Collezione di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”
University of Bologna collection of research and teaching instruments from the late 19th century, telling the history of the Bologna school of chemistry.
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About the museum
The collection was officially established in 1983 under the name Raccolta Museale “G. Ciamician”, after the recovery and restoration of material dispersed in the storerooms of the former Institute of Chemistry named after Giacomo Ciamician, a chemist at the University of Bologna. It now forms part of the Sistema Museale di Ateneo of the University of Bologna and is based in Via Selmi.
The instruments used for scientific research date from the last decade of the 19th century and include polarimeters, spectroscopes, muffle furnaces, apparatus for elemental analysis, polarographs and balances. An important part of the teaching instruments consists of Crookes tubes for the emission of cathode rays, alongside numerous models of colorimeters, photometers, galvanometers, pH meters and induction coils.
The collection does not aim at the number of pieces on display, but intends to present to visitors a brief history of the Bologna school of chemistry, highlighting the lines of research that succeeded one another over time.
Highlights
- Crookes tubes for the emission of cathode rays
- Polarimeters, spectroscopes and polarographs from the late 19th century
- Colorimeters, photometers, galvanometers and pH meters
- History of the Bologna school of chemistry
Permanent exhibition
- Strumenti scientifici della scuola chimica bolognese – Research and teaching apparatus from the late 19th century, including polarimeters, spectroscopes, polarographs and Crookes tubes.
- Founded
- 1983
- Operated by
- Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (Sistema Museale di Ateneo)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 90
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