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Galileo en de Satellietnavigatie

Scientific exhibition

Date: 9 – 13 December 2024

Location: Italian Cultural Institute of Amsterdam, Keizersgracht 564, Amsterdam

On the occasion of the Italian National Space Day 2024, the Embassy of Italy in the Kingdom of The Netherlands and the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam will run an exhibition focused on the Galileo Galilei’s idea of measuring time and longitude using his observations of Jupiter’s moons.

Several reproductions of Galileo’s instruments coming from the Galileo Galilei museum in Florence as well as clocks conceived for the same purpose by the not less famous Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, coming from the Rijksmuseum Boerhaaven in Leiden, will be shown.

Moreover, in collaboration with the European Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency (ESA), the modern satellite geo-positioning system named after Galileo will be presented.

The program of the opening event on Monday 9 December, time 6:30 pm, includes:

• Introductory remarks by Giorgio Novello, Ambassador of Italy to the Kingdom of The Netherlands.
• A presentation of Prof. Alessandro De Angelis (Padua University and Representation of Italy at the OO.II. Paris) astrophysicist and Galileo historian.
• A presentation of Ing. Marco Falcone, program manager of ESA

Event in English

The exhibition can be visited from Monday 9 December, 6:30 pm, until Friday December 13.

Opening hours from 10 December 10 to 12 December are from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.

On Friday 13 December from 10:00 am to 1:00 am.

Opening on Monday 9 December at 6:30 pm with a presentation.