Learning, Public engagement
Send a postcard to space
The Science Museum Group has partnered with Club for the Future and Blue Origin on a project to inspire the next generation of space explorers.
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:
Research, Digital
Digital Humanities and Science Museum Group: A Landscape Study
A six-month research project aimed at enabling Science Museum Group (SMG) to take a strategic approach to funding applications and areas of research interest.
Learning, Public engagement
SPID Theatre community collaboration
SPID theatre group worked with our staff to share stories from the Science Museum collection on the theme of climate change.
Research
Communities and Crowds
This project aims to develop new processes and tools that will enable volunteers to lead the development and realisation of a citizen science project from the very beginning.
Public engagement, Research
Sustainable food: public attitudes and engagement in the UK, Brazil and India
A consultation of adults, families, schools and professionals in the UK, Brazil and India on food sustainability, and how they could be engaged more effectively
Research, Digital
The Congruence Engine: Digital Tools for New Collections-Based Industrial Histories
The Congruence Engine is a three-year research project starting in November 2021 that will use the latest digital techniques to connect industrial history collections held in different locations.
Public engagement
Sonic Futures
This project aimed to deliver an interactive public engagement programme involving audiences in the creation of new approaches to curating sound technologies at the National Science and Media Museum.
Public engagement
Injecting Hope
Over the last year, the Science Museum Group has undertaken fascinating and important work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has shaken the world and forced us to change our behaviours dramatically.
Public engagement, Research, Digital
#SonicFriday
#SonicFriday aimed to find new ways of making people interact with the Science Museum Group’s Sound Technologies collection using digital platforms.
Research
The Media of Mediumship
This project aims to transform understandings of the relationship between science, technology and unorthodox forms of spiritual belief in modern Britain.