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We are open five days a week, Monday to Friday 12.30 - 16:30

 

Detail of glass fungus model

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Opening Times

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

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

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What is Meteorology?

A battery of five Leyden jars, used to store static electricity so that its effects could be harnessed and studied.

What meteorologists study has changed considerably since philosophers first began to observe and measure the atmosphere with instruments. Models were one way to help philosophers visualise weather related events, such as lightning striking the earth.

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