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Patent Office MuseumBiography Biography
The Patent Office Museum was established by the Commissioners of the Patent Office, itself established in 1852, under the supervision of Bennet Woodcroft. It was known as the Museum of Patents and was housed in the South Kennington Museum as a separate exhibition of machinery. As well as contemporary apparatus, the Patent Office Museum also included historical items such as an early 2 Boulton and Watt beam engine and Symington’s marine steam engine of 1788. The locomotives ‘Puffing Billy’ of 1814 and Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ of 1829 were put on display in 1862. In 1863 it was renamed the Patent Office Museum and 20 years later the contents of the museum were transferred to the South Kensington Museum. Finally in 1909, with the opening of the Science Museum, the Patent Office Museum ceased to exist.

Scope and Content
Patent Office Museum correspondence, chiefly by Bennet Woodcroft. These seven volumes include copy letters from Woodcroft and originals of incoming letters. Each has an alphabetical name index, including some subject indexing, at the front (24/I has much more comprehensive subject indexing). Each has calendaring of letter content at the end of the volume, but for 24/I this ends at 1877 Jul 24]
Language
English
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions