Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

Mechanical stage from Otto Himmler (1930s)

Mechanical stage from Otto Himmler, with serial number 21245, probably dated to the 1930s. Karl Otto Himmler worked for Ernst Gundlach in Berlin, and later for Wilhelm and Heinrich Seibert in Wetzlar, before establishing his own firm named Himmler & Barthning in Berlin in 1877. After a few years the company was just Otto Himmler, and manufactured microscopes and their accessories, and equipment for microphotography and projection.

LAST EDITED: 31.08.2021