SOYUZ HITS ROBOTS ARE A FEAST OF MAGIC OF ILLUMINATING ALL GO AT THE ROAD ON THE MARCH FESTIVALS MATHEMATICS INDIA LOCOMOTION

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ILLUMINATING INDIA

‘Thank you for the contribution that the Science Museum made to the UK Commonwealth INDIA IN A Summit, and the visit of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. I am very grateful for the role you played in making this happen’ SPECIAL LIGHT Matt Hancock, Culture Secretary

Illuminating India celebrated the country’s rich cultural and scientific history

The Illuminating India season The then Secretary of State for Culture, brought together the Indian diaspora Media and Sport, Karen Bradley, in the UK, culminating in a visit to the sent a recorded message to the Science Museum in April from HRH season launch event to ‘convey my The Prince of Wales and the Indian congratulations and those of the entire Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, UK Government. It is especially fitting during the Commonwealth Heads that tonight the Science Museum, of Government summit. The Living which is the most visited museum in the Bridges event, organised by the UK by school groups, celebrates India’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, contribution to science, technology saw Prince Charles and the Indian and mathematics.’ She went on to thank PM touring the exhibition Illuminating the British High Commission and British India: 5000 Years of Science and Council, notably Baroness Prashar, Innovation with curator Matt Kimberley deputy chairman; and Alan Gemmell and Science Museum Group director OBE, director, British Council India. Ian Blatchford. The Prince of Wales left the reception in the Jaguar She extended a warm welcome to I-Pace, a new zero-emissions electric the Indian High Commissioner, His car produced by Jaguar Land Rover, Excellency Mr Yashvardhan Sinha, who which is owned by the Indian Tata told the guests that it was important Steel company. that the people of his country and the UK connect and share, ‘not just what A hugely popular event series ran we did in the past but what we are alongside the exhibitions and new going to do in the future.’ work by artist Chila Kumari Burman, and included a screening of Oscar- Illuminating India is an outstanding winning film Slumdog Millionaire and example of collaboration between Q&A with Danny Boyle, a tea-blending the UK and India – supported by the workshop and a weekend of activities Bagri Foundation, the Helen Hamlyn for families. ‘I originally asked Chila Trust and the John S Cohen for one modest painting inspired Foundation – it has brought together by India but she was so inspired by organisations including the University ‘Witnessed the Illuminating India exhibition the exhibition she presented us with of Oxford Bodleian Libraries; the From top left, clockwise: director Danny with The Prince of Wales. The exhibition 29 pieces of artwork and created Alkazi Foundation, the Survey of India, Boyle, external affairs director Roger showcases India’s rich history in science, a glittering tuk-tuk that welcomes the British Council and the Indian Highfield, Eugenia Chen and Venki Ramakrishnan in discussion and the technology and innovation’ visitors as they enter the museum,’ diaspora, forming a living bridge Prince of Wales welcoming the Indian PM, said Blatchford. between two great nations. Narendra Modi, to the Science Museum Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister RETURN TO CONTENTS PAGE

CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME

‘This is the cradle of the Industrial OUR FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS Revolution, it’s fantastic history’ Science Museum, London National Railway Museum, York Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat leader, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester on the Museum of Science and Industry National Science and Media Museum, Bradford Locomotion, Shildon ‘When I visited the National Science and Media Museum as a kid I was SUPPORT OUR MUSEUMS OUR CELEBRATION captivated by the idea of the Visit sciencemuseum.org.uk/about-us/support-us animated image. So it was a thrilling or for corporate membership and patrons see page 59 and surreal experience to be THE YEAR ON VIDEO exhibiting Thresholds in the museum’ OF SCIENCE AND sciencemuseum.org.uk/annual-review-video Mat Collishaw, artist ‘The National Railway Museum is best placed to showcase both ENGINEERING the historical and contemporary advances in railways in a new, The vision of the Science Museum Group is of a society that celebrates science, modern world-class building’ technology and engineering and their impact on our lives, Sir Peter Hendy, chairman of Network Rail now and in the future, says Mary Archer, chairman of the Group ‘The Science Museum presents incredible opportunities for people to engage with some of For me, one of the enduring pleasures European Regional Development Fund re-imagining of the Great Hall and the most important technological of walking round any of the Group’s – officially became part of the Group the steady progress we and our partners developments of the last two five museums is to see the impact our last December, and we still enjoy a close are making with the York Central centuries. It tells the powerful SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP collections have on our visitors. From the working relationship with the council. It development; this will give us the space ANNUAL REVIEW 2017–18 unbridled enthusiasm of the 445,000 was kickstarted by a commitment from the to showcase the current renaissance of story of human progress’ children who came with their teachers in council and our Board of Trustees to fund the railways and future developments Eric Schmidt, © 2018 The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum booked school groups this year, to the jointly long-overdue repair work to the in the rail industry. Board Member and Technical Advisor, Alphabet Edited by Bob Williams quiet appreciation of visitors to our First historic buildings on this site. with generous input from staff across the group World War exhibition, Wounded, and the The annual science festival run by our and its many bloggers new audiences brought in by speakers Our medium-term plans for Locomotion Museum of Science and Industry in Designed by Steve Lancefield such as mathematician Andrew Wiles and will see even greater investment, but Manchester is now the most successful in exhibitions such as Illuminating India, I see already it can draw on the Group-wide the country, and here too we plan major Project manager Jessica Lloyd-Wright day by day how we are building science infrastructure rolled out in the past year, capital improvements to the public realm Copy editor Lawrence Ahlemeyer capital in individuals and society. ranging from a new brand and look to surrounding our historic buildings, as well new web and digital estate. as the buildings themselves. Main photography from group resources: We are the most national of the nation’s Museum of Science and Industry National Science and Media Museum museum groups, with four of our five At our National Railway Museum in York, it At our National Science and Media National Railway Museum/Pictorial Collection museums in the North. When we welcomed has been good to see the first signs of the Museum, the new Wonderlab and Science & Society Picture Library the 2,500,000th visitor to the smallest of rebrand have stimulated an uplift in Science Museum Library and Archives Science Museum Photographic Studio these – based in the country’s first railway visitor numbers. Partnership working has Daily Herald Archive/National Science and Media Museum town, Shildon, County Durham – it sent enriched the Bradford Science Festival, out a loud signal that it is full steam which we relaunched in summer 2017, and With thanks for additional photographs by: Alchemy VR, Tim Anderson, Anderson & Low, Kasim Asim, Stephen Baxter, ahead for the Group. the museum’s outreach work has been a Dan Clarkson, John Clifton, Kieran Davis, Benjamin Ealovega, Drew Forsyth, continued success. Hugo Glendinning, Nick Guttrdige, Jody Hartley, Jennie Hills, Kate Hunter, Our milestone visitor in January of this year Jill Jennings, Jody Kingzett, Jason Lock, Barry Macdonald, Lee Mawdsley, Michael Mckeown, Roger Moody, Phil Oates, Dan Oxtoby, Hazel Palmer, was Sean Richards, from Sedgefield, who None of this would be possible without Richard Pearson, Jonathan Perugia, Plastiques Photography, Dan Prince, came with his daughters Anna and Alex, financial support, not only from SMG Digital Lab, Paul Thompson, Kira Zumkley and nephew Thomas. They were there to government through our much-valued Printed by Go Agency, using sustainable paper – Cocoon Silk 100, which see Tim Peake’s Soyuz spacecraft which, and much-needed Grant in Aid, but from is produced from 100% post-consumer recycled, FSC certified pulp. Less with the support of Samsung, has been our many partners, patrons, supporters energy and water are consumed and fewer CO emissions are produced 2 touring our five museums, and other sites and visitors. We thank them all for their during manufacturing, compared with the production of virgin fibre paper. FSC recycled certification, NAPM 100% recycled certification, ISO 14001, across the country (by land not space) and generosity and commitment. Finally, I note Process Chlorine Free (PCF) and PAS 2020:2009 Level 3 inspiring the next generation of astronauts. that we are looking at a substantial change in our Board of Trustees in 2019, and I am Our Shildon museum – born in 2004 grateful to our current board for their Cover image: The Sokol KV-2 emergency spacesuit worn by British ESA astronaut Tim Peake during the Principia mission to the International Space Station, 2015-16. Recently acquired by the Science Museum Group and unveiled at The Museum of Science and Industry in March. with the support of the Heritage Lottery Dame Mary Archer inside this year’s Manchester hard work and commitment throughout Photography by Jennie Hills for the Science Museum Group Fund, Durham County Council and the Science Festival immersive experience, Tape another busy and successful year.

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‘This is the best place we’ve filmed ‘If you are keen for the public to be guided ’The Science Museum is a great ’For me, the Science Museum will in two years. It’s a terrific museum’ by good sense, thoughtful analysis and national institution. The Royal Society always be the spiritual home of Robert Peston,on the Museum of Science and Industry informed opinion, you won't find a better and the museum have worked on some scientific celebration in the United place than the Science Museum’ great projects this year, including Kingdom. A place where we can Evan Davis, broadcaster the Tomorrow’s World webcast with marvel at the great achievements Professor Brian Cox in conversation of the past and inspire new with Eric Schmidt from Google’ generations for our future’ Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President of Royal Society, Nobelist Dr Hannah Fry, mathematician and broadcaster

HIGHLIGHTS

Inside front cover: India in a special light ON OTHER PAGES

4 Our mission to inspire 16 Locomotion in motion 20 Why we look different Director Ian Blatchford on a trail-blazing year 22 Our high flyers 6 The only place to be 23 The power of games 34 Tomorrow’s World – 8 Flocking to see Soyuz today and every day 38 A bigger home for our collections 12 The human side of robots 40 What we’re restoring 42 Unexpected delights 17 Partnerships pay off 44 Special events 24 A feast of festivals 53 Voyage into the unknown 54 What we acquired 26 Friendly faces of science 55 What we lent out 64 Branching out from Britain 32 All the news that’s fit to fake

