Arithmeum
The Arithmeum is a mathematics museum owned by the Forschungsinstitut für Diskrete Mathematik (Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics) at the University of Bonn.
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It was founded in 2008 by the Director of the Institute, Bernhard Korte, who contributed his private collection of calculating machines.
The building's steel-glass facade - located at Lennéstrasse 2 - is meant to represent the "transparency of science".
Exhibitions
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The permanent exhibit "Calculating in Olden and Modern Times" (German: Rechnen Einst und Heute) shows the progression of mechanical calculating machines through 1,200 pieces.
It holds the very large (4,000 pieces), IJzebrand Schuitema (1929-2013) 400 year collection of slide rules.[1][2]
There are also exhibits on very-large-scale integrated (VLSI) logic chips, historical arithmetic books dating back to Johannes Gutenberg's times, and the relationship between art and science.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.rekeninstrumenten.nl/MIR/MIR%20Articles/MIR49%20p%209-13%20Schuitema%20Collection.pdf (English)