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MHSOxford

  1. Essential gentleman's apparatus for keeping cool on a hot summer's day: bit.ly/M69rtr
  2. A belated thanks to the hundreds of people who helped us celebrate Museums at Night 2012 last Friday!
  3. ... Also open late on Friday are @Pitt_Rivers @AshmoleanMuseum - come along, 7-11pm!
  4. We're opening late on Friday for #MuseumsAtNight - we'll have a Renaissance style Astronomical Workshop in the basement...
  5. Just planning our contribution to this year's @OxPresTrust Oxford Open Doors... It's going to be very exciting!! #RooftopTour
  6. If you missed Friday's lecture about Marconi,you can listen to it here: bit.ly/Jegs8x (this one's for you @plinthart & @jr_carpenter)
  7. Our new exhibit features 2 copies of Copernicus' heritcal book. Learn more about his ideas & make a planetarium in a drop-in today at 2pm
  8. Don't forget to come along to the 'Owning and Disowning Wireless' #Marconi lecture today at 5.30pm!
  9. Our new exhibition The Renaissance in Astronomy opens at noon today! If you can't make it to Oxford, explore it here: bit.ly/JdYykN
  10. Exciting things at MHS today: our new exhibition #RenaissanceInAstronomy opens AND lecture about Marconi's brushes with the law at 5.30pm!
  11. @plinthart @jr_carpenter @bodleianlibs We'll podcast the lecture & get it out for downloading by mid next week. Will tweet when it's ready!
  12. The new exhibition, The Renaissance in Astronomy opens on Friday 11th. More info: bit.ly/JdYykN
  13. ... Mercator's own annotated copy of Copernicus' revoluntionary book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, kindly lend by @uofglibrary
  14. A sneaky peek of one of the star objects in our #RenaissanceInAstronomy exhibition: bit.ly/K1JXrF ...
  15. Interesting to hear Damon Albarn talking about Dr Dee on @BBCFrontRow last night. John Dee used this to talk to angels: bit.ly/KIGMUy
  16. Very exciting - a visitor has identified this unknown object from the @TracesMHS exhibition... bit.ly/JmYBwb
  17. One of the stranger objects we've catalogued: bit.ly/JlGG4g
  18. Make your own telescope at a Family Friendly workshop this Saturday (28th) from 2-4pm. For ages 9+. Call 01865 277280 to book a place!