Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

This unrivalled collection of early scientific instruments is housed in the world's oldest public purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean. See Islamic instruments from the Middle Ages, Einstein's blackboard and the first cultures of the life-saving antibiotic Penicillin under one roof. We offer public lectures, family-friendly events and gallery tours that highlight our collections. For those unable to visit Oxford, online versions of exhibitions, stand-alone online resources and a web version of the collections database are available at www.mhs.ox.ac.uk