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Opening hours (free entry)
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Groups need to book in advance
LIFT OUT OF ACTION: apologies, we cannot offer disabled, level access to the Museum.
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
Vision 24: Your Museum Needs You (Public consultation, 8-21 July 2024)
Vision 24: Your Museum Needs You (Public consultation, 8-21 July 2024)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ex35Wrxpyi8
What's On
Event: How Does It Work? (Including Light & Space Backpacks)
Event: How Does It Work? (Including Light & Space Backpacks)
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
Science in the Islamic World
Science in the Islamic World
Museum Guide: Spotlight Stories
Museum Guide: Spotlight Stories
Blog: The travels of an astrolabe: Persia to Afghanistan
Blog: The travels of an astrolabe: Persia to Afghanistan
Blog: The travels of an astrolabe: Kabul to Londonn
Blog: The travels of an astrolabe: Kabul to Londonn
Blog: Making your mark: the Comtesse de Lespinasse’s Astrolabe
Blog: Making your mark: the Comtesse de Lespinasse’s Astrolabe
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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