Science City: Gateway scene digital label: Mapping the nation
Name
2024-08-12_GatewayScreen_FINAL.pdf
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187.1 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
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Resource type
Exhibition gallery text
Creator (Person)
Rose, Alexandra
Desborough, Jane
Date published
2019
Abstract
Science City 1550–1800: The Linbury Gallery, which opened in 2019, explores the science of early modern London, showcasing the scientific instrument collections of the Science Museum, Kings College London and the Royal Society. In each of the gallery’s four sections, an abstracted room-set-style display evokes places in London that contributed to London’s scientific culture. Each display is accompanied by a digital label that interprets the objects and other features.
This is a working draft of the text for the display that evokes the measurement of a base line at Hounslow Heath in 1791, the origins of what we now know as the Ordnance Survey. Central to the display is the large theodolite – known to surveyors at the time as the Great Theodolite – made by renowned maker Jesse Ramsden. The instrument was integral to the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain, which underpinned the first accurate map of the nation.
Project(s)
Science City 1550–1800: The Linbury Gallery
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
The Linbury Trust | |
Publisher
Science Museum Group
Official URL
Related exhibition
| Exhibition | Place | Start date | End date |
Science City 1550–1800: The Linbury Gallery | Science Museum | 2019 | |
Rights statement
In Copyright