Science Museum

MUSEO CAMILLO GOLGI

Pavia (PV)
included
The 'Camillo Golgi Museum', located in Palazzo Botta, an ancient aristocratic residence, is a small structure that recreates, thanks to period pictures, instruments and original furnishings, the ambience and atmosphere of the Institute of General Pathology, directed between the 19th and 20th centuries by Camillo Golgi, the first Italian to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1906.

The Museum was established in 2012 in Palazzo Botta with the intention of reconstructing, within its own walls, the history of one of Europe's most famous biomedical research centres at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. In fact, Camillo Golgi, the first Italian to receive the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1906, was able to create a world-famous scientific school in his 'Laboratory of General Pathology and Histology'. In the rooms of the Museum, visitors can appreciate the original furnishings and research instruments of the time, testifying to the greatness of the results achieved. In the laboratory, in fact, Camillo Golgi discovered the internal reticular apparatus, Adelchi Negri the rabies bodies, Emilio Veratti described the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Visiting these spaces makes it possible to retrace the entire history of an extraordinary place of science through the human and scientific events of Golgi, his masters and his many students.


Hours:
Monday: closed
Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 09:30 - 12:30
Thursday: closed
Friday: closed
Saturday: closed
Sunday: closed

Additional information opening hours:

Wednesdays: 9.30-12.30 and by appointment

Additional information about extraordinary openings and closings:
Closed on public holidays and in August
NB: Information may vary. Always check the museum website for up-to-date times and fees.

Do you have subscription?
Lombardy - Aosta Valley card: included
Formula Extra card: included
Don't have a subscription?
  • Full price ticket: €3.00
  • Reduced ticket: €1.50

Services and accessibility

Disability Apri
Childhood Apri

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