Research
Time, Culture and Identity
The co-creation of historical research and co-development of visitor experience in China and the UK.
The Science Museum Group’s work covers many different aspects, from conservation and curation to research and an extensive Learning programme.
Below you can find a selection of our work:
Public engagement
Tim Peake’s Spacecraft Tour
On its 20-month tour of the UK, over 1.3 million people visited the Soyuz spacecraft which brought Tim Peake safely back to Earth.
This multidisciplinary series of workshops will explore our understanding of space exploration in a cultural context.
Public engagement
Illuminating Objects
Find out about this series of precious objects on loan from The Courtauld Gallery, and their scientific and technological histories.
Public engagement, Research
Museums of the new age
Stimulated by the Science Museum Group’s collections of cinema technology, Jean-Philippe Calvin, created a new soundtrack for the1927 silent film ‘Museums of the New Age’.
Research
Science and music collecting project
For this project the Science Museum searched for people passionate about the technologies of music to collaboratively develop ideas for the museum’s collections.
Research
PhoSTEM Network Workshops
This research network explored the potential for museums of science and technology to produce new kinds of historical exhibitions and events.
Research
Oramics to Electronica
This project explored the history of electronic music through the work of three British studios.
Research
Family History Films
Two family historians tell the human stories behind some of the extraordinary objects in the Science Museum’s collections.
Research
Booming 50s, swinging 60s
This project was an intermedial study of the public culture of science (1950-1970), comparing museum exhibitions and television programmes on similar themes.