Universiteitsmuseum Groningen: how do you make knowledge visible?
A scientific instrument is made to investigate something. The Universiteitsmuseum Groningen brings such objects together with fossils, specimens, photographs and documents.
An instrument with a question
The university describes a wide-ranging scientific collection. With an instrument, don’t just look at its form, but ask what it could be used to measure or observe. Its purpose helps you understand an unfamiliar object.
Different ways of presenting
The offering described includes the anatomical theatre, Masterminds and Aletta Jacobs’s consulting room, among other things.
Think of the person who used it
Choose one object and picture a specific research task. What explanation do you need to understand what someone did with it? That way you connect the object to the work behind the science.
With an instrument, look for the research question first and only then for the technical name.
Before you go
Groups of more than eight people are asked to register in advance.