Past exhibitions and displays

The Museum has been creating virtual versions of its exhibitions since 1995—take a look:

detail from The Measurers, a painting depicting a range of practical activities

The Measurers: a Flemish Image of Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century

This special exhibition was centered around a very unusual and important painting in the Museum's collection, known simply as 'The Measurers', which depicts a range of practical activities, foremost among them mathematical instrument making, used to start a discussion of the practical mathematics movement of Renaissance Europe and as a means of organizing the display of a large number of related objects.

3 July – 15 December 1995

Early Photographs

This small exhibition, drawn entirely from the Museum's collection, presents some examples of the earliest types of photographic image. It concentrates only on the first three processes to be developed: Daguerreotypes, Photogenic Drawings and Calotypes.

1995

Oxford Virtual Science Walk composite picture with map and sketches

The Oxford Virtual Science Walk

The Oxford Science Walk takes you to some of the most important and interesting historic scientific sites in Oxford, from the time of the founding of the University in the 13th century and the work of Friar Bacon to advancements in modern science such as the development of penicillin.