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The Auzoux Project late opening & exhibition launch × Whipple Scribble Special

5:30pm-8:00pm on Thursday 26 March

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

500 years of science in print

2:00pm-3:00pm on Thursday 19 March
2:00pm-3:00pm on Friday 20 March
2:00pm-3:00pm on Saturday 21 March
4:00pm-5:00pm on Saturday 21 March

Whipple Library

Weekend at the Whipple: Travellers in time

11:00am-4:30pm on Saturday 28 March
11:00am-4:30pm on Sunday 29 March

Whipple Museum of the History of Science


Cross-cultural instruments: Chinese sundials in the Whipple Museum and other British collections

11:30am-12:00pm on Saturday 21 March

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

Linnaeus on and in the clouds

10:30am-11:00am on Saturday 21 March

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

Conscious machines?

12:30pm-1:00pm on Saturday 21 March

Whipple Museum of the History of Science


Fermenting science: Sake, soy sauce and the Dutch quest for Japanese knowledge in the Tokugawa era

2:00pm-2:30pm on Saturday 21 March

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

Giants! A history of height, science and the Potsdam army

3:00pm-3:30pm on Saturday 21 March

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

The doctor’s secret garden: Hidden stories of healing

2:00pm-4:00pm on Saturday 28 March

Whipple Museum of the History of Science


(Un)Ethical Science Tour

11:00am on Saturday 21 March
4:30pm on Thursday 26 March

Meet outside the Pitt Building


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