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CHF's collections and exhibits
CHF's world-class collections represents centuries of the material culture of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries.

The Museum at CHF
This fall CHF is opening a new museum space with two galleries for its permanent collections and visiting shows.
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Art, Artifacts, Archives & Photos
Our collections include chemical instruments and apparatus, historical artifacts, memorabilia, and works of art relating to the history of chemistry.
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Exhibits at CHF
CHF’s building is filled with displays of the art, artifacts, and photos from our collections, and our staff regularly mounts special exhibits.
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Oral History Collection
The oral history collection offers researchers comprehensive interviews with leading figures from across the chemical and molecular domain.
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Featured oral history: Ernest H. Volwiler, who, with Donalee L. Tabern, discovered the general anesthetic sodium Pentothal.
   
Traveling Exhibits
Ideal for schools, libraries, and other institutions, our traveling exhibits celebrate chemical achievement in electrochemistry, chemical engineering, polymer science, synthetic organic chemistry, and biotechnology.
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Online Exhibits
Our online exhibits bring the history and heritage of chemistry and the molecular sciences right into your home.
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Chemical Instrumentation
50 Laboratory Instruments That Changed the World: CHF is seeking to identify 50 commercial chemical laboratory instruments that changed the world in the 20th century.

Pittcon Hall of Fame: This "hall of fame" honors the legends among scientific instrument makers

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Art, Artifacts, Archives & Photos

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