Tuesday 12 January 2016 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Alphabet of Our Universe
  Rachel McCarthy
• 19:00 - Alphabet of our Universe
  Rachel McCarthy

Tuesday 19 January 2016 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Reclimbing Moseley’s Staircase
  Professors Russ Egdell, Justin Wark

Tuesday 8 March 2016 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Recycling the Astrolabe
  Dr Stephen Johnston (University of Oxford )

Thursday 17 March 2016 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Gastrophysics: The new science of multisensory dining
  Professor Charles Spence (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 5 April 2016 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 19:00 - Richard Owen: Sea Serpent Killer
  Professor Brian Regal (Kean University, United States)

Thursday 5 May 2016 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 19:00 - Public Health and Private Pain: A night of medical history and drama
  Disabled access only available in the Basement Gallery.
  TBA

Monday 9 May 2016 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:00 - Mercury in Transit
  TBA

Monday 23 May 2016 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 19:00 - Buckets, Bollards and Bombs
  Mats Fridlund (Aalto University, Finland)

Tuesday 28 June 2016 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

• 19:00 - Observing the Observers
  Dr Lee Macdonald (University of Oxford)

Thursday 21 July 2016 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

• 19:00 - Board Games and Medieval Medicine
  Daniel Burt (Oriental Institute, University of Oxford)

Thursday 15 September 2016 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 19:00 - Mercury Rising: Measuring Temperature Through Time
  Professor Graham Machin (National Physical Laboratory)

Tuesday 25 October 2016 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 19:00 - Ingenuity and Craft Culture in Early Modern London
  Professor Robert Iliffe (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 November 2016 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 14:30 - Back from the Dead: Curator Tour
  No need to book.
  TBA

Thursday 17 November 2016 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 19:00 - Don’t Panic
  Doors open at 7pm. Please reserve a ticket through Eventbrite.
  Various Speakers

Friday 18 November 2016 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Back from the Dead: Curator Tour
  No need to book.
  TBA

Tuesday 22 November 2016 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 19:00 - Penicillin: Triumph and Tragedy
  Doors open at 6.30pm. Please reserve a ticket through Eventbrite.
  Robert Bud (Science Museum, London)

Wednesday 30 November 2016 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:00 - Back from the Dead: Curator Tour
  No need to book.
  TBA

Thursday 8 December 2016 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 19:00 - The Global Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
  Doors open at 6.30pm. Please reserve a ticket through Eventbrite.
  Dr Angela Brueggemann

Tuesday 13 December 2016 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 15:00 - Back from the Dead: Curator Tour
  No need to book.
  TBA
• 19:00 - The Star of Bethlehem
  Dr Silke Ackermann (Museum of the History of Science, Oxford)

Wednesday 28 December 2017 (-2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Back from the Dead: Curator Tour
  No need to book.
  Various Speakers

Tuesday 10 January 2017 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Back from the Dead: Curator Tour
  No need to book.
  Various Speakers

Tuesday 24 January 2017 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Back from the Dead: Curator Tour
  No need to book.
  Various Speakers

Thursday 26 January 2017 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Unlocking the Medieval Medicine Cabinet
  Dr Freya Harrison (University of Warwick)

Thursday 9 February 2017 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Saving Lives with Penicillin in Britain and Abroad
  Dr Robert Bud (Science Museum, London)

Wednesday 15 February 2017 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Back from the Dead: Curator-led Tour
  TBA

Thursday 9 March 2017 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Crystals, Careers and Penicillin
  Georgina Ferry

Thursday 16 March 2017 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 19:00 - Sir Hugh Cairns: A Pioneering Neurosurgeon
  Professor Gabriele De Luca (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 March 2017 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - Back from the Dead: Curator-led Tour
  TBA

Tuesday 4 April 2017 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - A Future without Antibiotics?
  Please note that the doors to the Museum will open at 5.45pm and the talk begins promptly at 6pm. Late arrivals cannot be guaranteed entry.
  Dr Laura Shallcross (University College London)

Thursday 2 November 2017 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - Anna Dumitriu: Artist’s Talk
  Anna Dumitriu

Wednesday 22 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 13:00 - Anna Dumitriu: Guided Tour
  Anna Dumitriu

Thursday 14 December 2017 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - BioArt: Altered Realities
  William Myers

Thursday 18 January 2018 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - Meet the Bacteria
  Dr John Paul (Public Health England)

Saturday 10 February 2018 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Anna Dumitriu: Guided Tour
  Anna Dumitriu

Thursday 15 February 2018 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - TB: Stories from its DNA
  Dr Timothy Walker (Nuffield Department of Medicine)

Thursday 1 March 2018 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - In Conversation: Anna Dumitriu and Nicola Fawcett
  Dr Nicola Fawcett (Medical Sciences Division), Anna Dumitriu

Thursday 15 March 2018 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - Art, Illusions and the Visual Brain
  Professor Christopher Kennard (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 April 2018 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - “Uncertain at Present for Women But May Increase”
  Dr Elizabeth Bruton (Science Museum, London)

Thursday 24 May 2018 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - The World's Earliest History of Medicine
  Professor Emilie Savage-Smith (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 5 June 2018 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Art, Illusions and the Visual Brain
  Professor Christopher Kennard (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 12 June 2018 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Scenes from a Projected World
  Dr Emily Hayes (Oxford Brookes University)

