History

Laboratory for Research and Design of Measuring and Physical Devices

The origin of the Institute of Measurement Science goes back to the Laboratory for Research and Design of Measuring and Physical Devices. This Laboratory was founded in 1953 as one of the first laboratories or institutes of the newly constituted Slovak Academy of Sciences. The initial goal of the Laboratory was to design, produce, and implement original devices dedicated to experimental research within the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Institute of Measurement Theory

In February 1963, the Laboratory was transformed into the Institute of Measurement Theory. In 1976, the Institute became the Institute of Measurement and Measuring Techniques. Since January 1981, the Institute had been part of the Electro-Physical Research Centre of the SAS. It received its current name in 1988.

The building

The building of the Institute of Measurement Science was constructed in 1967. It is part of the Slovak Academy of Sciences campus at Patronka in the western part of Bratislava, located near a forest.