{"id":1297043,"date":"2025-07-04T22:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/the-museum-of-instruments\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:36:26","slug":"the-museum-of-instruments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/en\/the-museum-of-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"The Museum of Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1297043\" class=\"elementor elementor-1297043 elementor-433775\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e31ee6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e31ee6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f5ef6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16f5ef6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b763f22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1077 elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"1b763f22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/en\/homepage\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20006aa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1074 elementor-widget-theme-post-title\" data-id=\"20006aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Museum of Instruments<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3565a27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3565a27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6dd2b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a6dd2b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b56de e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67b56de\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b17bd8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b17bd8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fea5265 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fea5265\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PAGE INDEX<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86fea39 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"86fea39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#ilmuseo\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The Museum of Instruments<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#immergiti\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Dive into the museum<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#visita\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Visit the museum<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#contatti\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Contacts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-085b1ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"085b1ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"ilmuseo\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd3f85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8cd3f85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"ilmuseo\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Museum of Instruments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0e4d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e0e4d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The IGMI Museum of Instruments hosts a valuable collection of the instruments used to carry out works of astronomy, geodesy, topography, photogrammetry and calculation.<\/p><p>The instruments are more than 400, the ancient ones were part of the collection existing before 1861 and belonged to the dissolved topographic offices of the pre-existing Italian States. When IGMI was established, the collection was expanded to include instruments designed and built by internal staff. Even today, all the instruments used for carrying out IGMI activities are part of the museum when obsolete.   <\/p><p>The collection includes:<\/p><ul><li>instruments and samples for measuring length, comparative instruments, apparatus for measuring geodetic bases;<\/li><li>instruments for measuring angles: theodolites, tachymeters and other auxiliary instruments;<\/li><li>equipment for measuring the relative gravity, for magnetic surveys and several meteorological instruments;<\/li><li>instruments for calculating geographic coordinates and for the determination of time;<\/li><li>instruments for leveling;<\/li><li>instruments for terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry: cameras and restitution apparatus;<\/li><li>telescopes;<\/li><li>instruments for drawing and calculating: planimeters, camera lucida (optical device), compasses and slide rules.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eadd4cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eadd4cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"immergiti\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dive into the museum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7138857 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7138857\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296cb6d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"296cb6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dda302 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8dda302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/groma.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-433943\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/groma.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/groma-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/groma-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/groma-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dc2b14 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8dc2b14\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3218af2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3218af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Roman groma model<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea53f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea53f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>18th century<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4731ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4731ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fe5c6 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28fe5c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/quadrante-astronomico.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-433947\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/quadrante-astronomico.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/quadrante-astronomico-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/quadrante-astronomico-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/quadrante-astronomico-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f2df9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f2df9c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd8a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cd8a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Troughton astronomical quadrant<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3505fa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3505fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>18th century<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a29a4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79a29a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9fbe6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9fbe6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/parallattica-ramsen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-433945\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/parallattica-ramsen.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/parallattica-ramsen-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/parallattica-ramsen-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/parallattica-ramsen-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f8c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5f8c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ramsden parallactic machine<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ee2dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87ee2dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>18th century<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01de6b9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01de6b9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91ac7d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"91ac7d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9228b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9228b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cerchio-Azimutale-Brunner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-433949\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cerchio-Azimutale-Brunner.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cerchio-Azimutale-Brunner-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cerchio-Azimutale-Brunner-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/igmi.esercito.difesa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cerchio-Azimutale-Brunner-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b65547 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b65547\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brunner Azimuth Rim<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1784a41 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1784a41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b4780 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70b4780\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54777fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54777fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"visita\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18e3cce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18e3cce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-627c9e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"627c9e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visit the Museum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5c2295 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5c2295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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