New date announcement: Setting the Stage: 70 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest will now open on Friday 15 May. Opening weekend now coincides with the Eurovision Song Contest Final, we’ll be marking the occasion by turning the museum into one big party on Saturday 16 May 🎤✨

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

Great choices… we’re keeping an eye on you Jennie 👀

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

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We’re excited to receive additional funding from @DCMS to support our work to display and care for the national collection. This important funding ensures we can continue to engage thousands of visitors each year with remarkable stories of media and science. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Make sure to catch the Royal Institution's 200th anniversary Christmas Lectures on demand, as friend of the Science Museum Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores one of science's greatest questions: is there life beyond Earth? Watch via the link below 👇

Pretending to be a real person again today after two weeks on the sofa surrounded by choccy wrappers... 📷 Science Museum Group Collection

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!

Have a good one all! 🎅🎄

Now it has been transformed into a living, immersive sculpture at the @mediamuseum.bsky.social - a glowing constellation of light that invites visitors to reflect on their collective health, and shows how science can shape a city. More here, by me blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/how-science-...

Remembering Martin Parr (1952 - 2025) ❤️ We are deeply saddened by the news of Martin Parr’s passing. One of the most influential figures British social documentary photography, his work took an unflinching look at everyday life in Britain.

These cameras were actually used to take the original Cottingley Fairies images! This Christmas, we're continuing the magic with our own fairy themed fun across the museum. Head over to our website for more info and to book your free admission: www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/fes...

Happy December! 🎄 Here's a little hint for the theme of our festive activities this month... any guesses? Hint: Though they may look pretty unsuspecting, they're actually kind of magical 🧚 [📷 The National Science and Media Museum, Bradford]

We're SO pleased to have achieved Archive Service Accreditation for the first time - and huge congratulations to all of our fellow newly accredited organisations! 💗

Just over a month left to hit your unrealistic Goodreads goal: 📷 The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Congratulations to: Hackney Archives, Marx Memorial Library, Powys Archives @mediamuseum.bsky.social, @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social & @yorkminster.bsky.social Archives on achieving Archive Service Accreditation for the first time! (1/2) 📷 The Chapter of York, Photographer: Peter Li

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Morning scroll through the collection... anyone know what these are for?

Spooky szn is truly never over in these parts! One week to go until we're joined by @talkinghitchpod.bsky.social for an evening exploring Hitchcock’s Rebecca - a gothic tale of obsession, secrets, and desire. www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/cine-...

It’s #AskAConservator Day! 🧤 We’ve gathered questions from across the museum for our fab team working hard to care for our incredible collections. blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ask-our-cons...

One week to go until this fascinating (and free!) online event! 🧊📷

Happy #Halloween all! 🎃 We've spoken at length about our incredible horror collections recently and, proud as we are of our countless fangs, eyeballs, bites and vials of fake blood, there's a whole lot in our collection that is ✨ unintentionally ✨ terrifying...

Cool @uniofbradford.bsky.social / @bihr.bsky.social event as part of the Bradford Science Festival: get down to @mediamuseum.bsky.social to see if you can catch the Bradford Air Bandits!

Happy #WorldAnimationDay! We’ve come a looong way from this, but it never fails to bring a smile to our faces… just look at that tail wag 🥲

The DALEK. Obviously!

It's World Audiovisual Heritage Day! We've been wracking our brains all morning for an object to post, but it's proving pretty tricky when that pretty much covers, erm, our entire collection...

Dead White Man at the Bradford Science Festival, powered by the @mediamuseum.bsky.social! British artist Jeremy Hutchison animates a zombie of textile waste, made of ‘Dead White Mens’ Clothes’—the billions of second-hand garments shipped to Africa every year.

This Traitors-themed post from @mediamuseum.bsky.social now means I’ll never sleep soundly again knowing this item is less than 3 miles from my home and bed.

How museum objects would do on #TheTraitors, a thread:

If you’ve popped into our Sound and Vision galleries, you’ll likely have caught a chill in this corner... 🥶

Film exhibition professionals in the North, join us for our Members’ Day on Tuesday 21 October. We’ll be at Bradford’s @mediamuseum.bsky.social for a day of panels, advice and conversation with programmers, festivals and venues. Sign up: bit.ly/4gaoy54 #FilmExhibition ✨

Won't be a fun watch, but it looks like an important one! If you're in Yorkshire, it's on this week at @picturevillecinema.bsky.social in Bradford @mediamuseum.bsky.social And in Hull in November. Check out the original post for other screenings.

If you're looking for a little light Friday reading to procrastinate... ahem... I mean wind down for the weekend, then we've got some fresh posts up on the blog to banish your afternoon doomscroll 👀

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#OnThisDay in 1889, Nintendo was born!

70 years ago, ITV became the UK’s first commercial TV channel, changing advertising forever. 📺 The Smash Martians first landed on screens in 1974, helping to make instant mash even more instantly recognisable. Here's a couple from our collection! What’s the first TV ad you remember seeing? 👀

Festival season may be over (mud, tents, warm pints), but FILM festival season is just beginning at Pictureville (carpet, comfy seats, fridge cold bottles of Saltaire Brewery craft beers)... that's right, Widescreen Weekend begins NEXT WEEK! 🎞️

"Weather's turned a bit"

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Working in film exhibition across the North? Join us at our Member’s Day on Tuesday 21 October at Bradford’s @mediamuseum.bsky.social. Expect inspiring panels, practical advice, and chances to connect with programmers across the region. bit.ly/4gaoy54 📽️

LONDON?!?! No... Bradford! We're absolutely buzzing to be a partner venue for this year's #BFILondonFilmFestival, with screenings of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Hamnet and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P0v...

@paulmarden.bsky.social is at Day 2 of #ASDC25 @sciencecentres.bsky.social at the newly reopened @mediamuseum.bsky.social, Bradford (9–10 Sept)! 🎉 He’s diving into talks & workshops on the future of science engagement. Catch him at the conference 👋 #MERAC #CrowdConvert

On this day in 1979, the terrifying Xenomorph first hit our screens in Ridley Scott's Alien. Over on our blog, volunteer blogger Sophie explores the artistic influences that made Alien’s monster so terrifying. blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/designing-fe...

Gentle reminder that voting for this is still open! 💗

Happy International Dog Day! 🐕🎬 This sketch is a line test from the 1954 animated film Animal Farm, created by pioneering British studio Halas and Batchelor. © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

I went to @mediamuseum.bsky.social in Bradford today! It was great! They have some exhibits about Hammer Studios and Christopher Lee’s fangs for Dracula (1958). I loved it! I also very much enjoyed the Xenomorph and the Dalek! 😁

We need your help! 🍿 We’ve thrown our hat in the ring for BIFA's Cinema of the Year Award, supported by Kia, voted for by you. 🏆 It celebrates cinemas in the UK that bring audiences together and champion independent filmmakers. 🗳️If you love what we do, please vote for us at: tinyurl.com/bddard5m

It's National Radio Day! 📻 Over on our blog, volunteer blogger Lauren takes a deep dive into the history of women on the airwaves - in Yorkshire and beyond. 💗 blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/tuning-into-...

Happy #WorldPhotographyDay! 📸 Photography is a core part of our collection, telling the incredible story of how photographs and photographic processes have changed over time. Starting at the start(ish) - do you know the significance of today's date?