Our History Matters Our History Matters Finding & Founding series Our History Matters Dr Sumner Braund introduces our decolonisation project which will bring to life the origin stories in our founding collection.
Epidemic Encounters Epidemic Encounters Stories of Oxford Science series Epidemic Encounters Giles Hudson traces the history of vaccine pioneer Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine’s connections to Oxford’s influential Acland family.
Meeting Points Meeting Points Decolonising the HSM Collection series Meeting Points Museum Director Dr Silke Ackermann discusses the boy in the Chardin portrait and reflects on what it means to be a meeting point for people, science, art and belief.
Balancing the many voices of the pandemic Balancing the many voices of the pandemic Collecting COVID series Balancing the many voices of the pandemic Tina Eyre — Curator for Collecting COVID at the History of Science Museum — shares her thoughts on the ethics of Contemporary Collecting.
Imagining AI Imagining AI Imagining AI exhibition from Oxford Maths Imagining AI Discover the story of early computer pioneers Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace in their own words, through notebooks and manuscripts.
Vaccine trials in science and art Vaccine trials in science and art In Conversation with Fran Monks Vaccine trials in science and art Portrait artist and photographer Fran Monks explores photography as a gateway to celebrating the extraordinary stories of ‘ordinary’ people.
Collecting COVID Collecting COVID Tina Eyre, our Curator for Collecting COVID, explores building a collection which tells recent — and personal —histories.
MultakaOxford MultakaOxford From Islamic art to favourite objects, discover the rich, diverse insights into our collections from the MultakaOxford team.
Stories of Oxford Science Stories of Oxford Science From COVID to penicillin, discover stories of science in Oxford.
Women and Science Women and Science Stories from — and about — inspiring women leading the way in science.
Life, the Universe and Astrolabes Life, the Universe and Astrolabes From inscriptions and time machines to iPhones and fakery — discover stories inspired by astrolabes: the 'mirror of the stars'.
Stories our Collections can tell Stories our Collections can tell Moons, spheres, cleaning and chemicals — explore the ideas and people at the heart of our collections.
