Museum
History of Science Museum, Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
One of the world's largest collections of astrolabes, with Islamic, European and Indian examples, and early scientific instruments.
Housed in the Old Ashmolean, the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building (1683), the museum was founded on Lewis Evans's collection of scientific instruments in 1924.
- Type
- Museum
- Location
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1683 (building); 1924 (museum)
- Specialities
- Astrolabes · Sundials · Islamic scientific instruments
- Official website
- www.hsm.ox.ac.uk
Opening hours, admission and accessibility change; please check the official website before visiting.
