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Current Projects

School child with a filled in postcard to send from space
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.

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.

The first vial of COVID vaccine used in a mass immunisation programme
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.

This project aims to transform understandings of the relationship between science, technology and unorthodox forms of spiritual belief in modern Britain.

The first vial of COVID vaccine used in a mass immunisation programme.
Collection management

Collecting COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Science Museum Group’s curators are researching stories and identifying objects to collect on the nation’s behalf.

The co-creation of historical research and co-development of visitor experience in China and the UK.