Subcategories

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  Astronomical Instruments

  Need the Sun, other stars or the Moon to be used. Among them: astrolabes, nocturlabes, sundials

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  Compasses

  The first  references about the use of the navigation needle by Mediterranean navigants date to...

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  Diptychs

  Dyptich dials, also known as Pocket Sundials. Commonly used between 16th-17th Centuries.

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  Optical Toys

  Optical Toys originated on the 19^th century due to optical experiments, photography and perception studies     

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  Miniatures

  Classical astronomical instruments in reduced scale versions: astrolabes, sundials…

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  Hourglasses

  It measures a period of time, from the moment a determinate amount of sand starts falling thanks to...

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  I-Basic Collection

  A collection of simplified scientific instruments´ reproductions: smallest sizes or basic materials