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We are open five days a week, Monday to Friday 12.30 - 16.30

And selected Saturdays, 10.00 - 16.00

Read more at: Annual Report 2024
Twilight event at the Whipple Museum

Annual Report 2024

Welcome to the Whipple Museum’s Annual Report, covering a truly record-breaking year. 2024 was our busiest year yet, and the start of a new era of regular weekend openings. Over 20,000 people, most of the them first-time visitors, explored the Museum and gained a taste of the research and teaching happening in the...

Opening Times

We are regularly open five days a week, 12.30 - 16:30.

And now open the third Saturday of every month!

Monday 12.30 - 16:30

Tuesday 12.30 - 16:30

Wednesday 12.30 - 16:30

Thursday 12.30 - 16:30

Friday 12.30 - 16:30

Selected Saturdays 10.00 - 16.00

 

Spring Bank Holiday 2025
Please note that we will be closed on Monday 26 May for the Bank Holiday.

Explore Collections

Read more at: A Universal Slide Rule? John Suxspeach's 'Catholic organon'

A Universal Slide Rule? John Suxspeach's 'Catholic organon'

'Catholic Organon'

The proliferation of specialist slide rules in the eighteenth century inspired schoolmaster John Suxspeach to create a universal one. This was designed to be used in different disciplines and types of inquiry, and represents an early attempt to enforce universal standards through instrumentation.

                 

 

       

 

      

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