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Science Museum Blog News and insights from the Science Museum in London.
- Rain in Five Minutesby Roger Highfield on June 12, 2025 at 10:31 am
With AI and cloud computing, the Met Office is poised to transform how—and where—we see the weather coming, reports Science Director Roger Highfield. The post Rain in Five Minutes appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- Discover out-of-this-world objects on our new trail in collaboration with Disney and Pixar’s Elioby Chloë Abley on May 16, 2025 at 2:44 pm
This May half term, visitors to the Science Museum can ignite their curiosity about the cosmos with our Exploring Space trail, a collaboration with Disney and Pixar’s new film 'Elio' to celebrate its release in cinemas on 20 June. The post Discover out-of-this-world objects on our new trail in collaboration with Disney and Pixar’s Elio appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- Pac-Man turns 45by Mark Cutmore on May 9, 2025 at 5:30 am
To celebrate 45 years since the release of Pac-Man, Head of Commercial Experiences and gaming fan Mark Cutmore explores the story of the much-loved character and pop-culture icon. The post Pac-Man turns 45 appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- Exploring Space at the Science Museum by Doug Millard on May 8, 2025 at 1:31 pm
As we get ready to close Exploring Space on 2 June to prepare for a new Space gallery this autumn, Deputy Keeper Doug Millard looks back at the history of this beloved gallery. The post Exploring Space at the Science Museum appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- Celebrating Sophie Wilson and 40 years of the ARM microprocessorby Guest authors on April 26, 2025 at 7:00 am
To mark 40 years since the production of the first ARM microprocessor, Assistant Curator Cait Scott explores computing history and the career of one of ARM’s pioneering programmers, Sophie Wilson. The post Celebrating Sophie Wilson and 40 years of the ARM microprocessor appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- The most complete map of a brain is unveiled todayby Roger Highfield on April 9, 2025 at 3:01 pm
Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on the latest milestone in what is billed as the most complicated neuroscience experiment ever. The post The most complete map of a brain is unveiled today appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- Top 5 things to see at the Science Museum if you love spaceby Science Museum on April 4, 2025 at 8:36 am
Follow this space trail and go on a journey of exploration and discovery around the Science Museum. The post Top 5 things to see at the Science Museum if you love space appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- Against the clock: behind the scenes digitising timepieces and objects of horologyby Guest authors on March 30, 2025 at 8:00 am
With the clocks due to change, we asked our photography team to share how they photographed the stunning timepieces in The Clockmakers' Museum at the Science Museum. Lead photographer Isidora Bojovic Bell shares how the team documented the oldest clock and watch collection in the world. The post Against the clock: behind the scenes digitising timepieces and objects of horology appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- Versailles: Science and Splendour trail by Laura Nebout on March 10, 2025 at 12:32 pm
Explore some fascinating objects and stories in our galleries in this trail inspired by our exhibition ‘Versailles: Science and Splendour’ The post Versailles: Science and Splendour trail appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
- Émilie Du Châtelet: the scientific trailblazer who turned heads in Versaillesby Roger Highfield on February 13, 2025 at 2:27 pm
To celebrate our Versailles exhibition, Science Director Roger Highfield discusses the reevaluation of Émilie Du Châtelet’s crucial contribution to modern science. The post Émilie Du Châtelet: the scientific trailblazer who turned heads in Versailles appeared first on Science Museum Blog.
V&A Blog News, articles and stories from the V&A
- In Conversation: Jo Ractliffe & Lebohang Kganye on Memory, Landscape, and Photographyby Fiona Rogers on June 27, 2025 at 9:29 am
At the heart of the current contemporary display at the V&A’s Photography Centre is a powerful dialogue between two leading South African artists: Jo Ractliffe and Lebohang Kganye. Each brings a unique perspective to photography—Jo... The post In Conversation: Jo Ractliffe & Lebohang Kganye on Memory, Landscape, and Photography appeared first on V&A Blog.
