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LIFT OUT OF ACTION: apologies, we cannot offer disabled, level access to the Museum.
Groups need to book in advance
GALLERY CLOSURE: our Top Gallery is currently closed while we carry out essential maintenance work. Our Middle and Basement Galleries are open with histories and stories to share with you.
HSM@100 and Vision 24
Display: About Time: One Passion. A World of Histories | From Sat 2 March 2024
Display: About Time: One Passion. A World of Histories | From Sat 2 March 2024
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ex35Wrxpyi8
Events
Museum of Climate Hope at the History of Science Museum
Free online digital trail
Museum of Climate Hope at the History of Science Museum
Free online trail
Life Time
Thursday 9 January, 17.30pm–18.30pm
Life Time
Weston Library (Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre), Broad Street | OX1 3BG
Talk
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Saturday 25 January, 12.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Sunday 26 January, 2.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Saturday 22 February, 12.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Sunday 23 February, 2.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Saturday 29 March, 12.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Sunday 30 March, 2.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Saturday 26 April, 12.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Sunday 27 April, 2.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Saturday 24 May, 12.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Sunday 25 May, 2.00–4.00pm
How Does It Work (including Light & Space Backpacks)
Displays
Display: A Healthy Future for All?
Display: A Healthy Future for All?
Display: The Disease of Greed
Display: The Disease of Greed
Display: Lyra's Worlds
Display: Lyra's Worlds
Discovery starts here
Stories our collections can tell
Blog: Einstein in Oxford
Blog: Einstein in Oxford
Blog: Digitising the Babbage Archive
Blog: Digitising the Babbage Archive
Blog: Oxford's sewage disposal system protects against epidemics
Blog: Oxford's sewage disposal system protects against epidemics
Blog: Making your mark: the Comtesse de Lespinasse’s Astrolabe
Blog: Making your mark: the Comtesse de Lespinasse’s Astrolabe
Science in the Islamic World
Science in the Islamic World
Join our experts as they put a selection of our working scientific instruments through their paces. It's rare we have a chance to handle these objects, so we hope you enjoy seeing them come to life as much as we did.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/AaWuJHQL-bQ
People
People: MultakaOxford
People: My Place, My Science (African Families in the UK)
Art
Interview: Vaccine Trials in Science and Art
Online Gallery: Islamic Metalwork from the Courtauld
Science
Blog: Collecting COVID series
Blog: Epidemic Encounters
Belief
Video: The Zodiac - Science or Superstition?
Online story: History of the Islamic World in 11 Maps
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Volunteering
Volunteering
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