The Armsby Calorimeter Museum
A historic 19th-century machine and museum at Penn State University, originally used to study animal and human metabolism, now engaging audiences in the history of scientific endeavor.

📜 Historic site and museum at Penn State University, used in research for almost 60 years.
🔍 Originally a 19th-century respiration calorimeter, designed by Henry P. Armsby in the late 1800s for metabolism research, now a museum.

Why Go

🔬 Learn about animal and human metabolism and nutrition research🏛️ Explore a National Register of Historic Places landmark👨‍🔬 See a unique and breakthrough 19th-century scientific instrument🎓 Used as a teaching tool for students

Why Avoid

💤 Small, might feel quiet

Tips

📞 Contact the College of Agricultural Sciences to arrange a visit.

📍 LocationLocated on Penn State's University Park campus.

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