Current Displays and Exhibitions

Take a look at the special exhibitions and displays — and explore our online Galleries

Making Waves display, Basement Gallery, History of Science Museum, Oxford

Making Waves: Marconi's Radio Revolution

Guglielmo Marconi had a simple vision — to connect the world through wireless technology.

Much of the technology we use today — mobile phones, wifi, GPS, and Bluetooth — can trace its origins back to Marconi’s ideas and devices.

Explore how Marconi’s hands-on science experiments revolutionised the way the whole world stays connected.

From April 2022
Basement Gallery

45747 Astrolabe by Muhammad Muqim al Yazdi, Persian, 1647/8, made for Shah Abbas II

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Mirror of the Stars

Pick up an astrolabe and you hold the universe in your hand.

Join our curators Dr Federica Gigante and Mathilde Daussy-Renaudin to explore how astrolabes mirrored the traditional view of the Earth at the centre of our moving universe.

From 21 October 2021
Online

Luke Jerram with his COVID-19 vaccine glass sculpture

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The Art of Science: the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

This stunning artwork celebrates the remarkable story of the Oxford University researchers who developed the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Experience the sculpture — and add your voice to our living-history display.

From May 2021
Entrance Gallery

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Alice in Typhoidland: the past and present of typhoid

Explore the long history and cutting edge research behind typhoid vaccination and rollout.

From 21 January 2020
Basement Gallery

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Young Producers: 'Prayer'

Over the last year the Young Producers voluntary group at the History of Science Museum has been working with the collection of scientific instruments from the Islamic World display in the top gallery.

From September 2019
Top Gallery