36 Illuminating India’s extraordinary history APPENDIX 46 Welcome to our volunteers Our five museums in profile 48 Research is our cornerstone 56 The financial challenges 58 Our ever-generous supporters 52 Superbugs – the common enemy 60 The trustees: who’s who 61 The Science Museum Group vision Inside back Terence Cuneo: the power of painting 62 The Science Museum, Back cover: Full speed ahead National Railway Museum and Part of a Hercules 264 Museum of Science and Industry radial engine made 63 National Science and Media Museum, by the Bristol Aircraft Locomotion, Shildon, Company in 1953, which is on loan from National Collections Centre, and the RAF Museum Blythe House Collections Store

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DIRECTOR’S WELCOME

’Spurred on by the Regard for public institutions may be stardom of Soyuz, we frayed these days, but our research suggests we are linked with national have also decided to tour prosperity more than any other museum OUR MISSION the most iconic object and visitors really trust us. That is why in our collection our career narratives are so compelling. – Stephenson’s Rocket’ Across the Group we were visited by over 497,000 children in educational groups, Ian Blatchford, SMG director and we can claim to have more school IS TO INSPIRE THE visitors (445,000) than any museum in the UK and maybe in Europe too. Across the Ian Blatchford, Evelyn Nicola, senior CSR manager, organisation we have been experimenting, Samsung, Tim Peake, Dr Gordon Rintoul, director, National Museums Scotland, at the Soyuz launch pushing boundaries and encouraging the in Edinburgh aspirations of young visitors, teachers and WHOLE NATION families. The Future Engineers programme at the National Railway Museum encourages young people to think about The spectacular success of the Soyuz national tour typifies encapsulates British innovation more than careers in railway engineering and the what the Group is trying to achieve. This year we will be sending any other: Stephenson’s Rocket. It will new digital technologies. In Manchester, out Stephenson’s Rocket to follow in the space capsule’s be travelling to the Discovery Museum in the Museum of Science and Industry, built trail-blazing path, says Group director Ian Blatchford Newcastle in June 2018, as a star player on the success of their brilliant annual in the Great Exhibition of the North, and science festival (now the most popular in thence to museums in the Group, starting England), to present Digital Celebration, with Manchester in September. The Group an instant success as a type of careers fair Last year I championed our international The Group always seeks exciting ways to Museum in Bradford, as the opening venue also made a stylish contribution to Hull about coding and computing. And at the cultural and scientific diplomacy, and inspire audiences, and the spectacular for a national tour that will embrace each in 2017, under its mantle as UK City of National Science and Media Museum, the while that continues to flourish, now it success of the past 12 months must museum in the Group, and the national Culture, opening a specially assembled and Yorkshire Games Festival is a creative way is time to hail our work at home. In late surely be the national tour of the Principia museums in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. ground-breaking exhibition on the railway, of inspiring young people. 2017 the Government published a major mission Soyuz capsule that brought Tim It is accompanied by a dynamic education war and industrial artist Terence Cuneo; appraisal of museums in England, the Peake back to Earth. The capsule and programme, and a pioneering virtual with many prime pictures and posters The Science Museum Group is a serious Mendoza Review. It acknowledged the parachute first went on display at the reality experience in which visitors can drawn from holdings at the Science national player in science, learning and considerable national and international Science Museum in January 2017 and imagine being inside the capsule. All of this Museum and National Railway Museum. culture. In 2017 we pushed ever harder to profile of the national museums and amazed visitors from the off. I think there has been possible due to an imaginative ensure that our resources and energy were their world-class collections, curatorial are two reasons for this: the alarmingly sponsorship by Samsung, a great partner The Government published its industrial shared across the country and that the expertise and excellence in education. modest scale of something that ferries for the Group. We both hoped for success, strategy, in which science and engineering ambitions of visitors moved in tandem with But one section gave me particular three people back to Earth and carries but reality has far exceeded expectations, play pivotal roles. The Group will do all it the employment and economic prospects pleasure: in assessing how ‘national’ the brutal scars of 1,400C on entry in the with huge increases in audiences at each can to support the showcasing – at home for Britain. So it is also timely that in April each of those great institutions was, it Earth’s atmosphere; and the galvanising venue, and compelling evidence of first- and abroad – of British invention and 2017 I became the first Science Museum described the Science Museum Group UK-wide education programme run by time visitors as well. scientific leadership. But that strategy director to become of chairman of the as ‘mostly outside London’. Such modest the UK Space Agency during the will also benefit from the vibrant and vital National Museum Directors’ Council, the wording acknowledges our firm ambition Principia mission. Spurred on by stardom of Soyuz, we have work we are already doing to encourage influential body representing the major to be active across the country. Indeed, also decided to tour the most iconic object children and families to consider STEM national, regional, military and university perhaps we can claim to be the most In September 2017 the Soyuz went on in our collection. We hold for the nation careers and, incidentally, supporting the museums in the UK. As ever, this Group national of the nationals? display at the National Science and Media more than 7 million things, but one object Year of Engineering 2018 (see page 27). believes in leadership and impact.

