Museum of the History of Science

Museum of the History of Science

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The History of Science Museum houses an unrivaled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development of western culture and collecting.

Recent Episodes

  • The Oxford Philosophical Society and the Royal Society: a meeting of minds?

    11 years ago
  • Who's to Blame for the Weather?

    12 years ago
  • Body Clocks, Sleep and Light

    12 years ago
  • The Invention of Clouds

    12 years ago
  • Stormy Weather: Exploring Atmospheres in the Outer Solar System

    12 years ago
  • Decimalising Time: Calendar and Clocks in the French Revolution

    12 years ago
  • Mercator: The Man who Mapped the Planet

    12 years ago
  • Simon Forman: astrology, Medicine and Quackery in Elizabethan England

    13 years ago
  • From Alligator Wrestling to Fossil Skeletons: Scientific Eccentricity in the Early 19th Century

    13 years ago
  • Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History

    13 years ago