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The College of Optometrists is the custodian of the British Optical Association Museum, the premier optical collection in the country comprising historic spectacles and lenses, pince-nez, opera glasses, contact lenses, opticians' equipment, orthoptic devices, models of eye disease, paintings and prints. The BOA Library has an outstanding collection of books on optics and the workings of the human eye from the sixteenth century to the present.
Admission Details
- The Museum is open to the public by appointment only, 09.30-17.00 Monday-Friday
- Closed on Bank Holidays
- Museum Study Room open to researchers by appointment with the Curator
- Researchers may consult the Library during the same hours by advance appointment with the Librarian.
- Free admission, donations welcome
Other Information
- Disabled access: Library on ground floor, one step to front door; Museum floor served by lift
For further information please visit the museum website at http://www.college-optometrists.org/museum.
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