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NIST Museum and History Program

Museum Exhibits

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Approximately 360 scientific instruments and artifacts are currently exhibited in the NIST Museum. 

Below we highlight a few objects from these displays.

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

 

Created September 22, 2016, Updated October 19, 2016