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The Radium Institute, Paris, Laboratory of Radiophysiology

A historic photograph of the building housing the laboratory of radiophysiology at the Radium Institute, which Marie Curie directed.

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Black-and-white photograph of a three-storey brick building with a mansard roof, dormer windows, and an arched doorway behind an iron fence with a stone staircase. Neighbouring buildings appear at left and right.
The Radium Institute, Paris, laboratory of radiophysiology (Pasteur Pavilion).

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This photograph shows the building of the Radium Institute in Paris, specifically the laboratory of radiophysiology located in the Pasteur Pavilion.

Why it matters

The Radium Institute was the research centre built around Marie Curie's work, where she directed scientific study of radioactivity. This image documents the physical setting of that institution in its early years.

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Cover of the January 1904 issue of the magazine Le Radium, showing a printed masthead and a photograph captioned Le Laboratoire de la Rue Lhomond. The photo shows two men and a seated woman among laboratory equipment and glassware, with the caption M. & Mme Curie below.Photograph

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Photograph of Pierre and Marie Curie in their Laboratory, rue Lhomond

c. 1898-1904

Title page of the 1904 second edition of Recherches sur les substances radioactives by Madame Sklodowska Curie, a thesis presented at the Faculté des Sciences de Paris. Published in Paris by Gauthier-Villars. Handwritten number 5 and a note appear in the top right corner.Book

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Recherches sur les substances radioactives

Marie Curie · 1904

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Rayons émis par les composés de l'uranium et du thorium

Marie Curie · 12 April 1898

A museum display case showing a wooden mahogany box with its lid open and a round metal radium container inside, beside a separate lidded metal canister with a brass knob, a key on a chain, and a small cluster of tubes on the glass base.Artifact

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International Radium Standard

Marie Curie · 1911

Black-and-white photograph of a clear glass vessel with a flared conical bowl, a pouring spout on the left rim, and a short stem on a flat circular foot, set against a plain light background.Artifact

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Glass beaker used for the first radium salt solution

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