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Detail of glass fungus model

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Opening Times

Please note that the Learning Gallery is likely to be closed all week.

We are open five days a week, 12.30 - 16:30.

Monday 12.30 - 16:30

Tuesday 12.30 - 16:30

Wednesday 12.30 - 16:30

Thursday 12.30 - 16:30

Friday 12.30 - 16:30

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Selection of wooden geometric models.

In the 18th century, the standard textbook for teaching geometry was Euclid's Elements of Geometry . Sets of 3-dimensional teaching models were designed to help students visualise geometrical ideas more easily than is possible with 2-dimensional images in books.

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