Villalcor - goma2

I discovered this company whilst browsing the Adler Planetarium online shop. However, it took some digging around to track them down.

Villalcor is a manufacturer of reproduction period pieces, including mathematical and scientific instruments from the 12th to the 19th centuries. Their contact details seem to be on this page, which is just a directory listing on Artesania Iberica. Strangely, there is no link to their catalogue, which is here at goma2. Yes, both sites are in Spanish only and goma2 is a horrible website, but just take a look through their catalogue. It seems to me a real shame that such beautiful objects are given such a poor online presence. I haven't investigated further but the company also seems to have let their domain name lapse. Perhaps they would just rather deal through agents.

Anyway, you will see that Villalcor makes antique compasses, portable sundials, armillary spheres, optical games such as zootropes and anamorphic images, and other decorative antique items. Some have been reproduced as miniatures to make them more affordable and portable.

As I said, Villalcor products are available in some shops, so perhaps the best approach is to send them an email to ask about stockists, unless, of course, you speak Spanish, in which case a phone call is likely to be much faster.

Adler Planetarium Infinity Shop

The Adler Planetarium is in Chicago, IL. Their Infinity Shop has clothing, binoculars, books, food, gifts, jewelry, posters, telescopes, toys and videos. Pretty much everything for the space buff!

Food? The Infinity shop sells food online. Not just ordinary food but ice-cream! OK, this is space age freeze-dried ice-cream plus space shuttle candy.

Their Gifts/Decor category has a beautiful Nocturlabio, made by Villalcor, and fun Solar System mugs.

Being a planetarium, the Adler shop also stocks Meade and Orion telescopes.

Science Culture Shop

Shopping has never been so inspiring!

This blog is about shopping for science related goods on the internet. Perhaps you are looking for educational science kits for your children, or ingenious gadgets to show your friends, or that special print from one of the world's unique collections. Science is more than school work and isolated research facilities - it is part of our culture and our world view. It is therefore fitting that the products of our cultural heritage should be reproduced as scientific artistic creations.

This project has grown out of our Cities of Science website. It became apparent that many science museums and centres had their own shop and that many of these shops held unique items specific to that museum's collection. Some have already marketed themselves online and have become popular whereas others seem to rely mainly on visitors. This site gives you the opportunity to discover these unique science products even if you are far away from the store, and perhaps never likely to visit it in person. We will also include other shops of potential interest, such as scientific instruments and antiquarian books.

Hope you enjoy browsing our science shops.