- A brief history of the Martinoff Drawings, and the exhibition that never wasby Tabitha Saunders on June 18, 2025 at 9:00 am
In 1882, the V&A (then the South Kensington Museum), acquired 60 drawings of ‘Russian Ecclesiastical Art’ from Nikolai Martinov in Moscow. These would become known as ‘The Martinoff Drawings,’ all displaying pre-Petrine (i.e before the... The post A brief history of the Martinoff Drawings, and the exhibition that never was appeared first on V&A Blog.
- Equality in Every Stroke: Celebrating Carers Through Artby Kristen Johnson on June 17, 2025 at 3:20 pm
This past Carers’ Week (June 9-15, 2025), the V&A was proud to shine a light on the invaluable contributions of carers, recognising their vital role for individuals and society. With this year’s theme of “equality... The post Equality in Every Stroke: Celebrating Carers Through Art appeared first on V&A Blog.
- Applications now open for new Musical Theatre Research Grants and Fellowships launched by V&A and Bunnett-Muir Musical Theatre Archive Trustby Simon Sladen on June 11, 2025 at 1:51 pm
Are you a researcher or practitioner of the musical on stage and screen, interested in working with Overtures: The Bunnett-Muir Musical Theatre Archive and the V&A’s Theatre and Performance Collections? Are you about to begin... The post Applications now open for new Musical Theatre Research Grants and Fellowships launched by V&A and Bunnett-Muir Musical Theatre Archive Trust appeared first on V&A Blog.
- Reimagining the V&A’s Explore the Collections: Designing a More Inspiring Way Inby Meaghan Curry on June 6, 2025 at 11:20 am
The all-new Explore the Collections landing page, as published in May 2025. How do you make 1.2 million objects feel discoverable, relevant and inspiring to every visitor — whether they’re searching with purpose or browsing... The post Reimagining the V&A’s Explore the Collections: Designing a More Inspiring Way In appeared first on V&A Blog.
- Ten years of celebrating LGBTQIA+ lives at the V&Aby Caterina Lacueva Bisquert on June 4, 2025 at 9:02 am
This Pride month the V&A is celebrating ten years since we launched regularly-scheduled, free, volunteer-led drop-in LGBTQIA+ guided tours. The post Ten years of celebrating LGBTQIA+ lives at the V&A appeared first on V&A Blog.
- Designing Radical Intimacy: playbodyby Rubén Salgado Pérez on June 2, 2025 at 11:41 am
Just a few minutes walking from V&A East Storehouse in Hackney Wick—a rapidly changing neighbourhood where post-industrial ruins, developer cranes, and subcultural desire still coexist—playbody emerges not as a studio in the traditional sense, but as a collective gesture. Positioned deliberately at the interstice of architectural practice, radical design, and world-making, playbody reclaims their space in the contemporary art world as a mode of intimacy, resistance, and joy.Founded by a group of European migrants and queer creatives, playbody centres its practice on the lived experience of non-normative identities. Through architecture that refuses to stabilise, installations that challenge boundaries, and gatherings... The post Designing Radical Intimacy: playbody appeared first on V&A Blog.
- National Volunteers’ Week 2025: Celebrating V&A volunteersby Francesca Goff on June 2, 2025 at 8:37 am
Volunteering is a chance to make a difference. Both in your own life and for other people. This week, to mark National Volunteers’ Week, the UK is celebrating volunteers: from what they do to everything... The post National Volunteers’ Week 2025: Celebrating V&A volunteers appeared first on V&A Blog.
- Young V&A’s Making Egypt exhibition: Materials as storytellersby Alicia González-Lafita on May 20, 2025 at 4:07 pm
How maximising the use of authentic Ancient Egyptian materials helped us keep the carbon impact of Young V&A's Making Egypt exhibition to a minimum. The post Young V&A’s Making Egypt exhibition: Materials as storytellers appeared first on V&A Blog.
- Rediscovering Bertha T. Buckley: the woman who shaped the V&A’s Glass Collectionby Anja Segmueller on May 19, 2025 at 12:39 pm
The Wilfred Buckley collection at the V&A comprises over 600 pieces, with more than 500 currently displayed in the glass galleries in Room 131. Encyclopaedic in scope, the collection features numerous signed pieces by Dutch... The post Rediscovering Bertha T. Buckley: the woman who shaped the V&A’s Glass Collection appeared first on V&A Blog.
