Which is faster: a 100m sprinter or a painter? The answer is obvious, yet surprisingly between 1912 and 1948 art competitions were officially part of the Olympic Games.
As a new display featuring a model of a red blood cell showing abnormalities goes on display in Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries, research fellow Shelley Angelie Saggar explores how Thalassemia has been perceived culturally throughout history.
For over 5000 years alloys have been vital to innovation, science and technology. Assistant Curator Emma MacNicol explores some of the uses of these remarkable metals.
Go behind the scenes with the conservation team who are busy treating objects within the collection.
Hear more from the volunteers in the inventory team who are busy cataloguing the collection.
As part of a new season of free exhibitions and galleries this autumn at the Science Museum, we explore some of the big questions that inspire our galleries, exhibitions and events programme.
Go behind the scenes with the team unraveling mysteries in the collection.
Over 50,000 images are now in our online collection, to celebrate we went behind the scenes with our photography team.
The first non-stop transatlantic flight took place in June 1919. We explore what happened next…
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Assistant Curator Hattie Lloyd recently came across an object in our stores that helped her discover the fascinating work of British chemist, Frances Micklethwait.
Behind the scenes with the inventory team.