• Compound microscope with a micrometric stage, 1750s, French; Cat flea specimen on slide, mid 1800s, French, viewed through a microscope. Getty Museum

    Compound microscope with a micrometric stage, 1750s, French; Cat flea specimen on slide, mid 1800s, French, viewed through a microscope. Getty Museum

Exhibition

Magnified Wonders: An 18th-Century Microscope

10 Sep 2024 – 2 Feb 2025

Regular hours

Tuesday
10:00 – 17:30
Wednesday
10:00 – 17:30
Thursday
10:00 – 17:30
Friday
10:00 – 17:30
Saturday
10:00 – 21:00
Sunday
10:00 – 17:30

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Los Angeles
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The spectacular French microscope from Getty’s collection is a unique testament to scientific advances and Rococo design in the Age of Enlightenment. It allowed science enthusiasts to immerse themselves in the recently discovered world of the microscopically small. New study and conservation present the cultural and historical context of this magnificent object and reveals its technical complexity in a display which includes its lavish tooled-leather case and specimen slides of natural curiosities.

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