The 33rd Symposium of the Scientific Instruments Commission in Tartu
The 33rd Symposium of the Scientific Instruments Commission in Tartu

Summary/Abstract: On 25–30 August 2014, enthusiasts of the history of scientific instruments from all around the world assembled in Tartu. For a week, the University of Tartu Museum hosted the 33rd Symposium of the International Scientific Instruments Commission. The International Scientific Instruments Commission is a suborganization of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS), with the goal of propagating and aiding research of the history of scientific instruments and of helping to maintain and record collections of instruments. Symposiums of the Scientific Instruments Commission are held every year and a location chosen where there are significant collections of scientific instruments or research and learning centres.

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