I'm now recruiting for a crucial post in my team - Curator: Parliamentary Art Collection. A rare chance to work with a wonderful collection in a unique setting. Please do share, and feel free to get in touch with any questions

Our new temporary exhibition, Setting the Stage: 70 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, opens on Friday 8 May! 🎶 📸 Sarah Louise Bennet / EBU

If you’re interested in open government data, please read (and repost) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/digita...

*Finally* able to talk about the Star Trek @sciencemuseum.org.uk team-up we are organising for the 60th anniversary! Special events, world first film season, exclusive merch, props and costumes from the Paramount archives, and more! www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/star-trek-60

Our spring season of programming is now on sale including special events celebrating the 60th anniversary of #StarTrek!

Call for Contributions to a Sourcebook for Histories of Weather & Weathering teleskopos.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/c... Full details linked and here teleskopos.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜

⭐ The RICHeS Access Fund is now open for Full Applications ⭐ supporting heritage science and conservation researchers, museums and organisations to access world-class equipment, specialist facilities, and nationally important collections! To find out more visit: buff.ly/6zhFaDk

We're seeking four brilliant individuals to join our Board of Trustees. Find out more and apply👇 apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9118

I’m running a survey to ask researchers what they want the UK Government Web Archive to offer in the future to enable wider use of the collection. If you’re a web archive user, or you would like to be, please take ten minutes to complete this survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/UKGWA-Rese...

We’re running an anonymous survey to better understand how museums manage hazards in collections. It takes 5-10 minutes, is open to anyone working with collections, and helps shape future guidance and sector support. Closing date 15th February. www.surveymonkey.com/r/G98JRXK Please share.

More people are talking about science than ever, but fewer know what to think about it. Read our reflections on @ukri.org latest Public Attitudes to Science survey, published today: blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/britains-sci...

A reminder that the closing date for applications is next week - 20 January.

The Science Museum Group is looking for a Systems and E-Resources Librarian, FT permanent post based at one of our sites in #Bradford #London #Manchester #Wroughton (nr Swindon) or #York #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #MuseumJobs ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...

We're delighted that Jo Quinton-Tulloch, Director of @mediamuseum.bsky.social, has been awarded an OBE for services to the arts in the New Year Honours list, and our Trustee, @metoffice.gov.uk Chief Scientist Stephen Belcher, has been appointed a CBE for services to climate science. Congrats both!

Lots of great objects and archives to explore (one at random here, Leighton Dalrymple's sketch of John Blenkinsop's Steam Locomotive 'Salamanca', 1812), with themed virtual exhibitions #histSTM📜

Please enjoy this project we've been working on with the lovely team at Google Arts and Culture: artsandculture.google.com/project/nati... Its so exciting to make so much of our collection accessible this anniversary year for the railways from models and artwork to tools and vehicles!

We’re finally on Bluesky!!! Go give us a follow

It's #WorldDigitalPreservationDay. As @jtullock.bsky.social says, "Digital preservation is increasingly important for even the smallest museum, imagine the impact if you weren’t able to access your digital photographs or organisational records." More: www.linkedin.com/posts/jackki... #WDPD2025

Why space needs explaining, by my colleague @libbyjackson.com blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/why-space-ne...

It’s the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage! 🎬🎧 Discover why preserving our sounds, images, and stories matters and explore how the #DPC supports audiovisual preservation through our Audiovisual Special Interest Group (AVSIG). Read our new blog by […] [Original post on digipres.club]

@melindahaunton.bsky.social @jtullock.bsky.social Good to see an archivist featured prominently in this story, and also a demonstration of the value of corporate archives. observer.co.uk/style/drink/...

‘A hub of humanity’: National Railway Museum space reopens after £11m refit Via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Job Klaxon! Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry. Job Details Salary - £41,177.63 Full Time London Deadline - 29/09/2025 ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...

It’s been a busy couple of weeks at @sciencemuseum.org.uk as we’ve been putting the finishing touches to our wonderful new Space gallery. It opens on Saturday, and we’re celebrating with a weekend full of free space themed activities.

@peaksandpuddles.com Did you see the prospect of "a shared cycling and walking strategy linking the three regions with the heart of the Peak?" www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk/news/mayors-...

