The Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology preserves a remarkable collection of a number of electric batteries of the 19th and 20th centuries, deposited by the Govoni family. Starting from replicas of the original battery invented by Alessandro Volta, a professor of the Pavia University, it is therefore possible to make a journey through the history of electrochemical batteries, in particular, produced in the past two centuries. The variety of batteries includes primary and secondary batteries, different according to the nature of the electrodes and of the electrolyte, batteries with one or two liquids, wet and dry batteries, etc.

Discusses the automated shape design of the electrodes supplying an arrangement for high-voltage test. Obtains results that are feasible for industrial applications by means of an optimisation algorithm able to process discrete-valued design variables.

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In 2011 the University of Pavia celebrated 650 years from its foundation as a Studium Generale. During the long history of this ancient university scientific museums have been created to collect original and curious things as teaching aids. Most of these museums still exist, but their mission has changed. They no longer collect the new; they only preserve the old.The Pavia Museum of Electrical Technology is different. Its origin is in the last two decades of the 20th century when old and new apparatus began to be collected for teaching purpose, thus continuing the original mission of a University museum. An extensive collection was soon gathered and a modern building was erected to accommodate it. The new Museum was opened in March 2007. The paper describes the origin and the mission of this modern museum and its special features.

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