MUSEUM of the WHAT’S ON JULY – SEPTEMBER 2018 HISTORY of SCIENCE
Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ tel: 01865 277280 email: [email protected] www.mhs.ox.ac.uk WOMEN in SCIENCE DISPLAY and PROGRAMME of EVENTS BASEMENT GALLERY
Talks, Trails and Archive Material 100 years ago, the first group of women won the right to vote in the UK. In this centenary year, there is widespread recognition of the political role women have played in society.
But what about the vital contributions women have made to science? During 2018 we are celebrating a number of women connected with the University and the Museum's collections. Colour Photograph (Autochrome) by Sarah Angelina Acland, early 1900s, Inv. 23051.
Basement Display Family Trail A small display of rarely seen archive Follow our Women and Science trail to material highlights the work of four discover more links to the collections women. Anna Atkins was one of the and find out about Caroline Herschel, an first people to illustrate a book with astronomer, and Ada Lovelace, a forerunner of computer coding. photography in 1843, and Sarah Suitable for ages 7+ Angelina Acland was a pioneer of colour photography in the early 1900s. Ada Shout Out For Women Trail Lovelace has been described as the A trail across the collections of Oxford world’s first computer programmer, and University’s Gardens, Libraries and Elizabeth Hippisley was a chemist and Museums celebrating some of the women geologist in the late 1700s. who are represented within our collections and buildings including artists, scientists and curators. WHAT’S ON Free advance booking for events with this logo at www.bit.ly/mhs-events JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER FAMILY FRIENDLY FAMILY FRIENDLY FAMILY FRIENDLY Alice’s Day: Adventures in Send a Message SOS Cabinet of Curiosities Photography Saturday 18 August, 2–4pm Saturday 22 September, 2-4pm Saturday 7 July, 2-4pm Learn Morse code, experiment Discover unusual objects and For the annual celebration of with the Museum’s telegraphic assemble your own cabinet of Lewis Carroll’s Alice stories, we apparatus, and unravel the curiosities. go through the looking glass of mystery message. Drop-in, ages 5-13 photography. See Carroll’s own Drop-in, ages 7+ photographic kit, find out about GALLERY TOUR women pioneers of photography Women in Science: Tour and have a go at creating your FAMILY FRIENDLY Wednesday 26 September, own photographs using sun- Making Micrographia 12.30–1pm reactive paper and our digital Thursday 30 – Friday 31 Join us for a staff-led tour and cameras. August, 2-4pm find out how women have been You can also pick up a family trail Use microscopes and lenses involved in science for hundreds from 12-5pm to discover Alice’s to observe tiny things, and of years as astronomers, objects. use your drawings to make mathematicians, instrument Drop-in, ages 6+ magnificent monoprints makers, and merchants. inspired by illustrations from For the Women in Science programme Robert Hooke's famous book of events. EVENING TALK Micrographia published in 1665. Boundaries of Science Drop-in, ages 7+ EVENING TALK Thursday 12 July, 6pm Ada Lovelace: the Making of a In the 1200s Europe experienced Computer Scientist a scientific revolution when it Thursday 27 September, 6pm encountered books on natural Ada, Countess of Lovelace, is philosophy by Aristotle and sometimes called the world’s his Arabic commentators. first computer programmer and Dr Ann Giletti (University of has become an icon for women Oxford) will talk about medieval in technology. Professor Ursula debates over this new science, Martin (University of Oxford) will and the boundaries placed by discuss how a young woman in the Church authorities on its open 1800s acquired the knowledge discussion. and expertise to become a pioneer of computer science. FAMILY FRIENDLY For the Women in Science programme Globe-Makers of events. Saturday 14 July, 2-4pm Discover the Museum’s Museum Highlights collection of globes and make your own pocket globe. GALLERY TOURS Drop-in, ages 9+, materials £2 Join our team of exceptional volunteer guides to find out more about the stories behind the objects and history of our very special building.
Every Thursday 2.30pm and 3.15pm Family Fun Every Saturday SELF-LED TRAILS 12.30pm and 1.15pm Help yourself to family friendly trails in the Entrance Gallery. Drop-in during open hours, ages 5+ Calendar
JULY 7 Family Friendly Alice’s Day: Adventures in Photography 2-4pm 12 Evening Talk Boundaries of Science 6pm 14 Family Friendly Globe-Makers 2-4pm AUGUST 18 Family Friendly Send a Message SOS 2-4pm 30 Family Friendly Making Micrographia 2-4pm 31 Family Friendly Making Micrographia 2-4pm SEPTEMBER 22 Family Friendly Cabinet of Curiosities 2-4pm 26 Gallery Tour Women in Science 12.30pm 27 Evening Talk Ada Lovelace: the Making of a Computer Scientist 6pm
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Cover image: Anna Atkins, Photographs of British Algae, 1843, Inv. 11887