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SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP

1 Lord Hall, director general of the BBC, launches Tomorrow’s World in the Science Museum

2 Alan Gemmell, British Council country director WE ARE THE PLACE TO BE for India; Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, president of the Royal Society; Yashvardhan Sinha, India’s High Commissioner to the UK; Dame Mary Archer, chair of the Board of Trustees; Baroness Prasha; Dinesh K Patnaik, India’s Deputy High Commissioner to the UK, and Group director, Ian Blatchford, at Illuminating India preview at the Science Museum

3 Poet Ben Okri, actress Rebecca Night and geneticist Steve Jones at Voyages event at the Science Museum

10 4 Astrophysicist and Tomorrow’s World presenter Jennifer Gupta; Rami Tzabar of the BBC; author Angela Saini and TW presenter Alex Lathbridge at the Scientists Meet the Media Party, held with the Royal Society and ABSW, and sponsored by Wired UK and Johnson & Johnson Innovation

5 Broadcasters Ant Anstead, Len Goodman, Angela Rippon, David Harewood, Sir Trevor McDonald, 1 2 9 Nick Knowles, Giles Coren and Angela Scanlon at the live broadcast of Britain’s Greatest Invention at the National Collections Centre

6 Professor Ajit Lalvani, Tara Lalvani, Dr Kartar Lalvani and Tej Lalvani. at the Science Museum Annual Dinner

7 Actor and writer Tim Downie at Illuminating India preview at the Science Museum

8 Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and Group director Ian Blatchford at the Science Museum for the opening of Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

12 9 HRH Princess Anne with Sally MacDonald, director of the Museum of Science and Industry

10 Professors Chris Rapley, John Zarnecki, Alan Smith and Ken Pounds at the press launch for 3 11 Skylark: Britain’s Pioneering Space Rocket at the Science Museum

11 Singer Katy Perry visits the Robots exhibition at the Science Museum

12 Brian Cox and Eric Schmidt in conversation for Tomorrow’s World Live: What’s the Future of AI? at the Science Museum

13 Parliamentary under secretary of state at the DCMS, Michael Ellis, visits the National Railway 5 Museum to see Tim Peake’s spacecraft with the museum director, Judith McNicol, and Group director, Ian Blatchford

14 Actor Simon Pegg visits Power UP at the 4 13 14 Science Museum

15 Britain’s first astronaut Helen Sharman in conversation, with her former chemistry teacher, Nobelist Sir Fraser Stoddart, at the annual dinner

16 Dame Margaret Weston, with her Fellowship at her Gloucestershire home

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SOYUZ SOYUZ THE ‘The epitome of everything we aspire to,’ Tim Peake said: ‘I’m particularly happy said the Group deputy director, Jonathan that people up and down the UK now have Newby, after Tim Peake launched the the opportunity to discover more about Soyuz Tour in Bradford. ‘Four museums, my Principia mission and space travel, four unique settings but everywhere and that the Science Museum Group – collaboration, inspiration and visitors with the support of Samsung – are doing SOYUZ in their droves.’ so much to inspire the public and schools in this tour.’ We were bowled over by the public response to the tour, which was made At the National Railway Museum schools possible by the generous support from flocked to the arresting juxtaposition of our presenting partner Samsung. More the first flown, human rated spacecraft than 100,000 people came to see the in our collection and some of the world’s spacecraft that took Britain’s first ESA greatest locomotives. TOUR astronaut back from the International Space Station, an increase of 64% on In York more than 6,200 visitors opted the same period last year. to enhance their experience with Space Descent VR, a virtual reality experience At Locomotion in Shildon the impact was using Samsung Gear VR technology, still more startling; an increase in visitor narrated by Tim Peake himself, that places numbers of 199%. And in every location our visitors at the heart of his journey from the TAKES learning teams have risen to the challenge. International Space Station back to Earth. In the whole of last year, a little over 9,000 Housed within a specially curated bespoke children visited Locomotion in Shildon lounge, the VR experience has been in school groups. In the eight weeks that popular at each site. Soyuz TMA-19M was on site school groups accounted for 2,397 visits. Next year, responding to Group director Ian Blatchford’s clarion call to national museums – issued in The Guardian – to OFF send their most iconic items out in the world, we will see the Soyuz tour heading The public response to Tim Peake’s to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. spacecraft was overwhelming. Below: Professor Danielle George MBE (left); But it was fitting that the climax of this the director of the Museum of Science and Industry, year’s tour was our final Science Museum Visitor numbers exploded at the four Sally MacDonald, and Sam Grant, chief marketing museums that hosted TMA-19M. officer at Samsung Electronics UK at the launch Group location, the Museum of Science But its terrestrial journey is not over yet of Tim Peake’s Spacecraft in Manchester and Industry.

