Research – Inside HSM Oxford

Ephemera For Ever!

Robyn Haggard — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:52:07 +0000

We were recently asked by the University’s Development Office for an example of a donation with a striking story. What could be nicer than drawing out the extraordinarily detailed implications of a single piece of throwaway paper from the 18th century, and celebrating the generosity of a remarkable but modest benefactor? ** John R. Millburn ... [Read more...]

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A day in the life…

Scott Billings — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 09:42:07 +0000

We may be a small museum, but we get up to lots of different things… If you’ve ever wondered what happens here in a typical day, then take a look at this short film. Thanks to Tom Wilkinson and Tom Fuller in the University of Oxford Public Affairs Directorate for putting this together.

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Creating and curating a special exhibition

Scott Billings — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:03:07 +0000

Our current special exhibition, ‘Dear Harry…’ – Henry Moseley: A Scientist Lost to War, features many artefacts drawn from the collections of museums and archives around the country. Its stories and narrative attempt to convey something of the voice and character of Moseley himself; and some of the scientific experiments he conducted are revealed through computer animation. Although ... [Read more...]

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Death at The Farm – (Re-)visiting Harry on Gallipoli

Scott Billings — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:46:39 +0000

Our current special exhibition, ‘Dear Harry…‘, presents an intimate portrait of Henry Moseley, a brilliant British physicist who was killed, aged 27, in World War I in Gallipoli, Turkey on 10 August 1915. To mark the exhibition and the centenary of the Dardanelles campaign, our director Dr Silke Ackermann embarked on a pilgrimage to Gallipoli and retraced ... [Read more...]

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Building time machines

Scott Billings — Thu, 28 May 2015 14:57:54 +0000

The Museum is famous for its collection of astrolabes, the largest and most significant in the world and particularly strong in Islamic instruments. An astrolabe is a brilliant astronomical device used, very roughly speaking, for timekeeping. But as researcher Taha Yasin Arslan explains, timekeeping in the medieval Muslim world involved many different things… by Taha Yasin ... [Read more...]

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