British Optical Association Museum in London On-line Exhibitions.
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!Art Gallery
Explore some of the paintings in the British Optical Association Museum...Artificial Eyes Gallery
As far back as the 5th c. BC Roman and Egyptian priests were making eyes from painted clay ...Colour Vision Gallery
Not everybody sees all the colours of the visible spectrum in quite the same way ...Contact Lenses Gallery
Today contact lens practitioners are an inter-professional community, straddling the realms of optometry, ophthalmology and dispensing optics.Eye and Vision Gallery
Learn about the 'men of vision' who sought to explain the mystery of sight with Professor Colin Blakemore.Microscopy Gallery
Looking at the world of microscopes from an optical and social perspective.The Observatory
This section of the MusEYEum website considers the topic of astronomical optics.Optical Entertainment Gallery
This section of the MusEYEum takes a broad definition of what constitutes optical entertainment.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 laboratoryThe Post Room
Stamps..Print Room
In the Print Room you will find images to delight the eye.Spectacles Gallery
The British Optical Association Museum is one of the world's foremost authorities on the history of spectacles.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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