From radio and radar to MRI and fibre optics, do you know just how many of the world’s revolutionary innovations were developed and patented in Britain?
Introducing ‘Tomorrow’s World’, reimagined for the 21st century
A mathematical argument for forging friendships has been found
Celebrating our Volunteers at the Science Museum Volunteer Awards for 2016
The vial of rust-coloured powder may not look like much but is a very special substance that can absorb and block magnetic fields. Sheldon Paquin explains more.
The second in our series of blog posts on big data explores machine learning and the quantified self movement.
A new summer exhibition at the Science Museum explores the Big Data revolution.
John Stack explores the Science Museum Group’s new Digital Strategy, which will transform how visitors experience our museums.
Dr Jennifer Rich explores the history of the humble audio guide at the Science Museum.
Baroness Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of Lastminute.com and chairs of the digital skills charity, Go ON UK, delivered the 2015 Richard Dimbleby Lecture from the Information Age gallery at the Science Museum.
Lucy Minshall- Pearson and Adam Boal from our Special Events Team writes about developing a new series of events for families with children who are visually impaired.
Featuring over 800 objects and spanning 200 years of dramatic moments in the history of communication and information technology, the Information Age gallery provided us with the perfect opportunity to bring a new edge to storytelling through the most advanced digital technology. In each of the six areas of the gallery (Networks) digital elements work in harmony with historical objects to help increase visitors’ understanding and enjoyment of the Museum’s collections. In a Science Museum first, the gallery features a […]