Research
Metropolitan Science
This project aims to produce a new account of the roots and development of a scientific culture in 17th- and 18th-century London.
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:
The Science Museum is a partner in a major collaborative research project known as HoNESt—an acronym for History of Nuclear Energy and Society—that launched on 1 September 2015.
Research
History of use and tacit skills
An initiative that explores how people in the past used instruments, machines and equipment to achieve particular results.
Research
The meaning of applied science
This project explores the meaning and use of the category ‘applied science’ from its emergence to its fading at the end of the Cold War.
Research, Digital
Audience of the Future: Robots Augmented Reality App
The Science Museum Group is a partner in a consortium to develop and test new audience experiences using cutting edge augmented reality technology.
Collection management
International Year of the Periodic Table collecting project
The Science Museum Group is collecting material telling the story of the UN’s International Year of the Periodic Table in 2019.
Learning
Transition Science
This project re-engaged Year 7 pupils with science at the transition stage between primary and secondary school.
Learning
Deutsche Bank Project
In this project we worked with schools in disadvantaged areas of London.
Learning
Energy
This innovative project used film to inspire Year 7 students and educate them about the subject of energy.
Learning
Creative Canal
We worked with the London Canal Museum and Beauchamp Lodge Floating Classroom to deliver a sustained programme of free outreach events.