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SOYUZ SOYUZ

It fell to director Sally MacDonald to reveal A further unexpected element of the a fabulous late addition to the tour and the tour was the winner of a competition Science Museum Group’s collection, the to join the venues hosting the capsule. Sokol KV-2 emergency spacesuit worn by Two cathedrals made a shortlist of Tim on his six-hour journey to and from five that was considered by an expert the space station with fellow astronauts. panel chaired by Group director Ian Blatchford – but Peterborough ‘It’s a massive privilege for the team Cathedral emerged victorious. here in Manchester to unveil the Sokol and to be able to show Tim’s spacesuit This exquisite place of worship will host and spacecraft together,’ she said. ‘It the national tour between August and was fantastic to observe the sense of November 2018, coinciding with its anticipation and excitement among both 900th anniversary celebrations. visitors and colleagues watching these important pieces of space history being Blatchford said: ‘It is rare to see the prepared for tonight’s launch event.’ star objects in Britain’s great museum collections touring the length and Samsung and Soyuz Among an audience of 250 VIPs for the breadth of the country. It is even rarer Up to seven schools near each site are unveiling was Samsung’s chief marketing to see a spacecraft in a cathedral. I am visited by the Science Museum Group officer, Sam Grant, who said this about the extremely pleased that thousands of outreach team and the wonderful tour: ‘The Science Museum Group shares people from all around the diocese of Space Descent with Tim Peake – The our passion for igniting curiosity and this Peterborough will have the chance to VR Experience Tour Bus (above), which unique partnership has exceeded all of see this extraordinary artefact of is then followed by a visit to the host our expectations in bringing people closer recent space history on their doorstep, venue. The bus also parks up in the host to the inspiring technologies that make and I cannot wait to see the Soyuz city, allowing passers-by an opportunity space travel possible. The unexpected take the cathedral’s 900th birthday to journey in space. More than 2,000 addition of the Sokol suit to the tour really celebrations out of this world when it people at each of the locations have captures the spirit of our partnership.’ arrives in August.’ enjoyed this experience.

’It is rare to see the star objects in Britain’s great museums touring the country. It is even rarer to see a spacecraft in a cathedral’ Ian Blatchford, Science Museum Group director

Left: Visitors at Locomotion in Shildon during the last weekend hosting Tim Peake’s spacecraft

Left: Dame Mary Archer, chair of the Board of Trustees for the Science Museum Group, inspects the Samsung spaceman suit-up experience on- board the tour bus Sokol - a lifesaving spacesuit The Sokol suit worn by cosmonauts a rubberised internal bladder, which Once crew members are in the spacecraft, during launch to the International Space provides an airtight seal, and a rigid electrical and air supply lines and hoses Station and the return to Earth was external coat to provide protection from are connected to the lower abdomen developed following the loss of three mechanical and thermal impact. Every section. The Sokol suit can provide two cosmonauts in 1971 who not wearing crew member has a made-to-measure hours of oxygen and carbon-dioxide Right: Students at the spacesuits when their craft depressurised suit. It’s vital that it fits properly – each removal if the cabin depressurises. launch of Soyuz at the National Railway on re-entry. Designed to prevent a repeat cosmonaut spends an hour in a launch Museum of that tragedy, the suit is made up of seat with the suit inflated to make sure.

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ROBOTS ROBOTS

‘How fascinating to explore the incremental accumulation of human behaviour as it has been analysed, simulated and replicated by our robot relatives. Felt like I was keeping an eye on the opposition!’ Toby Jones, actor

Opposite page: Some of the visitors to the exhibition in London Left: Pepper, an emotion-reading robot

That robots occupy a very special and Russell said: ‘Shadow is the most amazing they’re left in basements or otherwise sometimes frightening place in our company based in Islington, they’re world forgotten about as the industry moves imaginations can be in no doubt, particularly leaders in creating robotic hands. At the on. Survival of significant stuff is not after the success of our Robots exhibition end of one meeting with them they said, at all guaranteed.’ in London and Manchester. "we’ve got a human in the basement, would you like to see it?" We went down The exhibition raises hundreds of Over 186,000 people saw the exhibition to this gaping chasm in the building’s questions about human relationships in London, and more than 66,000 in foundations, a real dumping ground, and with their mechanical avatars, which Manchester, making it the Museum of after digging around I saw a pair of feet truly hold a mirror up to our hopes, Science and Industry’s most successful sticking out from underneath a pile of dreams and fears. From the early days paid-for exhibition by a long way. rubbish and collapsed plaster. We had to when automatons were used to perform go back with breathing apparatus and I ‘miracles’ by the Church, to our restless It may take a village to raise a child, but it pulled him out by his ankles. He’s really quest to create the ‘perfect’ humanoid takes an army to send an exhibition of this remarkable – the first robot built outside robot, the exhibition is the story of size out on a grand, five-year tour – more Japan to be able to stand on two feet obsession, curiosity, and ingenuity – OUR ROBOTS than 100 members of Science Museum and take a step forward.’ and tells us as much about humanity Group staff have been involved, plus teams as it does about the robot world. in Newcastle and Edinburgh, where the Russell realised that the ‘mangled’ robot tour will continue to next. would need some serious tender loving The question of whether robots will care, and the story took a pleasingly apt steal human jobs was one that ARE ON Some might think that developing an London-Manchester turn when he called preoccupied many of the visiting exhibition of this scale has its glamorous on the services of David Buckley, a robotics news outlets, particularly after we had moments – and certainly the inclusion engineer based in Oldham (who had introduced them to Kodomoroid, the of a ‘rose engine’ automaton lathe that, originally built the Shadow Biped). David android newsreader. As well as in the words of Science Museum Group painstakingly restored the robot to the garnering a host of adulatory reviews THE MARCH director Ian Blatchford, is ‘two and a half superb state in which it can be seen in from the national and local press, the metres of pure bling that would look at the exhibition. exhibition stimulated much debate home in President Trump’s drawing room’ on our digital platforms, with experts The travelling Robots exhibition raises is one –but for the curator of mechanical Russell said: ‘It was a wonderful find and blogging for us about whether we hundreds of questions about our relationships engineering, Ben Russell, one of the really reinforced my belief that there was should fear a ‘Robopocalypse’ and why defining memories will be of dragging the this stuff to be found out there. Objects future robots wouldn’t be shaped like with automatons and tells us as much about Shadow Biped out from under a pile of like these tend to be cannibalised once humans – despite it being a 500-year humanity as it does about the robot world rubbish by its ankles. they’re built to create later versions, or obsession for us.

