This week we announced a rather special addition to the Clockmakers’ Museum.
Assistant Curator Martha Clewlow explores the robots and Artificial Intelligence algorithms creating art.
Art curator, Katy Barrett, explores the art of engineering in a series of drawings by James Capper.
Roger Highfield, Science Director at the Science Museum Group and judge of the European Inventor Award introduces this year’s finalists and explains how to vote for your favourite.
500 years after his death, we reflect on the life and ideas of Leonardo da Vinci.
To celebrate International Wheelchair Day on the 1st March, Research Fellow Kay Nias explores the history behind what has arguably been the most important mobility device in history.
Assistant Curator Abbie MacKinnon gives us a taste of the food Tim Peake ate on the International Space Station.
We spend much of our lives sitting on chairs, which got curator Lisa Kennedy thinking about different chair designs in the collection.
Launching in 2020, we explore an exciting new collaboration set to reimagine the future of museum experiences.
250 years ago, on 5 January 1769, one of the UK’s most significant patents was granted. Curator Ben Russell takes up the story.
As we announce the return of Power UP, our hands-on video games extravaganza back by popular demand in 2019, we take a look back at some of the key turning points in gaming history.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have achieved the first ever flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft which has no moving parts.