Museo Galileo?

I went last year. It's been updated quite a bit recently. It doesn't have a lot of interactive displays as you find in North American science centers. Bones of one finger of Galileo are on display as well as many of his instruments (the telescope, the ramp and pendulum). There is also a very large display of maps of the world as it was known at various times throughout history. This was pretty interesting to me, but you have to be a bit of a geography person to really appreciate them I think. How old is your daughter and is she interested in science? That would help me answer your question better.

My daughter's 21 & has taken both astronomy & physics in college (& actually enjoyed both courses). I think she'll be all over this museum. We don't have much time in Florence, so are choosing the sites based on what each of us really wants to see.

I think she would like the museum. It's right in town so you don't need much travel time to get there and not usually very crowded. I would plan some time to see it. Maybe just a couple of hours.

http://www.museogalileo.it/en/index.html Here's the website in case you haven't seen it.

We went to Museo Galileo in March. It was interesting but required a lot of attention to get much from it. Galileo's instruments, and fingers (yuk) are tucked away and not that easy to find, and beyond them it's a pretty intellectual exercise. We spent 4 days in Florence, and it's the first thing I would have cut from what we did there. But your daughter sounds like a good candidate to enjoy it, and for people with serious scientific interest or knowledge, it's probably a good choice.

I went last May. It was really neat! I was a Classics and Art History major in college, but my companion and college roomie was a Bio major so she just loved it (being so into science and all). I was really impressed with all the displays. I especially loved the world globes.