Following Government guidance, all University of Cambridge Museums are closed until further notice, to help protect visitors, staff and the wider community.
Following Government guidance, all University of Cambridge Museums are closed until further notice, to help protect visitors, staff and the wider community
In April 2005 the Whipple Museum acquired a planetarium for use with a candle or lamp, which projects an image of the planets onto a wall. We don't know who made it and no contemporary catalogue or text describing it has been found. By examining the planetarium closely, we can suggest what astronomical phenomena it was...