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Opening hours
Free entry.
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Groups need to book in advance
LIFT OUT OF ACTION: our lift — which offers disabled, level access to the Basement only — is temporarily of out action.
Celebrating HSM@100
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
What's On
Event: F for Fake
Event: F for Fake
Event: How Does It Work?
Event: How Does It Work?
Display: COVID: Stories from a Segregated Society
Display: COVID: Stories from a Segregated Society
Display & online story: Einstein's Blackboard
Display & online story: Einstein's Blackboard
Display: Lyra's Worlds
Display: Lyra's Worlds
Celebrating the life of Professor Jim Bennett
Celebrating the life of Professor Jim Bennett
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
Online gallery: Celebrating Women in Science
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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