We were sad to learn of the death of astronaut Jim Lovell, who led the Apollo 13 crew to safety. In 2013 we welcomed Jim to the museum to hear more about his remarkable achievements blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/apollo-13s-j...

You've heard about Rail200 this year, but what about Braille200? Our amazing WROCAH placement student @tillyguthrie.bsky.social explains the dual history of Braille and the Railways in Britain: blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/braille-200/

@doublearrow64.bsky.social Erm.

I've been a bit quiet recently due to being busy getting our new Sound and Vision galleries ready @mediamuseum.bsky.social They opened today! There was a gaggle of kids having a brilliant time in there when I wandered through this morning 😍 Lovely overview here from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social

@thebeautyoftransport.com @danielhwright.bsky.social A Beacon footbridge in the wild at Y Fenni / Abergavenny.

@milleanick.bsky.social I ticked off another of the North Eastern Railway tiled maps at Scarborough yesterday.

🎉 Delighted to be a judge for this year's @museumsassociation.org Museums Change Lives awards. Nominations are now open - please spread the word and tell us about the people in your organisation who are doing good work: www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/mu...

A new study says that the world's 'safe' climate limit may be closer to 1°C—not 1.5°C—as ice loss accelerates and irreversible sea level rise looms. I talk to Chris Stokes of @durham-university.bsky.social blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/paris-climat...

This just in 📢 Our new Sound and Vision galleries will open on Thursday 10 July.

Here we go... The countdown is on. Objects are being installed, interactives are being tested, labels are going in, and web content is being compiled. It's so exciting to see this coming to life after *years* of work. I can't wait to welcome visitors into the galleries!

We’re looking for new trustees at @oldoptheatre.bsky.social! Particularly if you can bring expertise in medical, commercial, fundraising or social inclusion, get in touch! oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/

@olliedouglas.bsky.social The @railwaymuseum.bsky.social 1951 cattle wagon is having a moment in the sun as we prepare for the reopening of the Station Hall later this year. This is quite a late wagon from a period when cattle were increasingly travelling by road.

@lccmunicipal.bsky.social I found this classic clinging on in a side street in Mill Hill.

@thebeautyoftransport.com @doublearrow64.bsky.social Oxford could win a Least Consistent Signage award, with Rail Alphabet, Rail Alphabet 2, and several iterations of First Great Western/GWR all in evidence. I think some of the Rail Alphabet is also NSE blue.

Any thoughts @drolibetts.bsky.social?

Happy #EarthDay 🌍💚 Check out this post on how digital media can enhance our relationship with the natural world blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/earth-day-ca...

Just under a week left to apply for one (or both!) of these amazing #digitalpreservation jobs at the #dpc. Joins us!

"We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces." Carl Sagan www.openculture.com/2025/04/carl...

Details from David Hockney: Pieced Together ✨ It’s your FINAL MONTH to catch this exhibition, featuring this joiner of the museum in the 1980s (on display for the first time in 25 years!), alongside his stunning Four Seasons installation. www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/dav...

⏰ Final week to complete the @artscouncilengland.bsky.social review survey. This is your opportunity to help shape the review and influence the future of Arts Council England. Complete it here by 24 April: buff.ly/f4fPWAJ

'It’s a mind-expanding collision of science, technology, and storytelling that invites visitors to rethink who they are—and what they’re made of.' Huge well done to my @mediamuseum.bsky.social and @bradford2025.co.uk colleagues! It's wonderful to have this Marshmallow Laser Feast show in Bradford 😍

@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Today's treat is an unusually well preserved Finchley District Council stink pipe.

@lccmunicipal.bsky.social Relics of both Finchley and Barnet Urban District Councils, near their former border.

@rwldproject.bsky.social I came across this outdoor interpretation panel about a 1949 accident at Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve, part of the Avalon Marshes west of Glastonbury, Somerset. There was also an oral history clip.

As climate scientists worry that the Earth may tip beyond a point of irreversible climate change, Science Director @rogerhighfield.bsky.social explores new research that suggests that even the simplest computer model is vulnerable to such tipping points: bit.ly/4gNufo8