Rana Ibrahim, the Museum’s Collections Project Officer (Multaka-Oxford), tells us about her favourite object, an astrolabe engraved with a Quranic verse.

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In April we welcomed Kelly Lau, a second year student from the University of Reading, to the Museum for a two week placement. In this guest blog post Kelly talks about her experience at the Museum. I feel very lucky to have been part of the Public Engagement team for two weeks, helping them research ... [Read more...]

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Ninety-five years ago the University passed a decree to accept Lewis Evans' donation of scientific instruments. This was the foundation of our Museum.

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Helen Pooley, the Museum's Primary Education Officer, tells us about her favourite object in the History of Science Museum: an Earl's armillary sphere.

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The Multaka-Oxford team have had an amazing few months and the project is developing rapidly. In this post they talk about their work inside and outside of the Museum, and highlight some of their favourite objects. ** In the Museum… We have had some great sessions with volunteers over the last months. In May Silke ... [Read more...]

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We are excited to let you know more about Multaka-Oxford, our new project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund. It will be running until September 2019. The project will create volunteer opportunities for forced migrants and use museums and collections as a ‘meeting point’ to bring people together. We are jointly delivering Multaka-Oxford with the Pitt ... [Read more...]

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Flo, a member of Young Producers, discusses how we can discover the history of objects by examining their surface.  ** From Time-Turners in Harry Potter to Alethiometers in His Dark Materials, clever instruments with complex markings and shiny surfaces are great centre-pieces to stories of adventure and intrigue. I like to think that JK Rowling and Philip Pullman ... [Read more...]

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Tom, from the Museum’s Young Producers group, talks about astrolabes and the craftsman Abd al A’imma.   ** It is easy to forget the past. This is perhaps most true of technology. We have no reason to think about it, but every day we do something utterly radical. We reach for a smartphone, and we’ve harnessed ... [Read more...]

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