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ROBOTS ROBOTS

‘He’s really remarkable Left: The exhibition Right and below: ROSA included automated – or Rob’s Open Source – the first robot built wonders such as the Android – was built to outside Japan to be able Silver Swan, dating track human faces and back to the 18th to test how realistically to stand on two feet and century; Lucy is a robot robots could move built to mimic human Below right: George take a step forward’ learning; Robothespian was one of the UK’s was a huge draw and first humanoid robots, Ben Russell, performed lines from and was built in 1949 curator of mechanical engineering Shakespeare and Below left: is a robot Casablanca newsreader who has appeared on Japanese television

One robot with a full-time job is Pepper, SoftBank Robotics’ adorable humanoid creation that fistbumps visitors and tells stories to delight all ages. Out in the wider world, Pepper’s siblings have held a variety of jobs, from performing Buddhist funeral rites to serving hungry customers at Pizza Hut. In Southend, Essex, Pepper’s ability to read emotions and provide assistance qualified it to join the borough council’s social care team. It will work in residential care homes and sheltered housing and uses a digital camera to ‘see’ images colour, this ‘simple’ task for a human children. Audience feedback shows that These include many of the objects schemes to assist with rehabilitation which she then processes in a very similar brain is actually very complex. the trail has increased dwell times, given featured in the exhibition, plus some exercises for those who have suffered way to a human. families a structured approach to the that have not yet been seen, allowing strokes and help run reminiscence Lucy was ground breaking, but the exhibition. The trail will accompany the the touring team to offer later venues groups for people with dementia. ‘Steve Grand is something of a maverick. fact that she can be outstripped in the tour to make sure even more people can objects owned by the Group to replace He was thinking about consciousness and classroom by a toddler suggests we are enjoy the Robots experience. those for which it has not been possible But despite Pepper’s cute face and robots learning before it had occurred to still a very long way away from some of to get extended loan agreements. linguistic abilities, it still lacks the human a lot of people,’ said Ben Russell. the nightmare AI scenarios portrayed in The exhibition has led to a tour, book, ability to think for itself. For that, and science fiction. videos and other digital assets and, for With three years left of the five-year one of the best examples of the power of It took Lucy four years to learn to identify posterity, a new collection for the Science tour, Robots is set to delight tens of robots to ‘learn’ like humans, we have to a banana, a feat that doesn’t seem so AI, history and engineering can be Museum Group, as part of the Heritage thousands of more humans across the turn to one of the smaller and less flashy difficult to human brains, but, as Ben complicated, so the team in Manchester Lottery Fund’s Collecting Cultures project. nation. And once the tour is over, some robots in the build section of the exhibition points out, the shape of a banana seen took the Group’s ‘Open to All’ values to The HLF has allowed the Group to start of these amazing automatons, – Steve Grand’s Lucy. Rather than simply from one angle is very different when heart and set about creating a family a new ‘Humanoid Robots’ collection, Ben Russell’s ‘significant stuff’, will being programmed, Lucy has a ‘brain’ built rotated, and once you take into account trail that would make the exhibition more and as Ben Russell says: ‘We’ve got new become part of the national collection, from tens of thousands of virtual neurons, the possibility of changing size and accessible for families with younger acquisitions coming out of our ears.’ so their preservation is guaranteed.

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LOCOMOTION FUNDRAISING LOCOMOTION GOING IN OUR MISSION A FRESH DIRECTION

On 1 December 2017, Locomotion became TO INSPIRE IS a full part of the Science Museum Group – while continuing to benefit enormously from its 13-year partnership with Durham County Council, including generous financial support. EXPANDING FAST

Locomotion provides visitors with the Whether it’s promoting engineering or science opportunity to see highlights of the festivals, sharing ideas to make the world a better national collection of railway vehicles in Shildon, County Durham, the world’s first place, or throwing new light on India, we have railway town. forged new partnerships with funders

Shildon has had an exciting story to tell – making it the perfect place to explore the rich seam of local railway history and This display brought together science, The conservation workshop is also discover how the railways transformed technology and engineering – inspiring continuing to work on a range of high- people’s lives. visitors from Shildon, and across the profile historic railway vehicles. The key North East of England. project for this year is the restoration of Locomotion also looks forward – as a key the electric 2-car 2HAP No. 4308. This part of the local economy, a cultural asset, In September 2017, Locomotion hosted once-familiar unit travelled more than a focus for regeneration, and a place another engineering icon from the 2.7 million miles – equivalent to the Moon where the next generation of scientists Science Museum Group collection – and back five times – during its 30-plus and engineers can be inspired. Linking into Flying Scotsman – to thrill the crowds at years on Britain’s tracks. Locomotion’s recent integration into the the museum’s annual autumn steam gala, Science Museum Group, the museum has which attracted more than 7,500 visitors. Locomotion has exciting plans for the benefited from stunning visual rebranding future, including the restoration of its across the site. From January 2018 to March 2018, historic buildings, promotion of our Locomotion was also the venue for incredible national collection vehicles, A great example of Locomotion’s Rail Cameramen, an exhibition by the and building on relationships with the integration into the Group was the work prestigious Rail Camera Club to celebrate its local community and neighbours in to bring Tim Peake’s Spacecraft to Shildon 100th folio. This exhibition has generated the cultural sector. from November 2017 to January 2018 as glowing reviews in the railway press. part of the national tour, supported by Samsung (see pages 8-11). Above: Ian Matthews Bottom: J21 No. 65033 working on the on display outside cosmetic restoration Locomotion’s Collection of 2HAP Unit No. 4308 Building – with our new ‘We are proud to partner When we asked 1,000 adults what they industry, academia and seven government in the conservation signage on show workshop at with the Science Museum thought of the Science Museum brand and ministers came together at the Science Locomotion – watched our role in inspiring the next generation Museum to launch a new government-led by delegates from the Group as we share a of scientists and engineers, the results initiative: the Year of Engineering 2018. 18th Annual Carriage strong belief that Restorers’ Convention were unequivocal: our museums play a With the generous support of the leading instilling a sense of pre-eminent role because they are most engineering company Bechtel and the curiosity lies at the heart associated with values such as ‘forward Department for Business, Energy and looking’ and ‘inspiring.’ Industrial Strategy, we are launching a of life-long learning’ learning programme across the Group Sam Grant, chief marketing officer, The survey also showed that partnerships to promote positive perceptions of Samsung have an important role to play in engineering and inspire the innovators and supporting our mission to contribute to problem solvers of the future. Bechtel’s the science, technology, engineering and support also allowed us to extend the mathematics (STEM) skills agenda and we run of our inspiring Engineer Your Future believe they will be crucial to delivering gallery at the Science Museum. transformational change in the Group. Festivals across the Group are helping Above: Titan the Robot entertained tens of thousands of people in City Park over the We are a global organisation with us deepen public engagement with weekend of the Bradford Science Festival remarkable convening power. In September, STEM learning outside our museums.

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FUNDRAISING FUNDRAISING

Our major exhibition Robots, now on tour, week run over the October half term. Over The Statoil Gallery’s core values, the ‘I owe my life to antibiotics was generously supported in Manchester 42,000 visitors took part in the exciting competition was designed to build upon because as a child I by EPSRC BEST, MTA and the Hobson range of activities, none of which would children’s natural curiosity to ensure long- Charity, and opened there as the headline have been possible without the continued lasting engagement with STEM subjects. contracted TB. Antibiotics attraction of this year’s Manchester and generous support of Angel Trains, have saved millions of Science Festival, which was supported Eversholt Rail Group and Porterbrook. In London, the Illuminating India season lives. They are a modern by the University of Salford Manchester, saw us partner two new funders, the Bagri medical miracle’ Waters, and Electricity North West. By deepening our relationships with key Foundation and the Helen Hamlyn Trust, funders, we have reached out to new and continue our relationship with the Angela Rippon, presenter The National Science and Media Museum audiences across the country. Our extended John S Cohen Foundation. The two continues to deliver a strong and varied partnership with Samsung, as presenting exhibitions were augmented by an festival programme that explores the partner of the National Tour of Tim Peake’s extraordinary series of events, including themes of film, gaming and science. Spacecraft, demonstrates how we create film screenings, workshops, panel capsule attracted visitors from far afield Widescreen Weekend was supported by innovative partnerships inspired by shared discussions and live performances. as it toured the museums and the support the International Moving Image Society ambitions. Using Soyuz as an example of of these visitors was integral to helping and the City of Bradford Metropolitan human endeavour and innovation, Samsung Thanks to our dynamic public programme raise over £2.9 million in visitor donations District Council. The Yorkshire Games and the Group are taking this object on we are appealing to more visitors and for the Group this year. Festival returned for a second year thanks a tour of the UK, working together to nowhere has this been seen more than at Above: engrossed to the support of key local stakeholders harness the power of technology, creating the National Science and Media Museum. at the Yorkshire Our contemporary science programme Games Festival Bradford College and the City of Bradford immersive experiences which bring people Following the launch of the museum’s Right: Rajasthani continues to tackle pressing issues, as Metropolitan District Council, and the closer to the science behind space and new brand, the opening of the Wonderlab folk dancing at the we opened Superbugs: The Fight For Our Bradford Science Festival, which was spark life-long curiosity. gallery, the arrival of Soyuz and this year’s Science Museum Lives at the Science Museum in November, Below right: Lord Jim supported by The Broadway Bradford, saw exciting programme of exhibitions, the O’Neill, curator Sheldon at a time when increasing awareness of learning activities take place across the city. In the autumn Statoil, with the Science museum is having a hugely successful Paquin, Erik Nordkamp, antimicrobial resistance is more urgent Museum’s support, launched Young year in terms of visitor numbers, which presenter Angela than ever. The exhibition allowed us to Rippon and Group After the success at the Science Museum Imagineers, a nationwide competition has led to record-breaking donations. The director Ian Blatchford consolidate our important relationship of last year’s Future Engineers, the festival inviting young people to share ideas for impact of the public programme on visitor at the Superbugs: with the UK’s Research Councils, through returned for its second year to the National an invention to make tomorrow’s world numbers and their generosity has been The Fight For Our UK Research and Innovation, as well as Lives opening Railway Museum, with an extended two- a better place. In line with Wonderlab: clear across the Group. Tim Peake’s Soyuz develop new partnerships with Pfizer, Shionogi and the University of East Anglia.

