History of Science Museum, Oxford

History of Science Museum

The Old Ashmolean Building as it stands today
History of Science Museum, Oxford
Established	1683; 341 years ago (1683) (as Ashmolean Museum) 1924; 100 years ago (1924) (as Lewis Evans Collection 1935; 89 years ago (1935) (as Museum of the History of Science)
Location	Broad Street, Oxford, England
Coordinates	51°45′16″N 1°15′19″W / 51.75443°N 1.25519°W / 51.75443; -1.25519
Type	University museum of the history of science
Visitors	148,412 (2019)[1]
Director	Silke Ackermann
Website	History of Science Museum

The History of Science Museum in Broad Street, Oxford, England, holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from Middle Ages to the 19th century. The museum building is also known as the Old Ashmolean Building to distinguish it from the newer Ashmolean Museum building completed in 1894. The museum was built in 1683, and it is the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum.