Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, on the launch of new exhibition The Last Tsar: Blood and Revolution.
Hazardous chemicals and potential explosions were all once part of the joy of owning a home chemistry set. Associate Curator, Rupert Cole, explores the history of the ever-popular children’s toy.
Ahead of Science Museum Lates’ 10th birthday celebrations, Cultural Events Manager Scott McKenzie-Cook looks back at some of the highlights from the past decade.
Ahead of London Fashion Week, we’re looking back at how the Sun has helped inspire trends in the colours and clothes we choose to wear.
Take a look at the new galleries and exhibitions currently in the works at the Science Museum.
John Webster recalls his time working alongside Muriel Harris, who played an important and integral role in the development of IVF research.
Hear from up-and-coming Brazilian artist Rafael Alonso about his piece ‘Very Nice’, the artwork he created for The Sun: Living With Our Star.
Roger Highfield discusses an improvised musical encounter between musician Joe Stilgoe, polymath Philip Ball and the Museum’s IMAX audience.
Dr Lily FitzGibbon from the Motivation Science Lab, University of Reading, investigates how we can understand curiosity, as part of a Live Science residency at the Science Museum.
By Roger Highfield and Harry Cliff
Surprise solar storm underlines need for citizen science experiment
The Carrington Event of 1859 is the most violent solar storm on record. A storm of its magnitude in today’s technological era would cause devastating effects. Roger Highfield and Dr Harry Cliff explore more.
Curator Ben Russell explores our fascination with tools in this latest blog post.
You might be heading down to the seaside this bank holiday weekend but how did the seaside become such a popular holiday destination? Associate Curator, Rupert Cole, puts this down to chemistry.