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All the Italian Museums in the Virtual Library Museum Project

Italian Museums	Foreign Museums	Museum Indexes
Leonardo	Ships	Aircraft
Cars	Motorbikes	Trains
Radio	Energy	Internet

Italian Technical Museums

Institute and Museum of History of Science - Florence: Museum revolving around the figure of Galileo. On-line multimedia catalogue available.
Museum of Natural History - Florence: A cleverly conceived site by the University of Florence
Museum of Natural History of the Trento Area: Multimedia index cards of amphibians, fish, and reptiles of the Trento area
Bologna Astronomical Museum: Complete catalogue of the Museum available
"The City of Science" (Naples): First italian Science Center
Museionline: Information about all italian museums (over 3000)
Museum of the Sea" (Palermo): Help is needed with the "Museum of the Sea in Sicily" Project
La Specola Live (Florence): Live images from the zoological museum, La Specola, - Europe's oldest science museum.
Calci Museum of Natural History - Pisa: The site tells about the Museum and the splendid Charterhouse where it is housed.
National Museum of Transportations
Brera Astronomical Observatory
National Computer Museum
Laboratorio dell'Immaginario Scientifico - Trieste
MUSIS Net (Rome)
Fun Science Gallery Mario Negri: The most important Biomedical Research Centre in Italy
Prendi le Stelle nella Rete: Astronomy website for children (Italian only)

Foreign Technical Museums

Science museum - London - UK: One of Europe's best-known and oldest museums. Immense site.
Exploratorium - San Francisco - USA: Founded by Frank Oppenheimer, it is one of the most state-of-the-art museums providing hands-on science education. A few interactive experiments on the net are available
Deutsches Museum - Munich - Germany: Europes' largest museum of science and technology.
Computer Museum - Boston - USA: The world's largest "personal" computer, the size of a two-storey house! Directory and forum for discussion on software suitable for children.
National Air and Space Museum - Washington D.C. - USA: Multimedia catalogue of the large collection of flight-related artifacts and objects that are testimony to the evolution of air and space technology. Several links on the theme available
Carnegie Science Center - Pittsburgh - USA: An interesting site. A robot can be operated via the Internet
Musée des arts et métiers - Paris - France: Paris's museum of science and technology
The Tech Museum of Innovation - San Jose' - USA: The wonderful site of the museum in the heart of the Silicon Valley
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie - Paris - France: The mega science center of La Villette
Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago - USA: An accurate description of the Museum and its exhibitions
Exploratory Science Center - Bristol: Interesting site with online experiments

Museum Indexes

Yahoo Museum Index
Virtual Library Index Science Technology Museums

Leonardo on the Net

Museo Leonardesco di Vinci: The museum in Leonardo's hometown is dedicated to his life and inventions
Leonardo's Drawings: A number of drawings, mostly anatomy studies
Boston Exhibition on Leonardo: A very good site taking a look at both the exhibition on at the Boston Science Museum, and at the figure of Leonardo
The Codex Leicester: A site taking a look at the exhibition on at the American Museum of Natural History
Why is Mona Lisa smiling?: This site has been created by an international team of students
Leonardo in the WebMuseum: Leonardo's best known paintings in the best known virtual museum
Orazio Centaro's Art Images on the Web: Many links to Leonardo's drawings and paintings
Leonardo and... cars, bikes and puzzles: A study carried through by Professor Augusto Marinoni
Leonardo Lives: Codex Leicester Exhibition at Seattle Museum of Art
Leonardo's Horse: The Horse That Never Was... Will Be
The art of invention: Leonardo and Renaissance Exhibition about Leonardo and Renaissance Engineers at London Science Museum.
Leonardo in Yahoo

Ships on the Net

Italian Navy: The official website
Operazione Galeone: Building a gallion in Tuscany
Tommasino-Andreatta Museum: Little Museum near Genova
The Mariners' Museum: Interesting museum situated in Virginia
Vancouver Maritime Museum: One of Canada's largest maritime museums
San Diego Maritime Museum: This Californian Museum houses the sailing ship, Star of India, of 1863, which is still ready to navigate
Western Australian Maritime Museum: One of the first maritime museums to go on line.
The Vasa Museum - Sweden: This site explores the Swedish royal warship that sank in 1628 and was salvaged in 1961
Maritime History on Yahoo
National Maritime Museum - UK: The site of Britain's main maritime museum in Greenwich
USS Constitution - Boston: The famous frigate featuring in the American Independence Wars.
Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum: An all-encompassing sea air space museum housed in the aircraft carrier, Intrepid, at anchor in New York
USS Lexington - Texas: The site of the American aircraft carrier featuring in World War II
Smith's North American Maritime Internet Resources: All North American maritime sites reviewed

Aircraft on the Net

Aeroweb: Italian site providing a wealth of information on civil and military aviation. It is complete with a newsgroup, a large number of articles, and an all-embracing selection of links
Turin Polytechnic Museum: An all-encompassing description of the collections of gliders, engines and aeronautics items housed at Turin Polytechnic
Italian Air Force: The official website
Spotter's Nest: Huge database of italian aircraft and links
Alitalia: The web site of Italy's national airline
National Air and Space Museum: The mega-site of the American Air and Space Museum. Not to be missed!!
US Air Force Museum: The official site of the Ohio USAF Museum
American Airpower Heritage Museum: A collection of American aircraft of World War II
National Aviation Museum - Canada: The official home page of the great Canadian museum
Aviation on Virtual Library
Yahoo: Aviation and Aeronautics

