Galileo Museum (Museo Galileo) Tours and Tickets

Q: How much does it cost to visit the Galileo Museum in 2025?

Standard adult tickets for the Galileo Museum cost €13, while kids ages 6–18 get in for €7 and children 6 and younger get free admission. There’s also a fixed price of €28 for families with two adults and two kids. Buy your tickets on-site, or reserve online for an extra €1.

Q: What are the opening hours of the Galileo Museum?

The Galileo Museum is open daily from 9:30am–6pm, except on December 25 and January 1 when it closes. It’s busiest in the spring with school groups and summer with travelers, but it’s still a respite from the crowds at the neighboring Uffizi Galleries any time of the day or year.

Q: How much time do you need at the Galileo Museum?

Plan to spend 1–2 hours browsing the museum’s exhibits, which include scientific instruments owned by the Medici family and astronomical equipment used by Galileo. The Galileo Museum is a short walk from many top sights in Florence, so it’s easy to combine your visit with the Uffizi Galleries, Palazzo Vecchio, and other nearby attractions.

Q: Is the Galileo Museum good for kids?

The Galileo Museum is good for kids if you book a guided visit tailored to children. The museum focuses on the history of science, so exhibits are more informative than interactive and may be overwhelming for children. Reserve a family-friendly tour, though, and your guide will point out the most interesting facts and objects for young visitors.

Q: Are guided tours of the Galileo Museum available?

Yes, guided tours are available. Join a group tour to get an expert’s commentary on the museum’s most noteworthy scientific and mathematical instruments, including Galileo’s telescopes. Or, visit the museum on a Galileo-themed tour that follows his footsteps around Florence, including his burial site at the Santa Croce Basilica.

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The Galileo Museum, formerly known as the Institute and Museum for the History of Science, filled with scientific instruments that date back to the 13th century, including a telescope Galileo once used. Ancient barometers, globes, microscopes, quadrants, and more delight both science and history enthusiasts. There is also a giant sundial on the premises. Choose your time of entry to the Galileo Museum, and skip the lines when you arrive.

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What are people saying about Galileo Museum (Museo Galileo)

Small-group Guided tour of Galileo's Museum

Daniel_L, May 2026

This was an enjoyable...

This was an enjoyable tour. The tour guide seemed knowledgeable about the first half of the museum, but seemed less knowledgeable about the second half. We had time afterwards to explore on our own, which was nice.

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Terry_J, Apr 2026

Galileo and Santa Croce, fascinating history

Giacomo was a very knowledgeable guide who presented a lot of information in an interesting and fun way. The museum was refreshingly less crowded than most we've visited. The visit to the church of Sant Croce was a fascinating end to the tour with a lot of great insight by Giacomio.

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Paul_C, Mar 2026

Galileo

If you long science, I highly recommend. What’s really cool about this tour is that you go on your own pace. It gave us a chance to stop and read some of the most interesting things that I would have ever known without this tour. It’s a great blast from the past.

Small-group Guided tour of Galileo's Museum

Jennifer_N, Oct 2025

Galileo Museum Tour is Great

We really enjoyed our tour of the Galileo Museum. Fabio our guide was knowledgeable about Galileo and the other scientists that were featured in the museum. So not only did we see incredible scientific artifacts, we also got to learn the history and stories about these individuals. We were really glad we took this incredibly interesting tour.

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jlavan, Jul 2024

Great tour, great tour guide.

Ivano was a wonderful guide. He brought all the history alive and was so knowledgeable. The private tour was really great, and the museum was so much less crowded than all the others but just as interesting. My 15yr old son really loved it. He loves science so this was right up his alley. So many interesting things --well worth the time and money spent. Thanks Ivano!

Small-group Guided tour of Galileo's Museum

Kristin_F, Apr 2025

Amazing guided tour through the history of significant scientific discoveries

This museum is amazing, but it’s even better with a guide! We were so happy to meet our guide, who explained the sun dial out front and then took us in and walked us through so many amazing artifacts - from astrolabs to batteries and everything in between. He really helped connect the devices to their proper time, place and use. If you are interested in science, this is an incredible collection, and our guide was integral to our experience.

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AR_A, May 2024

Great tour but finished too abruptly.

The guide was very knowledgeable and helpful, and tailored the tour well for us. However, we were a little disappointed when an announcement was made that the museum was closing about 90 minutes after we arrived. This was outside the control of the guide but it would have been good to go back through the museum on our own after the guided tour had finished.

Skip the Line: Galileo Museum Ticket in Florence

Kathryn_R, Jun 2025

Museum Fine, Viator Customer Service Disgusting

The Galileo Museum itself was fine - educational, spacious, and interesting. However, Viator did not send my purchased tickets in advance, only the voucher. The museum would not accept the voucher, as Viator does not have a relationship with them and so I had to buy new tickets at the tour, doubling my expense. Upon contacting them, Viator customer service was rude and not helpful, refusing to admit fault for not sending tickets, insinuating this was my fault although i never received tickets, and refusing any refund. It was an abhorrent lack of customer service.