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- Canada Border Crossings Plunge Driving New York’s Museum Of Play To Abandon Toronto Expansion Push - Travel And Tour Worldon June 30, 2025 at 12:19 pm
Canada Border Crossings Plunge Driving New York’s Museum Of Play To Abandon Toronto Expansion Push Travel And Tour World
- Ogden Museum Reveals Artists for 2025 Louisiana Contemporary - New Orleans Magazineon June 30, 2025 at 12:12 pm
Ogden Museum Reveals Artists for 2025 Louisiana Contemporary New Orleans Magazine
- Two Point Museum announces first paid DLC, Fantasy Finds - GamingTrendon June 30, 2025 at 11:56 am
Two Point Museum announces first paid DLC, Fantasy Finds GamingTrend
- 53rd Annual Sloan Museum Auto Fair showcases 'rare rides' - abc12.comon June 30, 2025 at 11:16 am
53rd Annual Sloan Museum Auto Fair showcases 'rare rides' abc12.com
- Home of murdered Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee becomes a museum - The Art Newspaperon June 30, 2025 at 11:11 am
Home of murdered Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee becomes a museum The Art Newspaper
- Europe's largest digital art museum to open in Hamburg - Globetrenderon June 30, 2025 at 10:43 am
Europe's largest digital art museum to open in Hamburg Globetrender
- National Railway Museum to partially open July 31: Culture ministry - Focus Taiwanon June 30, 2025 at 10:42 am
National Railway Museum to partially open July 31: Culture ministry Focus Taiwan
- Team BLDG wraps Chinese art museum in colour-shifting "woven skin" - Dezeenon June 30, 2025 at 10:30 am
Team BLDG wraps Chinese art museum in colour-shifting "woven skin" Dezeen
- Louvre launches design competition for new entrance and ‘Mona Lisa’ gallery - Blooloopon June 30, 2025 at 10:21 am
Louvre launches design competition for new entrance and ‘Mona Lisa’ gallery Blooloop
- Massillon Museum to close three exhibits July 6 - Massillon Independenton June 30, 2025 at 10:10 am
Massillon Museum to close three exhibits July 6 Massillon Independent
- Benjamin Cooper Tavern to Become Revolution Museum - Thesunpaperson June 30, 2025 at 10:01 am
Benjamin Cooper Tavern to Become Revolution Museum Thesunpapers
- The Met’s Luminous New Rockefeller Wing Still Casts Some Shadows - The New Yorkeron June 30, 2025 at 10:00 am
The Met’s Luminous New Rockefeller Wing Still Casts Some Shadows The New Yorker
- Atlantic City elder dreams of a new Black history museum - WHYYon June 30, 2025 at 9:45 am
Atlantic City elder dreams of a new Black history museum WHYY
- Yardley Museum Preserves African American History for the Community - BUCKSCO.Todayon June 30, 2025 at 9:30 am
Yardley Museum Preserves African American History for the Community BUCKSCO.Today
- Looped-In Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum 2025 - FOX 17 West Michigan Newson June 30, 2025 at 9:09 am
Looped-In Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum 2025 FOX 17 West Michigan News
- Council of 101 again raises record amount for Orlando Museum of Art - Orlando Sentinelon June 30, 2025 at 9:05 am
Council of 101 again raises record amount for Orlando Museum of Art Orlando Sentinel
- Canadian travel boycott leads Museum of Play to shift focus - WXXI Newson June 30, 2025 at 9:05 am
Canadian travel boycott leads Museum of Play to shift focus WXXI News
- Gibson retires as director of Knox County Historical Society Museum - Knox Pageson June 30, 2025 at 9:00 am
Gibson retires as director of Knox County Historical Society Museum Knox Pages
- 8 Best Museums In Mississippi - WorldAtlason June 30, 2025 at 9:00 am
8 Best Museums In Mississippi WorldAtlas
- Unmanned motorcycle crashes into Studebaker Museum, dispatch says - WSBTon June 30, 2025 at 8:54 am
