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Oxford OX1 3AZ
Tel: 01865 277280
Fax: 01865 277288
museum@mhs.ox.ac.uk

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12-5pm
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2-5pm

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Admission free

The mechanical universe

Orrery by Thomas Wright, c. 1731

The mechanical universe The mechanical universe

Ankabut as art

Detail of the astrolabe made for Shah Abbas II, and featured in the exhibition Al-Mizan.

Ankabut as art Ankabut as art

The origins of broadcasting

The Marconi Company’s studio in Chelmsford in 1920

The origins of broadcasting The origins of broadcasting

Bye bye blackboard....

Charity blackboard by Myfanwy Lloyd

Bye bye blackboard.... Bye bye blackboard....

Solomon’s Temple

From the online exhibition ‘The Garden, the Ark, The Tower, the Temple’

Solomon’s Temple Solomon’s Temple

The art of the invisible

“Cellular Gallery” by Heather Barnett

The art of the invisible The art of the invisible
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Current Exhibitions

TIME MACHINES

15th Nov – 15th Apr

Nicholas looking puzzled

A new way to see the Museum’s most exceptional timepieces – and also some of the most surprising. More details



Past Exhibitions

Structure Revealed

11th October – 22nd January
Entrance Gallery

An Oxford Story of the attempt to unveil molecular structures, from Dorothy Hodgkin’s Nobel-prizewinning X-ray crystallography to the most up-to-date methods of looking at proteins. A collaboration with the Structural Genomics Consortium.

Welcome to the Museum

The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of early scientific instruments in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. We are both a department of the University of Oxford and an active public museum, offering a programme of family-friendly events, gallery tours, table talks and much more, along with taught sessions for schools. For those unable to come to Oxford we produce online versions of our exhibitions, along with standalone online resources and a web version of our collections database. For the latest additions to this site you can subscribe to our newsfeed (via the feed icon on the right). General Newsfeed for the Museum of the History of Science

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News

Arts Council England grant

The Oxford University Museums (including MHS) and Oxfordshire County Council Museums Service have been awarded a Renaissance major grant by Arts Council England towards joint projects. More details…

Ultrafast Physics Podcast

If you missed Professor Ian Walmsley’s fascinating lecture about Ultrafast Physics, you can listen online or download as a podcast from our podcasts page.

Online Exhibits

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Permanent Collection

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Events

Sunday, 29 January 14:30
Theodolite and Plane Table
Table Talk
Saturday, 04 February 12:00
Cabinet of Curiosities
Family-Friendly Drop In
Thursday, 16 February 13:00
Fabulous Fundials
Family-Friendly Drop In
Saturday, 18 February 14:00
Pick a Pocket Sundial
Family-Friendly Workshop
Saturday, 18 February 14:00
A brief history of astronomy

» See all events

Tours

Gallery Tour: Introducing the Museum

Volunteer-led introductory tours will take place every Thursday at 2.15 and 3 pm, and on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month at 11.15 am and 12 noon. Free – no need to book.

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