Located on the ground floor of the Department of Chemistry (Cannizzaro Building) at Sapienza University, the Primo Levi Chemistry Museum was established in 1986, opened to the public in 1992, and officially named in 2010.

Covering about 250 square meters across two rooms—one historical and one interactive—the museum preserves scientific instruments, teaching materials, and chemical collections dating back to 1872, when Cannizzaro founded the Royal Institute of Chemistry in Rome.

On display are cryoscopes, ebullioscopes, early thermometers, colorimeters, spectroscopes, Von Schroeder’s chemical plant diagrams, and even equipment built by G.A. Blanc for measuring radioactivity in the early 20th century. More recent devices are also included.

Thanks to large glass-fronted displays in the department’s entrance and corridors, visitors can get a glimpse of the museum even before stepping inside.