Unmanned motorcycle crashes into Studebaker Museum, dispatch says WSBT
- Early 19th-century Museum Building near Fincastle courthouse project faces potential demolition - Cardinal Newson June 30, 2025 at 8:12 am
Early 19th-century Museum Building near Fincastle courthouse project faces potential demolition Cardinal News
- Mu.ZEE museum explores the pull of the sea in temporary new home - belganewsagency.euon June 30, 2025 at 7:34 am
Mu.ZEE museum explores the pull of the sea in temporary new home belganewsagency.eu
- McLean County museum's new ag exhibit to showcase farm tech, food production - Farm Progresson June 30, 2025 at 7:00 am
McLean County museum's new ag exhibit to showcase farm tech, food production Farm Progress
- Period problem: when should a house museum stop the clock? - Apollo – The International Art Magazineon June 30, 2025 at 7:00 am
Period problem: when should a house museum stop the clock? Apollo – The International Art Magazine
- Black Hole Museum: A New Idea For The Los Alamos Community - Los Alamos Reporteron June 30, 2025 at 5:26 am
Black Hole Museum: A New Idea For The Los Alamos Community Los Alamos Reporter
- Tulsa Air and Space Museum Aviator Ball 2025 - TulsaPeople Magazineon June 30, 2025 at 5:18 am
Tulsa Air and Space Museum Aviator Ball 2025 TulsaPeople Magazine
- Tasty treats, artifacts on display at Tuscarora Academy Museum event - lewistownsentinel.comon June 30, 2025 at 5:16 am
Tasty treats, artifacts on display at Tuscarora Academy Museum event lewistownsentinel.com
- The Outsiders House Museum continues to honor S.E. Hinton’s classic story with the hiring of Ashley Beck - TulsaPeople Magazineon June 30, 2025 at 5:15 am
The Outsiders House Museum continues to honor S.E. Hinton’s classic story with the hiring of Ashley Beck TulsaPeople Magazine
- Cameron Art Museum hosts 3rd annual Love Dance - WECTon June 30, 2025 at 5:07 am
Cameron Art Museum hosts 3rd annual Love Dance WECT
- Winning STL: We don't need to copy other cities, art museum director says. Just be St. Louis. - STLtoday.comon June 30, 2025 at 5:00 am
Winning STL: We don't need to copy other cities, art museum director says. Just be St. Louis. STLtoday.com
- Champions Parade route passes Memorial Museum 9:03 gate: 'Every player's journey starts here' - News 9on June 30, 2025 at 4:58 am
Champions Parade route passes Memorial Museum 9:03 gate: 'Every player's journey starts here' News 9
- 53rd Annual Sloan Museum Auto Fair wraps up "Rare Rides" - abc12.comon June 30, 2025 at 4:09 am
53rd Annual Sloan Museum Auto Fair wraps up "Rare Rides" abc12.com
- New Dino species joins London Museum - news8000.comon June 30, 2025 at 3:58 am
New Dino species joins London Museum news8000.com
- Walter Anderson Museum of Art adds Dusti Bongé exhibit, capturing Gulf Coast culture - WLOXon June 30, 2025 at 3:19 am
Walter Anderson Museum of Art adds Dusti Bongé exhibit, capturing Gulf Coast culture WLOX
- GLOBALink | China's village museum wins Architizer A+Awards - Anhui Newson June 30, 2025 at 2:33 am
GLOBALink | China's village museum wins Architizer A+Awards Anhui News
- Alaska Aviation Museum brings out flying fans with Fly By Festival - Alaska's News Sourceon June 30, 2025 at 1:58 am
Alaska Aviation Museum brings out flying fans with Fly By Festival Alaska's News Source
- Brownsmead Flats to play at Seaside Museum - Discover Our Coaston June 30, 2025 at 1:16 am
Brownsmead Flats to play at Seaside Museum Discover Our Coast
- See 400 years of Osaka’s history in 10 minutes at housing museum’s new VR exhibit - SoraNews24on June 30, 2025 at 1:00 am
See 400 years of Osaka’s history in 10 minutes at housing museum’s new VR exhibit SoraNews24
- Railroad Museum hosts ‘Rail Fan’ day in Thomaston - WTNH.comon June 29, 2025 at 10:21 pm
