This week we announced a rather special addition to the Clockmakers’ Museum.
To celebrate Chinese New Year, curator Donata Miller takes a closer look at a Chinese incense clock from our collection.
To coincide with the winter solstice, English Heritage curator Heather Sebire tells us about how the Sun is celebrated at Stonehenge.
In anticipation of the clocks changing we look at how Daylight Saving Time affects our health and well-being.
Stephen Hawking, the best known scientist on planet Earth will be mourned for his remarkable impact, not just on the field of cosmology but as a hugely successful science writer and a beacon of inspiration for how the limitations of the body can be overcome by the power of the mind.
25 August 2017 marked the unveiling of two remarkable clocks from the Science Museum Group Collection, the Wells Cathedral clock mechanism and the barograph clock by Alexander Cumming.
Blind Veterans UK archivist, Rob Baker, describes the significance of the Braille watch
Clockmaker Anna-Rose Kirk reflects on designing The Horizon Clock, a contemporary clock which references time’s relationship with nature.
Scientists have sent shock-waves through the scientific world with the announcement that they have detected gravitational waves.
To celebrate a century of Einstein’s famous theory, we explore the past, present and future of general relativity.
Keeper David Rooney shares the story of Ruth Belville, the ‘Greenwich Time Lady’.
Dr Harry Cliff celebrates Back to the Future Day with a look at the physics of time travel.