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Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France, Europe

Collection d'astronomie
Astronomy collections

Museum or Collection Type:
Science & Technology
Institutional Type:
Special Type: Observatory

Subject:
Astronomy, History of Science, Optics

Address:
Access to the collections via boulevard Cassini (historical observatory in 4th arrondissement): ., Postal address (13th arrondissement): James Caplan, Observatoire astronomique de Marseille-Provence, 38 rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 13388 Marseille cedex 13

Contact:
James Caplan, Astronomer
james.caplan@lam.fr

Additional information:
Information on the instruments are available on the heritage database of the French Minister for Culture : http://www.mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/

Links:
Collection d'astronomie
Aix-Marseille Université

Description:
This exceptional collection illustrates not only the history of astronomy in Provence, but also all the international development of astronomical observation instruments for nearly four centuries. It encompasses the collections of the observatory of Marseille (Plateau Longchamps) and the collections of the Observatoire de Haute Provence.