SIC 2018

Scientific Instrument Symposium Leiden & Haarlem, the Netherlands
3-7 of September 2018

Scientific Instrument Symposium
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave  & Teylers Museum

In September 2018 Rijksmuseum Boerhaave organized the 37th international congress of the Scientific Instrument Commission. 150 scientific historians of science, museum curators, collectors and students from more than 20 countries around the world gathered for a week to discuss historical scientific instruments and their contributions to scientific developments.
The general topic of the conference was Instruments and the ‘Empire of Man over Things’.

The participants of the SIC symposium 2018 in the courtyard of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave

Organisation

The Symposium will be hosted jointly by Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden and Teylers Museum in Haarlem with visits to nearby cities and collections.

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