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Please note that the Learning Gallery is likely to be closed all week.
We are open five days a week, 12.30 - 16:30.
Monday 12.30 - 16:30
Tuesday 12.30 - 16:30
Wednesday 12.30 - 16:30
Thursday 12.30 - 16:30
Friday 12.30 - 16:30
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Ernst Chladni: Physicist, Musician and Musical Instrument Maker
The German physicist and musician Ernst Chladni has been dubbed the 'father of acoustics' in recognition of his groundbreaking work in the early 18th century. He is most famous for his so-called 'Chladni plates'.