Explore objects from the Science Museum Group Collection never seen online before thanks to a new digitisation tool.
With Christmas approaching, Harriet Jackson explores some of the stories behind the toys in the Science Museum Group Collection.
Geoff Belknap, Head Curator at the National Science and Media Museum, reflects on how we collect photography.
Go behind the scenes as we study and photograph the Monotype Collection.
Assistant Curator Rebecca Raven explores medicine in the age of the Aztec Empire, from ceremonial birth to death on the sacrificial stage.
Explore our work behind the scenes to study and review the incredible items we care for.
Associate Archivist Jack Garside reveals a few recently uncovered gems from the archives.
While our curators identify items to collect to represent our experience of COVID-19, here are ten remarkable items from past pandemics.
Challenge your friends and family with these ready-made quiz questions.
Read on to discover a few ways you can ignite your curiosity wherever you are.
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.