Rubbish that powers homes and builds roads
In this week’s blog linked to The Rubbish Collection, Curator Sarah Harvey looks at some of the materials that are on display in the exhibition. The second phase of Joshua Sofaer’s The Rubbish...
View ArticleTransforming materials – the recycling journey
In this week’s blog linked to The Rubbish Collection Curator Sarah Harvey follows the route of the Science Museum’s recycled rubbish. Joshua Sofaer’s art installation The Rubbish Collection showcases...
View ArticleAn Antarctic Expedition
Assistant Curator Sarah Harvey looks back at Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, which launched a century ago today.
View ArticleThe Historic Heart of our Information Age Gallery
Dan Green, Content Developer, reflects on the incredible story of the Rugby Tuning Coil, one of the star objects of the Science Museum’s brand new Information Age gallery which opens in October. The...
View ArticleShedding light on the matter of rubbish
In the latest of our blog series linked to The Rubbish Collection, the Science Museum’s Inventor in Residence Mark Champkins finds an ingenious use for our discarded materials. The second phase of The...
View ArticleSending messages across the Atlantic: 156 years on from the first...
Chloe Vince, Science Museum Volunteer, tells the dramatic story of the laying of the first transatlantic cable, one of the highlights of our new Information Age gallery, which opens in October. If you...
View ArticleGoing down the drain
In the latest of our blogs linked to The Rubbish Collection, Curator Sarah Harvey talks to Nick Mills, Waste Innovation Manager at Thames Water about what happens to our sewage and what the future...
View ArticleYour future without antibiotics?
Georgie Ariaratnam, Assistant Content Developer, blogs about the rise of antibiotics, the subject of a display in the Museum’s Who Am I? gallery Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges...
View ArticleA WEEE waste recycling challenge?
Sarah Harvey, Project Curator of The Rubbish Collection, talks to Dr Philip Morton, Chief Executive of REPIC about the challenges of dealing with growing volumes of electrical and electronic waste....
View ArticleLiving in a materials world – the human story of rubbish
In this week’s blog linked to The Rubbish Collection, Curator Sarah Harvey follows some of the unexpected stories and personal objects that were found in the Museum’s bins. As the exhibition nears its...
View ArticleRobert Watson-Watt and the Triumph of Radar
Tonight, BBC2 airs a drama about Robert Watson-Watt’s fight to invent the radar. Curator Andrew Nahum takes a closer look at this incredible story, soon to feature in a new exhibition, Churchill’s...
View ArticleV-2: The Rocket that Launched the Space Age
This week (8 September 2014) marks 70 years since the first V-2 rocket attack on London. Curator Doug Millard looks back on the rocket that help start the space age.
View ArticleBringing Maths to Life at the Science Museum
Today, we announced an ambitious new mathematics gallery that will open in 2016.
View ArticleThe Rubbish Collection by Joshua Sofaer
In the final post of our series linked to The Rubbish Collection the artist behind the project, Joshua Sofaer, looks back at a truly ambitious exhibition.
View ArticleGlobal Telephone Calls For All
David Hay, Head of Heritage & Archives at BT, reflects on the story of the first transatlantic telephone cable, TAT1, which opened 58 years ago today (25 September).
View ArticleLife on the Exchange – Stories From The hello girls
Sunday 5 October marks the 54th anniversary of the Enfield Exchange switching from manual to automatic exchange. To celebrate, Jen Kavanagh, Audience Engagement Manager, spoke to telephone operators...
View ArticleGrand Designs For Information Age
Nick Rolls, Design Project Leader at Universal Design Studio, reflects on the design of the Science Museum’s new Information Age gallery.
View ArticleMake Life Worth Living – Nick Hedges’ Photographs for Shelter, 1968-72
In this post Hedy van Erp, co-curator of the new Media Space exhibition Make Life Worth Living, looks at the background of the exhibition and the significance of the photographs on display. Nick Hedges...
View ArticleOpen for Business: The story of contemporary British industry
Curator Ben Russell reflects on the story of contemporary British industry, on show in our Open for Business exhibition.
View ArticleCelebrating the opening of Information Age
By Laura Singleton, Press Officer On Friday, we were delighted to welcome Her Majesty The Queen to open our pioneering new Information Age gallery at the Science Museum. The Queen opened the gallery by...
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