Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Contraceptive Sponge

1920-1960

First atomic force microscope, United States, 1985

1985

Anatomical model of the spine

1901

Frame saw

1700-1800

Necklace worn to ward off the Evil Eye

1880-1930

Plaster five-part arm mould

1790-1819

Replica apparatus for the extraction and purification of penicillin

1986

Cup and ball toy

1750-1800

'Prorace' cervical cap

1915-1925

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Specimen jar containing gosypium herbaceum

1830-1900

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Contraceptive sponge, United Kingdom, 1901-1930

1901-1930

'Progress' toy gyroscope, 1950-1960

1950-1960

Electrogalvanic amulet

1880-1900

Kodak No 1 Camera

circa 1891

Peep show with eighteen paper slides of French scenes

1825-1835

Laussedat type camera lucida, with trade cards

1875

Ivory tattooing needle, Maori, New Zealand

Pair of scales

1850-1950

Common groin

1872

Wool winding reel.

Surface string model

1872

11 glass beads, Roman

Glass bottle, cylindrical

Framed poster of Stephen Hawking's virtual hologram talk at the Sydney Opera

2015

Framed photograph of Stephen Hawking with philanthropist Dennis Avery

2005-2012

Framed photograph of Albert Einstein with Hungarian-American journalist Bela Kornitzer

1980-2000

Signed group photograph from the 1980 Nuffield Supergravity Workshop

1980

Photograph of Stephen Hawking with American President Barack Obama

2009-2010

2017 calendar gifted to Stephen Hawking

2017

Cylindrical bottle

1601-1800

Flat rectangular wooden pan from set of scales for suspension

1801-1900

Framed photograph of Stephen Hawking with philanthropist Dennis Avery

1998-2005

String quipus, Inca

Wig-like cap of fringed and plaited string

1890-1920

String mesh sieve

1801-1900

Khaki haversack

Withered bag of woven string

1890-1925

Necklace threaded with scented resin beads

Necklace, leather case beads threaded on string

1890-1930

Model of orthopaedic bed

1801-1830

Bone syringe, piston-action

Bone syringe

1601-1800

Brass ball spirit lamp for use in a cupping set

1701-1900

Nozzle for enema syringe

Pewter vaginal syringe, piston action

Radio Distress Beacon (EPIRB), 1980s

1984-1986

Two coral beads threaded onto a length of string

1870-1930

Radio Distress Beacon (EPIRB), 1980s

1984-1986