In the PHYSIC SECTION of museum there are about 800 pieces of apparatus tht belonged to the Universyties's physics Gabinet in the period from tha last quarter of the XVIII and the first quarter of the XX century. The EIGHTEEN CENTURY ROOM  has about 600 pieces collected by the successors of Alessandro Volta
and developments related to electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, mechanics and geodesy.

A. Volta's statue located in the courtyard of the University

In the VOLTA'S ROOM the apparatus traced back to ALESSANDRO VOLTA has benne divided into two groups: his numerous inventions , and pieces made for him by others and only used by Volta. Alessandro Volta . He taught physics at the University of Pavia and whit his numerous experiments, made ​​in the Cabinet in Pavia, came the invention of the STACK