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| Museum of the History of Science, Oxford |
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The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford houses an unrivalled 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.
The present collection of the Museum preserves the material relics of past science. As a department of the University of Oxford, the Museum has a role both in making these relics available for study by historians who are willing to look beyond the traditional confines of books and manuscripts as well as presenting them to the visiting public.
The objects represented - of which there are approximately 10,000 - cover almost all aspects of the history of science, from antiquity to the early twentieth century. Particular strengths include the collections of astrolabes, sundials, quadrants, early mathematical instruments generally (including those used for surveying, drawing, calculating, astronomy and navigation) and optical instruments (including microscopes, telescopes and cameras), together with
apparatus associated with chemistry, natural philosophy and medicine. In addition,
the Museum possesses a unique reference library for the study of the history of
scientific instruments that includes manuscripts, incunabula, prints, printed
ephemera and early photographic material.
For Epact-related enquiries, contact:
Dr Jim Bennett,
Museum of the History of Science,
Broad Street,
Oxford OX1 3AZ,
U.K.
E-mail:
jim.bennett@mhs.ox.ac.uk
Tel: +44 [0]1865 277280
Fax: +44 [0]1865 277288
Web:
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ |
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