@whipplemuseum.bsky.social
We're Cambridge University's home for the history of science. Open Mon-Fri, 12.30-16.30. Next Saturday opening, 18 October, 10.00-16.00.
Out to the Whipple Library @whipplemuseum.bsky.social as part of Open Cambridge for '500 years of science in print' ๐
Thank you to Jack & Liz from the #Library for showing, explaining & allowing us to touch (only some) some of the libraries absolute treasure ๐
#science #archive #printing #knowledge
Whipple Scribble this Thursday! Sketch or just unwind with a friend at our after-hours drawing session. โ๏ธ
Thu 18 Sept, 5:30โ7:30pm
๐ Kick off with a optional intro tour at 5:30pm
๐ Free, booking essential.
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โจ 1618 Day, Saturday 20 Sept, 10โ4pm โจ
Step back into the 17th century and discover the stories of our beautiful Jacobean building (once Cambridgeโs Free School). Explore historic instruments, uncover hidden corners of the museum, and enjoy family activities, curator talks, and special tours.
โ๏ธ After-hours sketching at the Whipple Museum
Thu 18 Sept, 5:30โ7:30pm
Sketch among telescopes, globes & centuries-old instruments in Cambridgeโs history of science museum.
Free, all welcome! Optional 20-min intro tour at 5:30pm! โจ
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whipple-sc...
๐ Whipple Highlights Tour
Wed 13 Aug, 1pm and Thur 21 Aug, 3:30pm
What is an orrery? Why does the clock chime 13? And whatโs with the green specs and horsesโ teeth? Explore the Whipple in 10 objects!
Get your tickets here:
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Weโre open tomorrowโhereโs whatโs on! โญ๏ธ
๐ Bridging Binaries Tour: LGBTQ+ History of Science
๐ 1:30pm | ๐ Free (book via website)
๐ฌ Curatorโs Talk: Physics & Glass
๐ 2:30pm | ๐ Free, no booking needed โ just meet us at the front desk
๐ Whipple Highlights Tour
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Sat 16 Aug, 10:30am, Free
What is an orrery? Why does the clock chime 13? And whatโs with the green specs and horsesโ teeth? Explore the Whipple in 10 objectsโcurious artefacts, big scientific ideas, and famous Cambridge connections.
www.eventbrite.com/e/whipple-hi...
Whipple Musuem, Cambridge
H is for the History of Science โ no better place than Cambridge if you have a passion for HoS. Whipple Museum, Hawking, Newton (weโll get to that)โฆ
#HistoryOfScience #WhippleMuseum @whipplemuseum.bsky.social
Weโre open this Saturday โ and thereโs something new to see! ๐
Explore Human Body in the Learning Gallery: from electric nerve zappers to vitamin C syrup jars, an ivory eye, and a full papier-mรขchรฉ person! ๐ง โก๏ธ
๐ Free School Lane, Cambridge
10am - 4pm
๐ Free entry!
โจ Physics & Glass โจ
Now on at the Whipple Museum, Physics & Glass is a tribute to the art of the scientific glassblower. Glass has been one of the most important materials in the history of physics, and this display highlights some of the most intricate pieces in the Whippleโs collection.
After-hours sketching at the Whipple Museum
Thursday 8 May, 5.30-7.30pm
Free!
Ever fancied sketching among telescopes, globes, and ancient scientific instruments? Step into Cambridge University's home for the history of science for a relaxed, creative evening.
www.eventbrite.com/e/whipple-sc...
Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Museum Tour, this Wednesday! โญ๏ธ๐ฃ
Weโre thrilled to announce the return of the Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tours at the Whipple Museum.
๐ Every Wednesday, 2.30pm.
Tours are aimed at an adult audience.
Book your FREE tickets our website.
Young visitor using a red telescope in the Learning Gallery.
This Saturday get hands-on with creative activities that will help shape our new Learning Gallery installationโjoin us for Lightworks! ๐จ๐ญ
๐จ Lightworks Workshop: Exploring Light, Colour & Lenses
๐ Led by artist James Tunnard
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15 March
โฐ Drop in between 10โ12pm & 1โ3pm
๐ซ Free
๐ธ My Linh Le for UCM
๐What kinds of scientific instruments were used around the turn of the nineteenth century in Greece, then a province of the Ottoman Empire? Artemis Yagou (Deutsches Museum) outlines the uses of scientific instruments and the associated emerging practices and mentalities in Greece.
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Whatโs On at the Whipple Museum this February Half Term? ๐ผ ๐ฆ ๐
Weโre taking part in #TwilightAtTheMuseums with Cambridge University Museums!
Grab your torch and explore our collections after dark with our space-themed family trail, Space Explorers. ๐ญ๐ชโ๏ธ
Wednesday 19 Feb, 5-7pm.
Free, drop-in.
A box of microscopic slides. Very thin little drawers with little handles, each drawer contains a couple of slides
Spherical equinocial sundial by Hans Volmar, German, 18th century Wh.O660 Compound microscope by Edmund Culpeper, English, circa 1735 Whipple was particularly interested in the early history of the microscope, collecting nearly 200 examples from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Astrolabe Persian, signed M. Akhbar 1236 AH (1820 AD) Wh.0599
Just realised that our amazing Whipple Museum of History of Science is on Bluesky. Follow @whipplemuseum.bsky.social for more #HistSci, #HistMed, #SciArt, broken scientific instruments in Cambridge, and more! ๐ ๐๏ธ
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๐ฃ๐ Exhibition Talk ๐ฃ ๐
The Cavendish Laboratory and the Birth of the Atomic Age.
Meet the remarkable scientific community behind the Cavendish Laboratoryโs astonishing physics in this talk with Whipple Museum curator Dr Hannah Price.
Free, no need to book.
Saturday, 15 February, 2025 - 2pm
@annaalexandrova.bsky.social we're here! ๐
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A skeleton of a dodo in a display cabinet
An Iguanodon skeleton replica on its hind legs in a museum
A gold old fashioned microscope in a glass cabinet
A blue plaque crediting the discovery of the double helix to Francis Crick and James Watson. There is graffiti on the bottom saying Franklin
Went on a 'science museum crawl' around Cambridge (UK)! Here are some highlights!
๐University Museum of Zoology
๐ Whipple Museum of the History of Science
๐Sedwick Museum of Earth Science
#museums ๐ก ๐งช
Great exhibition about a significant moment in history! โ Whipple Museum in Cambridge.
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Pinboard exhibition display from the exhibition on The Cavendish Lab - done as a way to exhibit the kind of collaboration and culture that existed around the lab, and made its journey from newly founded, scorned upon, โpracticalโ space, towards a world-renowned site of scientific excellence possible.
A cyclotron from the cavendish - and early form of particle accelerator, used to accelerate electrons and similarly sized particles.
Terrestrial globe from 1690
New acquisition: a Spanish portable sundial, which has been moderated by someone to work in the southern hemisphere, and inscribed with useful coordinates traced along the west coast of South America, targeting, in particular, sites of relevant to Spanish extractivist imperialism, i.e. ports used for exporting raw materials and other goods.
And weโre back on: 1st term day included a tour of the Whipple Museumโจ organised by the #STS Cambridge Network (SCaN)
We got an intricate story on networks of knowledge underlying the discovery of ๐งฌ, learnt about the Cavendish lab, saw the Globe Room, AND an exciting new acquisition (see ALT) #hps
