Organisations all over the world are looking at their workplaces and public services to ensure they are open and accessible to everyone. Curator in Clinical and Research Medicine Selina Hurley looks into how sometimes just three people can start something which will make a difference, even in an organisation as big as the NHS.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, you may have noticed people wearing a sunflower symbol on a green background on lanyards, badges, or face coverings. Curator Selina Hurley explains why we have added these sunflower symbols to our collection.
As part of the Science Museum Group’s COVID-19 Collecting Project we have acquired a portrait by Roxana Halls of Katie Tomkins, Mortuary and Post-Mortem Services Manager at West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust, created as part of the Portraits for NHS Heroes project in response to the pandemic.