Museum of the History of Science

Oxfordshire, OX1 3AZ

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An unrivalled collection of early scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford.

Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere and Copernican Armillary Sphere, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700, Invs. 15386 and 22258

Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford

This department of the University of Oxford is an active public museum, offering a programme of special exhibitions, family-friendly events, gallery tours and table talks, along with sessions for schools. For those unable to come to Oxford, online versions of exhibitions, standalone online resources and a web version of the collections database are available at www.mhs.ox.ac.uk.