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title: "Arithmeum"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmeum"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T16:19:52.615519+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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The Arithmeum is a mathematics museum owned by the Forschungsinstitut für Diskrete Mathematik (Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics) at the University of Bonn.
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It was founded in 2008 by the director of the institute, Bernhard Korte, who contributed his private collection of calculating machines.
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The building's steel-glass facade – located at Lennéstrasse 2 – is meant to represent the "transparency of science".
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== Exhibitions ==
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The permanent exhibit "Calculating in Olden and Modern Times" (German: Rechnen Einst und Heute) shows the progression of mechanical calculating machines through 1,200 pieces.
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It holds the very large (4,000 pieces), IJzebrand Schuitema (1929–2013) 400 year collection of slide rules.
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There are also exhibits on very-large-scale integrated (VLSI) logic chips, historical arithmetic books dating back to Johannes Gutenberg's times, and the relationship between art and science.
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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Official website
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The Arithmeum's History |