Museum of the History of Science

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

The Museum of the History of Science in Broad Street, Oxford, England, holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from Middle Ages to the 19th century. The museum building is also known as the Old Ashmolean Building to distinguish it from the newer Ashmolean Museum building completed in 1894. The museum was built in 1683, and it is the world's oldest surviving purpose built museum.

The museum is open to the general public with free admission every afternoon except Mondays.


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