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250 years of natural history. La Specola in Florence, the museum for everyone

Fratelli Alinari presso Luigi Bardi, From the album “Album Fotografico”, Galileo's Tribune in the Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History. Outside the tribune, Carlo Renaldini's quadrant can be seen on the left and Benedetto Bregans' burning lens on the right. Inside the tribune, in the left-hand niche, are Galileo's objective lens and two telescopes. The instruments are now preserved in the Galileo Museum (formerly the Institute and Museum of the History of Science), Florence, before 29th December 1855, albumen print, Alinari Archives-Ferruccio Malandrini Collection, Florence

Vincenzo Paganori, Group of stuffed flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) on exhibit at “La Specola”, the zoology section of the Natural History Museum, Florence, ca. 1880, albumen print, Alinari Archives- Malandrini collection, Florence

Unknown artist, Panorama of Florence with the Duomo, Orsanmichele, the Church of Santo Spirito, Palazzo Vecchio and the Basilica of Santa Croce; in the foreground, the loggia of the Torrigiani Garden, ca. 1945–1955, photomechanical print, Alinari Archives-Aranguren collection, Florence

Fratelli Alinari, Erica Monsoniana, Botanical Museum, section of the Natural History Museum, Florence, before 1896, silver gelatin dry glass plate negative, Alinari Archives-Alinari archive, Florence

Fratelli Alinari, Calla Aethiopica, Botanical Garden, today Giardino dei Semplici, section of the Natural History Museum, Florence, before 1896, silver gelatin dry glass plate negative, Alinari Archives-Alinari archive, Florence

Vincenzo Paganori, Stuffed lynxes (Felix Lynx) on exhibit at “La Specola,” zoology section of the Natural History Museum, Florence, 1880-1885, albumen print, Alinari Archives-Malandrini collection, Florence

Vincenzo Paganori, Brown bear (Ursus arctos) on exhibit at “La Specola,” zoology section of the Natural History Museum, Florence, 1880-1885, albumen print, Alinari Archives-Malandrini collection, Florence

Fratelli Alinari, Three thermometers of various models made by glassblowers, the so-called “gonfia”, for the academics of the Cimento, with two hydrometers in a case that belonged to the Accademia del Cimento on either side. The photo was taken during the First National Exhibition of the History of Science held in Florence in 1929. Today, the scientific instruments are preserved at the Galileo Museum (formerly the Institute and Museum of the History of Science), silver gelatin dry glass plate negative, Alinari Archives-Alinari archive, Florence

Fratelli Alinari, The objective lens - mounted in a frame crafted by Vittorio Crosten - used by Galileo to observe Jupiter's satellites and the scientist's telescopes, Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History, now at the Galileo Museum (formerly the Institute and Museum of the History of Science), Florence, before 1916, silver gelatin dry glass plate negative, Alinari Archives-Alinari archive, Florence

Achille Villani, Circulatory system in a wax model, zoology section of the Natural History Museum “La Specola”, Florence, colour print, 1950-1960, Alinari Archives-Villani archive, Florence

Fratelli Alinari, The corruption of bodies, polychrome wax relief by Gaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656-1701), Bargello National Museum, now in the zoology section of the Natural History Museum “La Specola”, Florence, before 1930, silver gelatin dry glass plate negative, Alinari Archives-Alinari archive, Florence

Fratelli Alinari, Lily branch (Lilium candidum) held by a hand, photographed in the Florentine gardens, Florence, before 1896, silver gelatin dry glass plate negative, Alinari Archives-Alinari archive, Florence. The date 1929 on the caption strip refers to the photographic print

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