Introduction

Introduction

Image 1. East façade, Ashmolean Museum, engraving by Michael Burghers, Oxford, 1685. Primary inscription: "Musaei Ashmoleani pars orientalis" added in ink by R.T. Gunther: "T. WOOD ARCHIT: / [1685] / SOLD DRAWN AND ENGRAVEN BY M. BURGHERS IN ST PETER THE EAST IN OXFORD" Copyright: Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford: Inventory no. 35531.

Image 2. Ashmolean Museum, viewed from north-east, engraving by J.Le Keux after F. Mackenzie, Published by J.H. Parker, Oxford; C.Tilt, London; J.Le Keux, London, 1834. Dimensions: 161 mm high, 157 mm wide. Copyright: Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford: Inventory no. 14370.

Image 3. North façade, Old Ashmolean Museum (now Museum of the History of Science), Oxford, 21 March 2006.  Source: Wikimedia (public domain).

The video below provides an impression of the origins of the current Muesum of the History of science from 2:25 onward.