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Proceedings most forgotten but still alive; peoples’ stories which lie behind these instruments, their construction, their use and function despite their apparent silence. These are the stories which ultimately shape the history of science in Greece and highlight the relationship and connection with relevant stories in other university muse- ums in Europe. Stories and institutions which suggest that through the university heritage, one can attempt to creatively reconstruct the past and possibly use it as an optimistic starting point for the future. Bibliography Athens University History Museum ‘Scientiic Instruments: Tools for Research and Edu- cation, Rare scientiic instruments from the permanent museum exhibition, Research-Doc- umentation-Writing: Paparou, Flora and Lazos, Takis, Scientiic collaborator: Vlahakis, George, Editor: Tsitou, Fay, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 2015. Tampakis, Kostas and George N. Vlahakis. ‘Merchants, Scientists and Artists: Scientiic Families as Agents within the Early Modern Greek Intellectual Field’, in Donald Opitz, Staf- fan Bergwik and Brigitee van Tiggelen, eds, Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science. London: Palgrave/McMillan, 2015, pp. 175–91. Vlahakis, George N. ‘Introducing Sciences in the New States: The Establishment of the Physics and Chemistry Laboratories in the University of Athens’, in E. Nicolaidis and K. Chatzis, eds, Science, Technology and the 19 Century State. Athens: National Hellenic th Research Foundation, 2000, pp. 89–106. BIOS George N. Vlahakis is assistant professor at the Hellenic Open University. He is historian of science and his main research interest is history of science in Greece, history of scientiic instruments and popularisation of science. He is Chair of the Commission on Science and Litrature IUPST/DHST. Panagiotis Lazos is historian of science and teacher of physics in secondary education (PhD candidate). His research interests include history of scientiic instruments and their use in physical sciences education. He collaborates with the Athens University History Museum on the identiication of scientiic instru- ments and the organisation of science popularisation activities. Flora Paparou holds a PhD in science education. Her research focuses on the utilisation of the history of science in science teaching. She currently works in secondary education and collaborates with the Athens University History Museum on the identiication of scientiic instruments and the organisation of science popularisation activities. Fay Tsitou, PhD, is head of learning at the Athens University History Museum and moderator for re-exhibiting its scientiic collection. Her research interests include art and science activities and exhibits, museum communication and interpretation (PhD). 185