#MuseumMonday: The Royal Institution – A History and Review of the Faraday Museum
The Royal Institution of Great Britain is one of the most remarkable surviving institutions in the history of British science. Founded in 1799, it occupies an unusual position between a scientific society, research institution, educational establishment, public lecture theatre and…
#SciFri: The Art of Deception at the Whipple Museum
There is something wonderfully appropriate about the fact that the Whipple Museum of the History of Science should mount an exhibition about deception. Scientific instruments are objects upon which trust depends. A telescope must provide a reliable image; a balance…
#MuseumMonday: My visit to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science
The Whipple Museum of the History of Science occupies a distinctive place among Britain’s university museums. Hidden away on the atmospheric Free School Lane in Cambridge, the museum is not simply a repository of antique instruments. It is a living…
