Science at Winchester was taught in Flint Court from the 1870s. It proved so popular that more space was needed and, in 1903, work began on Science School, believed to be the first major building dedicated to school science in Britain. Fortunately, it has been on the same site ever since which is why it has been able to retain so much of its old equipment. The Science School Museum collection represents science teaching at Winchester. The first full-time science teacher was W.B. Croft who taught there from 1874–1915.
The collection includes some of the equipment purchased, or made there for Croft, which he used in his teaching. It also has earlier exhibits from the mid-18th century that were the property of various teachers and left to Science School when they died.
23 objects from our science collection are now online. Dr Martin Gregory, former Head of Physics at Winchester College, explains the objects and their origins in a series of audio clips.
