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A Lancaster aircraft is set to fly over Milton Keynes next month as part of events to honour a man who designed what has been ...
I'm a historian – here are five ways England changed after the execution of Charles I Why 1649 was a time of bewildering transformation. We killed a king and created a republic. It was all over ...
Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a modern portrait from Rita Greer, a history artist (there are no surviving images of Robert Hooke, only two written descriptions of his appearance survive) Robert Hooke ...
We will aim to be at the museum by 13:00 hrs for a look around and lecture by a member of the Robert Hooke Society about the life of Robert Hooke FRS and his connection to the Isle of Wight. There ...
This event is being sponsored by this local section of the Royal Society of Chemistry with all travel costs paid. Admission to the Robert Hooke Museum is free; however, donations are strongly ...
We are pleased to announce that we will be running a trip to The Robert Hooke Museum on the Isle of Wight on Saturday 10th May 2025 The coach will pick-up at Emsworth bus stop opposite the King’s Arms ...
Hooke, the first paid curator and later secretary of the Royal Society of London, has often been regarded as a dabbler in too many fields of knowledge. Felicity Henderson, a senior lecturer at the ...