Newly suspended from the ceiling of the Making the Modern World gallery in the Science Museum is Spirit of Innovation, the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft. Former Assistant Curator Laura Büllesbach reveals insights into its ground-breaking design, the technological boundaries it pushes and what the aircraft might mean for the future of sustainable aviation.
250 years ago today (28 November) meteorologist Luke Howard was born, to mark the occasion we’re looking back at Howard’s pioneering role in climate studies.
Assistant Curator Kerry Grist explores some of Thomas Edison’s lesser known inventions, and highlights some of the figures in Edison’s team who were key to making his ideas a reality.
250 years ago, on 5 January 1769, one of the UK’s most significant patents was granted. Curator Ben Russell takes up the story.
Curator of Technology and Engineering, Rachel Boon, welcomes a new addition to our Making the Modern World Gallery.
To celebrate 65 years since the discovery of the structure of DNA, Jim Watson visited the Science Museum to discuss this milestone in modern science.
Follow this gaming trail and go on a journey of exploration and discovery around the Science Museum.
On this Day in 1909 the Science Museum officially came into being. In celebration of our birthday we’ve asked staff to share their favourite objects from across the museum
Celebrating International Museum Day 2017 at the Science Museum.
This week (17 August) we celebrated an incredible autumn of culture in the capital with the official launch of London’s Autumn Season.
We recently surprised our visitors with an impromptu performance of parts of Holst’s Planets by a 90-piece orchestra.
Becky Honeycombe writes about one of her favourite Science Museum objects.