Railroad Museum hosts ‘Rail Fan’ day in Thomaston WTNH.com
- Illinois residents can visit many attractions for free or at a discount. Here's how - NBC 5 Chicagoon June 29, 2025 at 10:02 pm
Illinois residents can visit many attractions for free or at a discount. Here's how NBC 5 Chicago
- George Eastman Museum marks 75 years with free admission, special photography exhibit - WHEC.comon June 29, 2025 at 9:42 pm
George Eastman Museum marks 75 years with free admission, special photography exhibit WHEC.com
- Cameron Art Museum workshop celebrates Juneteenth - WWAYTV3on June 29, 2025 at 9:39 pm
Cameron Art Museum workshop celebrates Juneteenth WWAYTV3
- Alaska Aviation Museum Fly By Festival aimed at creating new generation of flight enthusiasts - Alaska's News Sourceon June 29, 2025 at 8:33 pm
Alaska Aviation Museum Fly By Festival aimed at creating new generation of flight enthusiasts Alaska's News Source
- Children’s Museum of Atlanta To Host Annual Pajama Part - Gwinnett Daily Poston June 29, 2025 at 6:54 pm
Children’s Museum of Atlanta To Host Annual Pajama Part Gwinnett Daily Post
- California Living Museum hosts successful Breakfast with the Bears fundraiser event - KBAKon June 29, 2025 at 6:36 pm
California Living Museum hosts successful Breakfast with the Bears fundraiser event KBAK
- Museum of the Albemarle introduces new ‘Africa to Carolina’ exhibit - WAVY.comon June 29, 2025 at 6:03 pm
Museum of the Albemarle introduces new ‘Africa to Carolina’ exhibit WAVY.com
- The Stream Team: Taking a trip to the Museum of Human Art in R.E.P.O. - Massively Overpoweredon June 29, 2025 at 5:55 pm
The Stream Team: Taking a trip to the Museum of Human Art in R.E.P.O. Massively Overpowered
- Kosovo’s Capital Plans Museum Highlighting Long Struggle for Peace - tol.orgon June 29, 2025 at 4:55 pm
Kosovo’s Capital Plans Museum Highlighting Long Struggle for Peace tol.org
- Dalton Historical Invests in Museum Collection Management Software - iBerkshires.comon June 29, 2025 at 4:40 pm
Dalton Historical Invests in Museum Collection Management Software iBerkshires.com
- Troop 95 explores Hagley Museum and grounds - Cape Gazetteon June 29, 2025 at 4:16 pm
Troop 95 explores Hagley Museum and grounds Cape Gazette
The lastest news from the Portable Antiquities Scheme All the news from around the regions of the Scheme
- European Association of Archaeologists meeting 2024 session 15 call for papers!by The Portable Antiquities Scheme on June 30, 2025 at 12:33 pm
Call for papers for MeRit session at EAA 2024
- MeRit Celebration Event – Yorkshire Museumby The Portable Antiquities Scheme on May 9, 2025 at 7:56 am
With colleagues at the Yorkshire Museum and York St John University, the MeRit project team has been working with representatives of local metal-detecting clubs on a co-curated display of finds relating to medieval lived religion and ritual activity in a landscape context. To celebrate the opening of this display, and animation responses to its themes created by students of York St John, a FREE public event will be held at the Yorkshire Museum on Friday 13 June from 10:30 am.
- PAS Rebuild Project Updateby The Portable Antiquities Scheme on February 11, 2025 at 2:50 pm
Phase 1 of the Rebuild Project is well underway, find out more.
- Help us redesign the PAS websiteby The Portable Antiquities Scheme on December 13, 2024 at 4:24 pm
An update from the PAS Rebuild Project and an invitation to get involved.
- PAS database workshopby The Portable Antiquities Scheme on November 11, 2024 at 4:21 pm
PAS is looking for 6 volunteers each from among FLOs, Finders and Researchers (total 18), to help us with the design for the PAS rebuild in a 90-minute workshop hosted in the week between Monday the 25th of November and Friday the 29th.
