The collection field of sciences documents the interaction of science and its applications with society and culture with particular emphasis on aspects of science that are or have been instrumental in effecting change in Australia.

• Physical sciences
• Astronomy, timekeeping, navigation, meteorology, surveying, seismology and the history of Sydney Observatory
• Health and medicine

Selected objects from the collection

Clock, Strasburg, Smith, Australia, 1896

Contraceptives, various, 1928-1950

Intra-ocular lens, Fred Hollows, 1993

Penicillin mould specimens, Florey, England, 1944

Penicillin report on use in war wounds, Britain, 1943

Post-mortem instruments, 1840-1870

Ultrasound medical imaging equipment, 1975

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