Francesco Barreca, Ph.D. (University of Pisa, 2012) is research fellow at the Università Statale di Milano. He has published monographs and articles on the history of early modern science and on the history of scientific institutions. His latest monograph is La scienza che fu. Idee e strumenti di teorie abbandonate (Editrice Bibliografica, 2017).

• Preface XIAcknowledgementsIXList of IllustrationsXList of ChartsIIAbbreviationsIIpart 1: The Exhibition in Context1 To Protect and to Promote1 The Italian Scientific Heritage at the Turn of the Century2 Universities, Museums, and the History of Science3 Bringing History of Science to the People: Exhibitions and Commemorations2 From Local to National1 The Rise of Fascism2 The National Scientific Heritage Protection Group3 The Galilean Tradition and the Florentine Primacy4 The Institute of the History of Science in Florence5 Aldo Mieli and the National Institute of History of Science in Rome3 Setting up the Exhibition1 From a Tuscan Exposition to the National Exhibition2 Funding and Financing3 Location4 Exhibition Criteria and Local Committees4 The Exhibition in Context1 History of Science and Propaganda: The Italian Genius and the National Scientific Primacy2 History of Science and Ideology: The Italian Scientific Contributions throughout History3 History of Science and the Public: Visitors at the Exhibition4 History of Science and Entertainment: Music, Cinema, and Spectacles at the Exhibition5 The National Museum of History of Science1 From the Exhibition to the National Museum2 Administration and Financing3 Location and Collections4 Visitors6 Indexing the Italian Scientific Heritage1 A Definitive Inventory2 The Original Plan3 The Revised Plan4 Editorial Troubles5 The End of the Project and the Catalogue of 1952part 2: PlatesThe Exhibition in Detail7 The Exhibition in Detail1 Ground Floor I2 Ground Floor II3 Ground Floor III4 Ground Floor IV5 Basement6 PavilionsConclusionBibliographyName Index