Thursday 12 July 2018 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Boundaries of Science
  Dr Ann Giletti (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 26 September 2018 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 12:30 - Women in Science: Tour
  TBA

Thursday 27 September 2018 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - Ada Lovelace: the Making of a Computer Scientist
  Professor Ursula Martin (University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - A Lab of One’s Own
  Dr Patricia Fara (University of Cambridge )

Thursday 6 December 2018 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - Closing the Gap
  Dr Vicky Neale (University of Oxford)

Saturday 12 January 2019 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

• 14:00 - Family Friendly: What did the Victorians know about the moving image? Find out and make your own magical movie toy
  Drop-in, ages 7+
  Not applicable
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 24 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - Evening Talk: Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist
  Professor Ursula Martin (University of Oxford)
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 7 March 2019 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - Special Event: A Million Memories
  Various Speakers
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 16 March 2019 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

• 13:00 - Family Friendly: Lovelace’s Labyrinth
  Drop-in, all ages
  Not applicable
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 11 April 2019 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Talk: Science fictions
  Professor Rob Iliffe (University of Oxford)
  History of Science Museum Events

Wednesday 17 April 2019 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Family friendly: Fabulous fundials
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 27 April 2019 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:00 - Special event: Marconi Day
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 9 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Special event: Knight at the Museum (D&D)
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 11 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Family friendly: Drawing with camera obscuras
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Friday 17 May 2019 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Special event: Art rocks
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 18 May 2019 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:00 - Special event: Set in stone?
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events
• 13:00 - Family friendly: House of Wisdom
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 23 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Talk: Redefining measurement
  Professor Graham Machin (National Physical Laboratory)
  History of Science Museum Events

Friday 31 May 2019 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Family friendly: Ahoy there!
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 15 June 2019 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Family friendly: What is this thing called an astrolabe?
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 22 June 2019 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:00 - Special event: Heads up!
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 27 June 2019 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Talk: 250 years of weather in Oxford
  Stephen Burt (University of Reading)
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 29 June 2019 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:15 - Multaka-Oxford tours
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 6 July 2019 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:00 - Family friendly: Alice’s Day: adventures in time
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 18 July 2019 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Talk: Apollo 11: the inside story
  David Whitehouse
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 20 July 2019 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Family friendly: One giant leap
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Friday 16 August 2019 (16th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Family friendly: Send a message SOS
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Friday 30 August 2019 (18th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Family friendly: Elementary!
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events
• 14:00 - Family friendly: Elementary!
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 14 September 2019 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:30 - Tours: Made in Oxford
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Sunday 15 September 2019 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:30 - Tours: Made in Oxford
  TBA
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 19 September 2019 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - Talk: The unlikely history of radium
  Lucy Jane Santos
  History of Science Museum Events

Saturday 21 September 2019 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Family friendly: Cabinet of curiosities
  N/A
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 20 February 2020 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - Oxford Instruments: Past, Present and Future
  Ziad Melhem (Oxford Instruments), Ben Knott (Oxford Instruments)
  History of Science Museum Events

Thursday 29 October 2020 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - Rings of Heaven
  Dr Taha Yasin Arslan (Istanbul)
  Knowledge in Motion – Science and Medicine in the Islamic World Online Lectures

Thursday 12 November 2020 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - Arabic Books and Astronomy in Seventeenth-Century Oxford
  Professor Julia Bray (Oriental Studies, Oxford)
  Knowledge in Motion – Science and Medicine in the Islamic World Online Lectures

Thursday 10 December 2020 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - Board Games and Medieval Medicine
  Daniel Burt (The Khalili Research Centre, Oxford)
  Knowledge in Motion – Science and Medicine in the Islamic World Online Lectures

Thursday 7 January 2021 (-1st Week, Hilary Term)

• 18:00 - Is ‘Science’ Always Exact?
  Dr Taha Yasin Arslan (Istanbul)
  Knowledge in Motion – Science and Medicine in the Islamic World Online Lectures

Thursday 20 May 2021 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:00 - The Art of Science: the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
  Professor Sarah Gilbert (Said Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford), Luke Jerram (Artist), Dr Silke Ackermann (History of Science Museum, Oxford)
  History of Science Museum Events

Wednesday 3 November 2021 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

• 18:00 - In Conversation: Vaccine Trials — in Science and Art
  Fran Monks (Portrait artist), Professor Andrew Pollard (University of Oxford), Dr Helen Salisbury, Dr Silke Ackermann (History of Science Museum, Oxford), Tim Harford

Tuesday 21 June 2022 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

• 17:30 - From Quadrant and Cross Staff to Clock and Compass: How technology launched the age of European exploration
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Cory Richards (National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and photographer), Roger Michel (Institute for Digital Archaeology Executive Director)
  History of Science Museum Events

Sunday 3 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

• 15:00 - About Time: One Passion. A World of Histories
  Dr Sumner Braund (History of Science Museum, University of Oxford)
  History of Science Museum Events

Wednesday 3 April 2024 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

• 18:15 - April Fakes Day: F for Fake
  Professor Patricia Kingori (University of Oxford), Dr Andrew Dunning (Curator of Medieval Manuscript, Bodleian Libraries), Dr JC Niala (Head of Research, Teaching and Collections, History of Science Museum)
  History of Science Museum Events