhibition: "NOT ONLY CALCULATION - working life and free time before the arrival of the Internet".
This exhibition consists not only of calculating machines, but also of tools that have, in some way, characterized work and leisure activities from the end of the nineteenth century until the nineties.
It was in the early nineties that the Museum of Computing Tools began to take shape. Laying the foundations of its own collection in a still pioneering period has allowed to build, through legacies and acquisitions, a collection of European level that the exhibition enhances not only from a technical point of view but also historical, cultural and social.
Opening on Friday 6 June at 6 p.m..
PROGRAMME
Institutional greetings: Riccardo Zucchi, Rector of the University of Pisa, Michele Conti, Mayor of the Municipality of Pisa
Speakers: Francesco Leccese, Vice-Rector for Construction and Real Estate, Lorenzo Peruzzi, President of the Ateneo Museum System, Fabio Gadducci, Director of the Museum of Computing Tools.
Following guided tour with the exceptional participation of computer pioneers who have curated the
design of some of the machines on display..
THE TIMETABLE
The museum with its new layout will open at the following times:
WINTER HOURS (1 October - 31 May)
- Monday to Friday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Saturday 4 - 7 p.m.;
- closed on Sundays and public holidays;
SUMMER HOURS (1 June - 30 September)
- Monday to Saturday 4 - 7 p.m.;
- closed on Sundays and holidays
*FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF JULY, IT WILL BE OPEN ALSO IN THE MORNING, FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY FROM 10 AM TO NOON.
