Projects

This is a two-year research project examining the changing relationships between STEM museums and industrial patronage, through both historical and contemporary lenses.

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.

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.

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.

Over the last two years, the Science Museum Group has undertaken fascinating and important work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This project aimed to examine the relationship between science, technology and occultism in modern Britain.

This two-year partnership saw the Science Museum Group contribute to and improve content on Wikipedia.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic our curators are actively, and sensitively, researching stories and identifying objects to collect on the nation’s behalf.

An initiative bringing best-practice techniques and tools to improve museums' digital output.

This project used archival evidence to increase public knowledge of women’s contribution to engineering.

How best to communicate energy-related information?

This project explored opportunities and constraints regarding access, consultation and communication between the Science Museum Group and the volunteer heritage sector.

The Science Museum Group Digital Lab explores how museums can fulfil their missions in the digital age.

This ambitious project will transform public access to our historic items, enabling you to explore more of our national collection than ever before.

In June 2016, after six months orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station conducting experiments, walking in space and even running a marathon, Tim Peake returned to Earth in the Soyuz TMA-19M descent module.

The work of the Science Museum’s first Composer in Residence, Jean-Philippe Calvin.