Flushing toilets are a staple of our modern lives, but what we now take for granted is still a relatively new technological innovation. Assistant Curator Kerry Grist explores their fascinating history.
Today we installed a sculpture called Habitation in the museum. Jack Monaghan explains more in this blog post.
Explore our relationship with the telephone through new artworks inspired by our collection and created during lockdown.
With the film Cats in cinemas, curator Liz Bruton explores its surprising link to Earth’s atmosphere.
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.
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.
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.