Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

This page allows the search of information by microscope number. Please click on the photos to access more images and information about each instrument and their maker.

      

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601 (Nachet; Petit modèle; c. 1870)

602 (unassigned maker; late 19th century to early 20th century)

603 (Olympus; CK2 inverted microscope; 1980s)

604 (James Swift; Binocular microscope; 1870s)*

605 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

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606 (Optico; toy microscope 408; 1960s)

607 (assigned to J. Parkes & Son; compound microscope; c. 1860)

608 (JH Steward; inclining microscope; late 19th century)

609 (unknown maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th century to early 20th century)

610 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; mid 19th century)

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611 (Unknown maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th century)

612 (unassigned maker; compound microscope; early 19th century)

613 (unassigned maker; drum microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

614 (Wood Brothers; inclinable microscope; c.1895)

615 (Unassigned maker; compound microscope; late-19th century)

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616 (unassigned maker; simple compound microscope; late 19th - early 20th century)

 

 

 

 

 

* Instrument kindly donated by Robert Bensted-Smith (Cambridge, England) in February 2026