Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, the UK Government announced a ban on petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035. Curator Ben Russell explains more about the first mass-produced hybrid car, which recently joined the collection.
In the midst of our ambitious project to study, digitise and re-home more than 300,000 objects, we look back on the team’s achievements in 2019.
Over the last 250 years our way of life and Earth’s climate have changed dramatically. Read on as we explore some of these changes through objects in the Science Museum Group Collection.
Behind the scenes with the packing team who are busy preparing the collection for its big move.
Hear more from the volunteers in the inventory team who are busy cataloguing the collection.
We asked Assistant Curator Rebecca Raven to tell us about the tools she uses when working in the stores.
Go behind the scenes with Collections Conservator Jess Routleff-Jones as she explains the tricky business of tidying up a mercury spill.
Inspired by the designs of the Festival Pattern Group, illustrator Jen Haugan created a series of new illustrations.
Go behind the scenes with the team unraveling mysteries in the collection.
Over 50,000 images are now in our online collection, to celebrate we went behind the scenes with our photography team.
Explore our incredible collection from your Chrome browser with Museum in a Tab.
Behind the scenes with the inventory team.