Collections – Inside HSM Oxford https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs Stories from the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:23:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.16 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/files/2018/12/cropped-Logo_bumper-white-background-32x32.png Collections – Inside HSM Oxford https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs 32 32 79207074 Epidemic encounters https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/epidemic-encounters/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/epidemic-encounters/#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:31:09 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=2398

Giles Hudson traces the history of vaccine pioneer Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine's connections to Oxford's influential Acland family, and his 35-year friendship with groundbreaking photographer Sarah Acland.

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Drawing the Moon https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/drawing-the-moon/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/drawing-the-moon/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:42:03 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=2071 Art and science have always been intertwined. In this guest post the artist Jo Lane discusses her most recent artwork inspired by John Russell’s Moon drawing that hangs in the Museum. As a regular visitor to the History of Science Museum I have been inspired by the abundance of objects to view and research. I ... [Read more...]

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My favourite object: an Islamic astrolabe https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/favourite-object-islamic-astrolabe/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/favourite-object-islamic-astrolabe/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:12:13 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=2055

Rana Ibrahim, the Museum’s Collections Project Officer (Multaka-Oxford), tells us about her favourite object, an astrolabe engraved with a Quranic verse.

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The foundation of a museum https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/foundation-museum-image-gallery/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/foundation-museum-image-gallery/#respond Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:05:36 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=1980

Ninety-five years ago the University passed a decree to accept Lewis Evans' donation of scientific instruments. This was the foundation of our Museum.

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My favourite object: an Earl’s armillary sphere https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/favourite-object-armillary-sphere/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/favourite-object-armillary-sphere/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:11:41 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=1962

Helen Pooley, the Museum's Primary Education Officer, tells us about her favourite object in the History of Science Museum: an Earl's armillary sphere.

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The Museum and the City https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/multaka-oxford-museum-city/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/multaka-oxford-museum-city/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:10:01 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=1918

The Multaka-Oxford team have had an amazing few months and the project is developing rapidly. In this post they talk about their work inside and outside of the Museum, and highlight some of their favourite objects. ** In the Museum… We have had some great sessions with volunteers over the last months. In May Silke ... [Read more...]

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Multaka-Oxford: Creating Opportunities https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/multaka-oxford-creating-opportunities/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/multaka-oxford-creating-opportunities/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:22:34 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=1886

We are excited to let you know more about Multaka-Oxford, our new project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund. It will be running until September 2019. The project will create volunteer opportunities for forced migrants and use museums and collections as a ‘meeting point’ to bring people together. We are jointly delivering Multaka-Oxford with the Pitt ... [Read more...]

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Stories Etched on Objects https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/stories-etched-on-objects/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/stories-etched-on-objects/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:21:38 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=1843

Flo, a member of Young Producers, discusses how we can discover the history of objects by examining their surface.  ** From Time-Turners in Harry Potter to Alethiometers in His Dark Materials, clever instruments with complex markings and shiny surfaces are great centre-pieces to stories of adventure and intrigue. I like to think that JK Rowling and Philip Pullman ... [Read more...]

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Astrolabes, iPhones and Fakery https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/astrolabes-iphones-fakery/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/astrolabes-iphones-fakery/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:49:41 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=1822

Tom, from the Museum’s Young Producers group, talks about astrolabes and the craftsman Abd al A’imma.   ** It is easy to forget the past. This is perhaps most true of technology. We have no reason to think about it, but every day we do something utterly radical. We reach for a smartphone, and we’ve harnessed ... [Read more...]

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CAUTION: Cleaning in Progress https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/caution-cleaning-progress/ https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/caution-cleaning-progress/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:15:29 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/insidemhs/?p=1745 This blog post by Rowena Hartley from the Museum’s Move Project Team looks at the cleaning processes involved when moving museum collections.  ** Unlike the majority of people the favoured habitat for museum objects are large windowless rooms with regular, slightly chilly, temperatures and very little excitement. Here at MHS our collection is no different ... [Read more...]

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