Location: Palermo
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What to do and see in Palermo, Sicily: The Best History Museums
Palermo is an urban melting pot characterized by history and culture so diverse that it often feels conflicted. Discover an intriguing range of architectural styles, from Arabian domes to baroque buildings, and enjoy delicious cuisine that spans a variety of origins. Be sure to visit the Palace of the Normans, the Palatine Chapel and the church of St. John of the Hermits. Art and music lovers won’t want to miss the Galleria d’Arte Moderna (the “GAM”), the Salinas or an opera or ballet at the Teatro Massimo.
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1. Museo del Carretto Siciliano Franco Bertolino
2. Casa-Museo del Beato Giuseppe Puglisi
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
3. Museo Storico dei Motori e dei Meccanismi
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
The Museum of Engines, part of the Museum System of the University of Palermo, has important collections of engines, mechanisms and one of the five remaining aircraft FIAT G.59. The oldest pieces date from the XIX century and several pieces have been employed for research and didactic purpose. Nowadays this heritage widely describes the evolution of thermal machines and their components
4. Museo Archeologico Regionale "Antonino Salinas"
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4.0 based on 330 reviews
Il più antico museo di Sicilia è stato riaperto dal luglio 2016 ed è pronto a svelarvi i suoi tesori. Il piano terra, la parte più rilevante delle collezioni, vi accoglie con un nuovo allestimento: ai grandi capolavori noti, come le famose metope dei Templi selinuntini, definito il più importante complesso scultoreo dell’arte greca d'Occidente, e la "Pietra di Palermo" una stele con iscrizioni geroglifiche di importanza capitale per la ricostruzione della storia dell’antico Egitto, si aggiungono i Decreti di Entella e i meravigliosi gioielli provenienti da Tindari, solo per citarne alcuni. Nel marzo 2018 è stato inaugurata l'Agorà, nuovo spazio espositivo dove ammirate le monumentali sculture del tempio della Vittoria di Himera e l’imponente frontone con la Medusa del tempio C di Selinunte. Spazio polifunzionale, piazza ideale di aggregazione e produzione culturale, luogo in cui s'incontrano "le storie di tutti noi".
Reviewed By parthos79 - Galatsi, Greece
Felt like home. Don't misunderstand it; the early antiquity years of Sicily, weren't Roman but Greek (and a bit of Phoenician). This place pulses of splendour. It's one of the finest Greek Antiquity museums I ever saw, and sends you back 2,500 years, when the Greeks were the naval megaforce of Mediterranean Sea, spreading their colonies from Spain to the Black Sea. Some of the most magnificent items from classical greek ages of Magna Grecia, in a very beautiful building. A real history jewel!
5. Oratorio dei Bianchi
6. Mulino di Sant'Antonino
7. Museo della Specola presso INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
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3.5 based on 3 reviews
The Museo della Specola is located in the ancient “Specula Panormitana” founded in 1790 by king Ferdinand I. It houses the historical heritage collected over the 200 years of scientific activity of the Palermo Observatory.The jewels of the collection are:The famous Ramsden's Circle, with which Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid, Ceres, in 1801. The large Merz Equatorial Telescope, with which Pietro Tacchini made important solar spectroscopical
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