Photo: Anna Chistyakova
The National Museum of Metrology and Measurement Technology has been existing in Lviv for about thirty years. The institution was created by enthusiasts and still has no analogues in Ukraine. About 800 exhibits tell visitors the history of various measuring instruments that were emerging from the end of the 18th century and up to this day.
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A museum employee, Mr. Ihor says that during the pre-Covid period, the museum was popular, including among foreigners. Now, the exposition is empty of guests due to quarantine. This museum is also valuable for students studying the course of standardization and metrology provided by many higher and secondary educational institutions.
In the museum, you can find nutrometers; micrometers; calipers; lever-type indicators; various scales and weights; sugar-, alcohol-, and water meters; radio and electronic devices; and chronometers.
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Among the unique devices here are glass weights of 1 kg, 1 pound, 200, 100, 50, 10 and 1 g of the 1st category (1915, Russia), shoulder weight with a weighing limit of 55 kg (1884), voltmeter of direct current for voltage measurement (1900), ampervoltmeter (1891, USA), marine chronometer (1960, USSR), piston manometer (1850, USA), wooden meter for electricity metering, Hungary).
Special attention is caught by the stand with devices for measuring pressure, rarefaction, temperature on which the vacuum gauge, millivoltmeters, bridges, pyrometers, and thermometers.
This museum was established on a voluntary basis at the State Enterprise «Lvivstandartmetrolohiya» (Lviv standard metrology) and occupies three halls on the first floor of the building. Admission is also free.
Museum address: st. Knyazya Romana, 38, Lviv.
Anna Chistyakova, photo by the author
Translated by Vitalii Holich
You can read a Ukrainian language version of this story here.
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