Paolo Galluzzi 1942 – 2026

Biography

Paolo Galluzzi was the historian who made Florence’s Museo Galileo a world reference for the history of science (1942–2026). Born April 23, 1942 in Florence, he held the chair of History of Science at the University of Siena from 1979 to 1994 and at the University of Florence from 1994 to 2010, and directed the Museo Galileo from 1982 to 2021 — nearly forty years at the helm of the institution devoted to Galileo and the scientific instruments of the Renaissance. He edited the journal Nuncius from 1991 to 2007 and published more than 200 works on Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo and his school, and the scientific academies of early modern Europe. Galluzzi died October 29, 2026, aged 84. Burial details have not been announced.