The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, visited the museum to announce that the new £50 note will celebrate the UK’s contribution to science.
Meet the staff members that make the Museum so unique and get the insider scoop on upcoming exhibitions, research projects and new objects.
In 1918, as the First World War ended and peace celebrations began, a new enemy emerged – the Spanish flu.
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, announces the winners of the Medical Research Council’s annual Max Perutz Science Writing Award.
Director and Academy-Award winning visual effects designer, Paul Franklin, talks about his fascination with Kubrick’s sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey and the joys of watching an ‘unrestored’ print.
In anticipation of the clocks going backwards we look at how Daylight Saving Time affects our health and well-being.
We take a close up look at the history of two of the last Imperial Fabergé Easter Eggs ever to be made, currently on display in The Last Tsar: Blood and Revolution.
ESA Project Scientist Johannes Benkhoff, gives an overview of the latest preparations for the launch of BepiColombo, which will be taking off on its 7-year mission to Mercury later this week.
This week the museum hosted the press conference for Professor Stephen Hawking’s final book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions.
By Amrita Pal
Launch of Science Museum Group Academy hailed by Science Minister and world’s best teacher
The Science Museum Group this week launched its Academy, a major initiative to tackle the skills shortage in STEM fields and ignite the curiosity of the next generation.
In our latest Live Science residency, researchers from Middlesex University are investigating different kinds of memory.
A new blockbuster exhibition exploring humanity’s ever-changing relationship with our nearest star launches at the Science Museum.
As the largest space event on Earth launches today, we’re diving into our galleries and collections to discover the objects and activities that tell the story of international space exploration.