General information

The Museo della Specola is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and of the Athenaeum Museum System (SMA) of the Alma Mater · University of Bologna.
It is housed in the Specola, the astronomical tower  built in the beginning of 18^th-century over Palazzo Poggi, the University palace (see map).

Curator in chief: prof. Fabrizio Bònoli
Location: Museo della Specola, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Postal Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, viale Carlo Berti Pichat 6/2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
e-mail adress: fabrizio.bonoli@unibo.it; difa.museospecola@unibo.it
web address: http://museospecola.difa.unibo.it/

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THE MUSEO DELLA SPECOLA OPENS UP AGAIN

Despite ongoing restoration works, we decided to allow the visits.

For visiting hours and booking details:
www.sma.unibo.it/il-sistema-museale/museo-della-specola.

We apologize to our visitors for the temporary situation of the Museum.

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Catalogues
(on sale at the Museum until stocks last)

• a short-catalogue (Italian-English) – F. Bònoli: Bologna. Il Museo della Specola, Editrice Compositori, 2007.
• an Italian-English catalogue  – E. Baiada, F. Bònoli, A. Braccesi: Museo della Specola, Bologna University Press, 1995.
  
  

A wide number of papers testify the link between the Museum, history of science scholars and the theaching of History of Astronomy at the University.

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Reproductions of images must be authorized by Museo della Specola.

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