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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 the life of Professor Jim Bennett
Celebrating the life of Professor Jim Bennett
What's On
Display: COVID: Stories from a Segregated Society
Display: COVID: Stories from a Segregated Society
Display: Lyra's Worlds
Display: Lyra's Worlds
Display: Making Waves - Marconi's Radio Revolution
Display: Making Waves - Marconi's Radio Revolution
Display & online story: Einstein's Blackboard
Display & online story: Einstein's Blackboard
Discovery starts here
Stories our collections can tell
Science in the Islamic World
Science in the Islamic World
Blog: Meeting points
Blog: Meeting points
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
Museum Guide: Spotlight Stories
Museum Guide: Spotlight Stories
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
Support your Museum
Volunteering
Volunteering
We can't do it without you!
We can't do it without you!
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