"Contextualiser les objets : un changement de regard sur le patrimoine technique et scientifique", qui se tiendront les mardi 9 et mercredi 10 décembre 2025 au Musée des Arts et Métiers-Cnam.
Amphithéâtre Abbé Grégoire, Entrée par l’accueil du Musée des Arts et Métiers : 60 rue Réaumur, 75003 Paris
Scaling the Cosmos in the Modern Era: Images, Tools, and Instruments
International Conference
Florence, Museo Galileo
November 19-21, 2025
The conference Scaling the Cosmos in the Modern Era: Images, Tools, and Instruments revolves around the
concept of scaling as a critical framework that goes beyond simple measurement: it operates across spatial,
temporal, and cognitive registers, transforming how we understand, represent, and perceive the universe. The
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT SOCIETY: Research Grants 2026
The Scientific Instrument Society (SIS) awards small grants, of up to £750 each, for research on the history of scientific instruments. Applications for the 2026 SIS Grants Scheme are now open; the deadline for applications is 1200 GMT on Friday 19 December 2025.
Successful grant holders also receive complimentary membership of the SIS for one year from the date of notification of their award. To find out about the benefits of SIS membership, visit
This is a last reminder that the CFA for the next International Seminar on "Material Culture in the History of Physics" closes on Saturday 15th November 2025.
The workshop consists of a self-organized theoretical part and an attendance part, which will take place from February 23 to 27, 2026 at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
CfP “Activist Epistemics and Artefacts: Facing Science while Making Science” (ESHS/HSS 2026 symposia)