Monday 12 March 2012


British Optical Association Museum in London On-line Exhibitions.

Roving Eye symbol Online exhibitions based upon the collections of the British Optical Association Museum in London. You may visit them in order, or just jump in and see what you can find!

  1. Art Gallery

    Art Gallery

    Explore some of the paintings in the British Optical Association Museum...
  2. Artificial Eyes Gallery

    Artificial Eyes Gallery

    As far back as the 5th c. BC Roman and Egyptian priests were making eyes from painted clay ...
  3. Colour Vision Gallery

    Colour Vision Gallery

    Not everybody sees all the colours of the visible spectrum in quite the same way ...
  4. Contact Lenses Gallery

    Contact Lenses Gallery

    Today contact lens practitioners are an inter-professional community, straddling the realms of optometry, ophthalmology and dispensing optics.
  5. Eye and Vision Gallery

    Eye and Vision Gallery

    Learn about the 'men of vision' who sought to explain the mystery of sight with Professor Colin Blakemore.
  6. Microscopy Gallery

    Microscopy Gallery

    Looking at the world of microscopes from an optical and social perspective.
  7. The Observatory

    The Observatory

    This section of the MusEYEum website considers the topic of astronomical optics.
  8. Optical Entertainment Gallery

    Optical Entertainment Gallery

    This section of the MusEYEum takes a broad definition of what constitutes optical entertainment.
  9. Optical Instruments Gallery

    Optical Instruments Gallery

    Explores a range of sight testing devices and associated equipment used by the optometrist in a practice setting or in the research laboratory
  10. The Post Room

    The Post Room

    Stamps..
  11. Print Room

    Print Room

    In the Print Room you will find images to delight the eye.
  12. Spectacles Gallery

    Spectacles Gallery

    The British Optical Association Museum is one of the world's foremost authorities on the history of spectacles.
  13. Students Past

    Students Past

    An ongoing project of the MusEYEum to record the historical experience of studying optometry in the United Kingdom.


    The College of Optometrists, 42 Craven Street, London WC2N 5NG



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