Vecchi Macelli (Old slaughterhouses) of Pisa, built at the end of the 19th century, but never completely used. The slaughterhouses were the largest structures, but there were also cells for meat processing, ovens (you can see some chimneys) and offices. The Museum of Calculation Instruments was born in this space. Part of the University of Pisa, it was inaugurated in 2000 and houses a collection of calculation instruments, from the fifteenth century to the present day, formerly belonging to the Department of Physics and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics and an important and rich collection of machines related to the history of information technology. Abacuses, nineteenth-century arithmometers, unique pieces such as the Pisan Electronic Calculator (1961), around which the first Italian school of computer science was formed and the iconic Olivetti ELEA 6001 (1961). A journey into science, from the Galilean compass and experiments on gravity, to manual calculators, passing through the history of the creation of Antonio Pacinotti’s dynamo.
The exhibition
Audio guide
Informations and contacts
Museum of Calculation Instruments (before works) 360°
https://www.pisa360.eu/Galleria/museo_strumenti_calcolo.html
The museum
INFORMATIONS
All the informations can be found here:
https://www.msc.sma.unipi.it/
