Building scientific knowledge with wooden machines

Galileiana is a scientific exhibition that guides the visitor through a laboratory designed in a Galilean style.
The laboratory takes the form of a series of wooden machines which have small balls, bells, pendulums and rails to show various motion properties and help the visitor use his intuition to arrive at the laws of physics.
The Galileiana project aims to highlight the importance of the scientific method in studying natural phenomena: a method that never separates theory from experiment.
The demonstrations of the exhibition's 30 machines guarantee a fully-interactive experience. For example, the exhibits allow the visitor to discover the principle of inertia through Galileo's conca, study the properties of the simple pendulum and arrive at the law of uniformly accelerated motion.
In addition, using specially made rails, it is possible to show the exceptional properties of a particular curve: the cycloid.
At the end of the demonstration, the visitor can have hands-on experience and try out the exhibits which have aroused his curiosity.