Curator Stewart Emmens reflects on the achievements of Sir Neil Cossons, a passionate advocate for industrial heritage and former Science Museum Director, who sadly died in March 2026.
As we begin preparations to welcome new participants for our 2026 Early Career programmes, Evelyn Robson celebrates past cohorts at the Science Museum Group.
Inspired by the theme for this year’s LGBTQ+ History month, ‘Science and Innovation’, members of the Gender & Sexuality Network celebrate LGBTQ+ people who have made vital contributions to science and innovation through the stories of objects in the collection.
More people are talking about science than ever, but fewer know what to think about it, report Roger Highfield and Lauren Souter.
The team behind the Science and Industry Museum’s latest exhibition looks at what it takes to ensure access was built into this immersive exhibition.
Yesterday (14 May) we welcomed several hundred guests, including Dr Jane Goodall, to the Science Museum for the 2025 Science Museum Group Annual Dinner – celebrating a busy year of inspiring futures among the millions of visitors to our six sites.
The Science Museum Group’s mission to inspire futures acts as our ‘North Star’ for the creative exploration of science, for building science literacy, and for inspiring the next generations of scientists, inventors and engineers.
Curated by composers Gavin Bryars, Shiva Feshareki, and Sarah Angliss, a musical performance, Time Loops, is taking place at the Science Museum and National Science and Media Museum. Tim Boon, Head of Research and Public History at the Science Museum Group, and Ed McKeon, Principal Investigator for Time Loops, explain more.
Digital Research and Communications Fellow Lyz Bush-Peel remembers an extraordinary astronomer whose path to the stars changed the course of astronomy.
To celebrate 40 years since Elite’s release, Matthew Horsfall, Curator of Game Technologies, explores the impact of one of the first truly ‘open world’ video games and its influence on the industry.
The keynote speaker at the Science Museum Group’s 2024 Annual Dinner, Brazilian science writer and communicator Natalia Pasternak, reflects on museums, science and critical thinking.
For a fourth year, the Science Museum Group is bringing together science and poetry to mark National Poetry Day (3 October 2024).