History of Science Museum, Oxford
The History of Science Museum 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 Old Ashmolean Building as it stands today | |
History of Science Museum, Oxford | |
| Established | 1683 (as Ashmolean Museum) 1924 (as Lewis Evans Collection 1935 (as Museum of the History of Science) |
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| Location | Broad Street, Oxford, England |
| Coordinates | 51.75443°N 1.25519°W |
| Type | University museum of the history of science |
| Visitors | 148,412 (2019) |
| Director | Silke Ackermann |
| Website | History of Science Museum |
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