5/5 Deborah R. 7 months ago on Google
Casual
museumgoer?
This
place
has
a
lot
of
neat
stuff.
Serious
nautical
or
astronomy
buff,
or
general
enthusiast
of
scientific
or
world
history?
This
collection
is
one
of
the
unparalleled
gems
and
should
not
be
missed
for
any
reason.
Why?
The
establishment
of
formal
western
astronomy
and
the
standard
of
timekeeping
happened
right
here.
All
the
relevant
artifacts
are
right
inside.
Secondary
to
that,
this
collection
holds
4/5
of
the
original
John
Harrison
clocks/chronometers,
H1-H4,
the
devices
that
changed
history
and
solved
the
issue
of
determining
longitude
at
sea.
All
but
H4
are
displayed
still
operational,
as
is
Harrison's
Late
Regulator
as
a
bonus
prize.
I'm
not
mentioning
the
dozens
of
other
spectacular
objects
such
as
beautiful
armillary
spheres
and
an
ornate
orrery.
From
Flamsteed's
house
and
observatory,
to
the
history
of
timekeeping
down
in
the
lowest
level,
this
series
of
displays
draws
the
visitor
into
the
world
of
the
earliest
astronomers
and
allows
someone
with
little
mathematical
understanding
but
much
enthusiasm
a
window
into
this
era,
laid
out
clearly,
easy
to
follow.
If
a
person
can't
learn
something
and
find
this
exciting,
they
didn't
wish
to
interact
with
what
is
in
front
of
them
or
learn
because
I
can't
give
high
enough
marks
to
the
quality
of
this
exhibit.
