Went to see the Eurovision exhibit at @mediamuseum.bsky.social yesterday and got to see my berets in a display case which is weird and cool actually!
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Exploring the science and culture of image and sound technologies. Home to @picturevillecinema.bsky.social. Based in Bradford. 🎥 Plan your next visit: scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
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 👀
a cartoon of spongebob saying put it in the bag .
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob saying put it in the bag .
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I see several people doing more than one, so: The red Dalek and Christopher Lee's Dracula teeth from @mediamuseum.bsky.social The more brutal Artemisia Gentilesci's Judith Slaying Holofernes from wherever it is now Esme Young's Amorphous from the V and A The Hand of Glory from Whitby Museum
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
Appointment details – Science Museum Group - Trustee x4 – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK
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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 👇
200 years down, hopefully 200 more to go ✔️ It's a wrap on the 200th anniversary Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI! What did you think? Watch all three lectures now on BBC iPlayer 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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!
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-...
How Science is Shaping a City - National Science and Media Museum blog
Science Director Roger Highfield describes an interactive art installation that reveals the extraordinary power of the Born in Bradford health study.
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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]
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! 💗
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
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
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-...
Cine Spotlights: Rebecca (PG) [+ intro] | National Science and Media Museum
Join Hitchcock writer, speaker, curator and podcaster Rebecca McCallum for an evening of gothic romance.
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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...
Ask Our Conservators Anything - National Science and Media Museum blog
For Ask a Conservator Day, our conservation team give the inside scoop on how they got into the field, their favourite tools, their current projects and more
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One week to go until this fascinating (and free!) online event! 🧊📷
In this online talk hosted by UK Antarctic Heritage Trust on 10 November, our Head Curator, Charlotte, will be discussing our collections - including the camera used by Herbert Ponting to document Captain Scott's 1910 expedition. Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/capturing-...
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 🥲
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.
Stookie Bill: Faithful - catches elsie and francis out straight away but nobody! listens! - steals the whole show tbh, a real tv star - great on uncloaked, ed gamble loves him