The History of Science Museum

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The History of Science Museum houses an unrivaled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development of western culture and collecting.

  1. 07/24/2013

    The Oxford Philosophical Society and the Royal Society: a meeting of minds?

    Dr Anna Marie Roos gives a talk as part of the Museum's celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Royal Society.

    41 min

  2. 04/08/2013

    Who's to Blame for the Weather?

    Professor Allen of the Oxford University Environmental Change Institute discusses one of the most pressing issues of the modern day - Climate Change.

    1h 2m

  3. 04/08/2013

    Body Clocks, Sleep and Light

    Russell Foster explains the role of light in regulating our bodies and discusses the implications of today's almost constant exposure to light.

    1h 7m

  4. 03/11/2013

    The Invention of Clouds

    Writer Richard Hamblyn revisits his first book about the 19th-century amateur meteorologist Luke Howard who gave the clouds the names we use today.

    59 min

  5. 03/11/2013

    Stormy Weather: Exploring Atmospheres in the Outer Solar System

    Leigh Fletcher (Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford) talks about current research on the weather of other planets.

    56 min

  6. 07/02/2012

    Decimalising Time: Calendar and Clocks in the French Revolution

    Dr Matthew Shaw, British Library, talks about the extraordinary revisions of time measurement adopted in the French Revolution.

    52 min

  7. 07/02/2012

    Mercator: The Man who Mapped the Planet

    Geographer, explorer, writer and broadcaster Nicholas Crane talks about the inspirations behind his book on Gerard Mercator.

    56 min

  8. 10/26/2011

    Simon Forman: astrology, Medicine and Quackery in Elizabethan England

    The third in a series of public lectures linked to the Museum's 'Eccentricity' exhibition.

    55 min
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The History of Science Museum houses an unrivaled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development of western culture and collecting.

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