Complete the sentences below, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Museum of the History of Science

1. The building of the museum of the History of Science was built in 1683.
2. The building originally contained a chemical laboratory in the basement, and lecture space for experimental natural
philosophy, what we today might call Science.
3. The showcases on either side of the exit contain the kind of things that we used in this room in the 18th century/the
eighteenth century.
4. The museum of the History of Science opened in 1925.
5. The museum is particularly famous for its collection of early scientific instruments.
6. In the four corners of the entrance gallery, are four of the museums important individual collections.

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The building occupied by the museum of the history of science was built as the Ashmolean museum in 1683.
It was erected by the university to house the famous Tradescant and Ashmolean collections, as well as to accommodate a
chemical laboratory in the basement, and space for teaching the new experimental natural philosophy, what we today
might call Science. This space, originally called the School of Natural History, is now the entrance gallery.
This was the first museum building in the world in the sense of a building specifically designed to be a museum. But it
also housed activities that we do not often associate with early museums, such as experiment and teaching.
When you leave the entrance gallery, look back at the title painted over the door, Schola Naturalis Historiae, the School
of Natural History. The showcases on either side of the exit contain the kind of things that we used in this room in the 18th
century.
The museum of the History of Science opened in this building in 1925. Its particularly famous for its very early scientific
instruments, and central area of the entrance gallery illustrates the breadth of the collection. From Western Europe
through the Islamic lands to the Far East, and from science to what we today would think of as magic. Then, in the four
corners of the entrance gallery are four of the museums important individual collections.