Museum

The human heart has always enjoyed a privileged place in conceptions of physical well-being. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum's exhibition, The Beat Goes On: A History of Cardiology, traces the interwoven history of medical knowledge and technological advance from Galen's early description of the circulatory system to modern breakthroughs in prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The exhibition begins with a Time Line, which graphically traces these major developments and identifies heart researchers who have made outstanding contributions.

The museum reveals the history of the telephone and the central office switches that make it all work. Exhibits from 1876, starting with a model of Alexander Graham Bell's first attempt at creating a communications device, to the modern phone that we all take for granted today. Automated displays and special exhibits permit hands on participation. A self guided tour is available as well as guided tours provided by the volunteers.

The Telecommunications Museum shows the depicting developments in telecommunications within the fields of telegraphy, telephony, radio and television.

The world contains many museums of erotica (the largest is in Amsterdam), but just one Museum of Contraception.

The Physics Department at The University of Queensland traces its origin back to the very beginning of the University with the appointment in 1911 of Thomas Parnell, M.A. (Cantab.), as lecturer. At this time The University of Queensland was situated at Gardens Point, near Parliament House and the Botanical Gardens in Brisbane, where much of QUT now is. In spite of the move to St. Lucia in 1955 , many reminders of the early days have survived (largely due to the foresight of a few individuals), to form the nucleus of the collection of instruments, books, and memorabilia which make up the Physics Museum.

The Natural History Museum is the UK's national museum of natural history, and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity.
The Museum's mission is to maintain and develop its collections and use them to promote the discovery, understanding, responsible use and enjoyment of the natural world.

The Museum's collections include millions of specimens, and their size and quality place the Museum among the best in the world. The collections provide the basis for the research carried out in the scientific departments, and, through loans and visits by guest researchers, are constantly used by scientists and institutions throughout the world. It is a crucial role of the Museum to keep these collections available for international research, and to preserve them for future generations. Parts of the collections, presented on the Museum's web pages, are also registered in searchable databases.

What's the Obsolete Computer Museum all about?

It's just a place to stop by and reminisce about the old days of personal computing. It's by no means a definitive guide to any of these wonders of the near past. (But, if I know of a definitive guide, I'll link to it.)

Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, is the State Museum for Victoria (Australia), responsible for the care of the state's collections, conducting research, and providing public access. Museum Victoria has a proud history of scientific and cultural research and collection development. The organisation operates three public campuses and one of Australia's major education and research-based web sites, and is custodian of the State's immense museum collection.

NMSI is the umbrella name for three great museums and one in the making. What binds us together is and a vision that can be stated in one senatnce. 'We engage peopl in a dialogue to creat meanings from the past, present, future of human ingenuity.