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Online Exhibits

Online Exhibits   Archived Exhibits  I  Artifacts of Interest

Explore the exhibits by clicking on their titles below.

Online Exhibits

Archived Exhibits

NIST Virtual Museum
NIST Virtual Museum

Below are links to the NIST Virtual Museum legacy exhibits that have been archived on the Internet Archive WayBack Machine.

Artifacts of Interest

This small collection provides a glimpse of the over 1,400 items in the NIST Museum Collection. Click on the image information to learn more about each item.

Meter Bar 27
Meter Bar 27
Luminous Script Signs
Luminous Script Signs
Guarded Field Ionization Chamber
Guarded Field Ionization Chamber
Magnetic Trap
Magnetic Trap
Quartz Oscillator
Quartz Oscillator
Radiosonde
Radiosonde
Committee Kilogram
Committee Kilogram
Uranyl Nitrate Crystals
Uranyl Nitrate Crystals
Proving Ring
Proving Ring
Topografiner
Topografiner

 

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Created September 22, 2016, Updated March 15, 2024