Basement & Shop
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Making Waves
Marconi's Radio Revolution
The wireless technology we use today can trace its origins back to Marconi's ideas and devices.
Mobile phones: meet the ancestors!
From saving lives on the Titanic to founding the BBC, explore the stories behind Marconi's Radio Revolution.
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Alice in Typhoidland
The Past and Present of Typhoid
Glide with us on a murky ride as we travel down the sewer hole into Oxford's underside.
Join Alice Liddell (Alice in Wonderland) on a tour through the past and present of typhoid control.
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Science at War
Periodic Table and Penicillin
Discover the people behind two Oxford Science stories: Harry Moseley's groundbreaking work on the Periodic Table and Howard Florey's life-saving penicillin team.
Don't miss Nobel Prize-winner Dorothy Hodgkin's 3D penicillin model.
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Einstein's Blackboard
What Relativity says about the Universe
In May 1931, Albert Einstein used this blackboard in an Oxford lecture to discuss what Relativity has to say about the universe.
It's an intriguing snapshot at a key moment in our understanding of the cosmos.
Where next?
Beeson Room
Spotlight Story: Lyra's Worlds
Stairs to Basement & Shop
Spotlight Story: Star Gazers
Entrance Gallery
Spotlight Stories 5-8
Stairs to Top Gallery
Spotlight Story: Reach for the Moon
Top Gallery
Spotlight Stories 1-4
The 'Old Ashmolean': A Short History
The World's Oldest Surviving Purpose-built Public Museum Building
Main Menu
Back to the start
Where next?
Beeson Room
Spotlight Story: Lyra's Worlds
Stairs to Basement & Shop
Spotlight Story: Star Gazers
Entrance Gallery
Spotlight Stories 5-8
Stairs to Top Gallery
Spotlight Story: Reach for the Moon
Top Gallery
Spotlight Stories 1-4
The 'Old Ashmolean': A Short History
The World's Oldest Surviving Purpose-built Public Museum Building
Main Menu
Back to the start