Cars on the Net

Historic Alfa Romeo Museum: In Arese, the museum of the wonderful classic Alfa Romeo cars
"Car Museum" in the Reggio Emilia area: A history of the car from 1906 to 1970 illustrated in one of Italy's most distinctive private museums
Quattroruote: The most important italian car review
Car Museums Around the World: An all-embracing list of car museums around the world
Classic Car Source: The American site for classic cars enthusiasts
Henry Ford Museum: A museum aimed at celebrating America's creativity not only in the car sector
International Car Museum - Switzerland
National Motor Museum - UK: A collection of veteran cars housed in Lord Montagu Building
Museum of Transportation - USA: Massachusetts museum of transport
Museum of British Road Transport: The site of the large Coventry museum
BMW Zentrum: BMW cars, motorbikes, racing cars and aircraft engines
Federation Internationale de l'Automobile: International news and links
Alfa Romeo: The official site of an "Italian dream"

Motorbikes on the Net

www.vespa.com: The official site dedicated to the legendary Italian scooter
Gilera: The official Gilera site features very good graphics
Laverda: The official site of the motorbike manufacturer from the Veneto region
Moto Guzzi: The home page of US importer of Guzzi motorbikes
Aprilia: The official website
National Motorcycle Museum ( Australia): The site of Australia's largest motorcycle museum
Motorcycle Online: A super-site devoted to the motorbike
Trev Deeley Motorcycle Museum: Canadian motorcycle museum
Lambretta: An Italian site dedicated to the well-known Lambretta and its enterprises
Bikelinks: Enormous directory of websites about old and new motorbikes.

Trains on the Net

FS online: The official site of the Italian railways
Italian Railfans: An extraordinary site for rail enthusiasts
The Trieste Campo Marzio Railway Museum: Museo ricco di rotabili austriaci e tedeschi
Piedmontese Railway Museum: Housed in a Turin station fallen into disuse
Ogliari Museum of Transport: An interesting museum at Ranco in the Varese area
Ferrovie Nord Milano: The official site of the Milan rail company serving the Como, Brianza, Varese and Novara areas provides timetables, and takes a look at the newly opened Milan Rail Link
ATM Milano: The official website of Milan Public Transport Company.
"Friends of Rail" - Italy: Association for enthusiasts about real and miniature railways alike
Amicotreno: The magazine of the Italian railways
The European Railway Server: Find out all about Europe's railways
Railway bibliography: Italian and foreign books
Railways Around the Umbria region: A home page penned by a train buff
Musée des transports urbains, interurbains et ruraux: Historical Museum about French Urban Transports
Ferrovie On Line: Large website with images and news from the italian railways.

Radio on the Net

Associazione Italiana Radioascolto: An association for Italian radio listeners
Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi, Pontecchio Marconi (BO).: The Fondazione housed in Marconi's home has excellent replicas of the earliest Marconi apparatus
Associazione Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna: Less 'official' than the Fondazione above, the Associazione is the haunt of enthusiasts
RAI: The official site of the Public Italian Broadcasting Company
Radio Days: Dedicated to the golden age of the radio, this site offers radio broadcasts from well-known radio programmes (from the USA, of course). Countless links available
Bellingham Antique Radio Museum: Radio Museum in Bellingham, Washington (USA), housing Jonathan Winter's collection
Broadcasting in Chicago, 1921-1989: The emphasis is on NBC's Merchandise Mart studios
Telegraph Lore: Not only radios: a site dedicated to a history of telegraphy
Signal Corps Museum: The Museum of the US Signal Corps
Enciclopedia della Radio Italiana: Archive of old italian radios.
Telephone Collectors International: History of the telecommunications industry through the collection of telephones

Energy on the Net

ISES Italy: Italian committee of the International Solar Energy Society. Gives access to the interesting international site
AEM: The site of the Milan Azienda Energetica Municipale "Power Board"
CREST Solstice: Sustainable Energy and Development Online!: CREST is an acronym for "Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology", a US site giving a wealth of information on all renewable energy sources. Countless hyperlinks available
Centre for Alternative Technology: The web site of a Welsh centre aiming to popularize renewable energy sources, and an environment-friendly lifestyle. It goes without saying that its premises are powered by renewable energy sources
Solar House, Magherafelt: The example of a house in Derry (Northern Ireland), re-designed and renovated according to the principles of solar architecture. Savings on energy use, and renewable energy sources were the keynotes of the renovation project. The site gives a detailed account of construction work, problems, and results
Fraunhofer Institute: A bustling university solar energy research centre
The Solar Cooking Archive: Entirely devoted to solar ovens, it provides contruction designs and hints on how to use them. It also reports the applications that have been made in the developing world
National Solar Observatory, Solar Astronomy: The Sun as a star and its observation: the large US solar observatories
Mister Solar: Mister Solar lives in a house that is self-sufficient in power, writes on subjects to do with solar energy, and willingly lends a hand to anyone asking for help
Enel: The official site of the National Department for Electric Energy in Italy

Sites about the Net

CERN: The laboratory where the Web was created
World Wide Web Consortium: Directed by the Web creator, Tim Berners-Lee, the Web Consortium tries to set the standard on the Net
Internet Society: International organization to co-ordinate the Net developement
Internet Engineering Task Force: Part of the Internet Society, discusses the technical aspects of the Net
InterNIC: Assigns US domain names (e.g. COM, ORG, etc.)
Matrix Information and Directory Services: Directed by John Qarterman, maps the growth of the Internet
Cybergeography: Extraordinary site devoted to Internet maps
HotWired: Online version of cult-magazine Wired
The Internet Archive: Trying to save all the Web contents for future studies
The WELL: Well-known online community
MediaMente: Italian TV programme about the new media