British director Christopher Building on the successful Enterprising Nolan’s acclaimed Dunkirk Science 5-year academic partnership delighted the opening-night audience at the National with BP and UCL, and thanks to continued Science and Media Museum’s funding from BP, we will launch the Widescreen Weekend, shown Science Museum’s Academy, which from 70mm film of course. will specialise in science engagement from September 2018. The academy will put the Enterprising Science ‘science capital’ research into practice, at scale, by delivering outstanding training and Left: A student enjoying the Samsung astronaut resources to teachers, museum educators selfie suit at the launch of Tim Peake’s Spacecraft and STEM professionals, from engagement at the National Railway Museum hubs in London and Manchester, and Below: Students onboard the Samsung Space Descent with Tim Peake – The VR Experience through online resources. Tour Bus at the launch in Locomotion, Shildon Masterplans are underway in York, Manchester, and Bradford, all of which are in the midst of major urban regeneration schemes in which we are lead players. Our plans are ambitious and will set us on a new trajectory, not only in terms of collections interpretation and visitor experience, but also in our role as a vital cultural and economic partner within those cities.

Across the Group, we have an exciting public programme, transformational plans for new galleries, an ambition to extend the reach and impact of our informal STEM learning initiatives and more. We look forward to developing relationships with partners and funders who share our vision and with whom we can work to make it a reality.

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BRANDING BRANDING

‘Just as the museums explore the ingenuity behind scientific advance, so we set out to create a brand that WE’RE LOOKING was both beautiful and innovative’ DIFFERENT Sean Perkins, founding partner of North

Our brand identity – uniforms, signs, logos, fonts and Right: The newly rebranded City entrance online address – has changed. For a very good reason to the National Railway Museum in York – unveiled in April A stunning new visual identity, from logos that museum becoming a full part of the to uniforms, product design and fonts, has Science Museum Group, albeit with Durham been rolled out across four of our Group’s County Council remaining our key partner. five museums over the past year, with the Museum of Science and Industry to follow Striking new imagery was commissioned in the autumn. from photographer Lee Mawdsley to celebrate the intricate beauty of objects Usually accompanied by a landing of within our collection and leading web Tim Peake’s Soyuz capsule and a surge agency Numiko developed our new online in visitors, the arrival of the new brand at ecosystem for our Group that adopts the each site celebrates our shared values new identity and introduces a common as the world’s leading group of science architecture to help visitors make the museums, just as the tour of the Soyuz most of their museum visit and explore spacecraft celebrates our decision to our astonishingly diverse collection. treat the millions of items we hold as a single collection. A single website for our shared collection (collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk) now The visual identity was developed by the provides intuitive access to over 250,000 award-winning design company North, records from our object and archive which also helped us to articulate our collections, and our ambitious digitisation shared purpose, through a new brand programme is enhancing, improving and mission to inspire futures, with the aim adding hundreds of thousands of new of igniting curiosity among people of all records to the website. ages and backgrounds. Teachers can also now access a growing Our new brand mission inspired the idea of suite of digital resources to accompany the illumination as a central feature of the new visits by 650,000 schoolchildren each year Above: Wonderlab identity, explored through the gradated to our museums. These resources will also Left: the new look of font weight in the new logos, the use of support activity away from our museums the National Science and Media Museum vibrant colour gradients within the graphic – in line with one of the foundations of Below: Locomotion language and even the name of a new the Government’s industrial strategy – to rebranded commercial venue in the Science Museum. ignite young people’s curiosity in science, mathematics technology and engineering. ‘North have created a confident and (see page 26). elegant visual identity’, says Group deputy director Jonathan Newby, ‘that proudly projects our unity yet allows each museum to continue to express its specific focus’.

‘Just as the museums explore the ingenuity behind scientific advance,’ adds Sean Perkins, founding partner of North, ‘so we set out to create a brand that was both beautiful and innovative.’ Far left: A sharper look Far left bottom: This for Group T-shirts, Animatronic gorilla head posters and the website created by Jim Henson’s The new brand was first deployed in Creature Shop for the Bradford as part of the relaunch of the film Buddy featured in the NSMM campaign National Science and Media Museum, launching its new while its adoption at Locomotion marked brand identity

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NEW FACES POWER UP

’I have a fabulous job – inspiring future engineers and telling the stories of ’There is something how railways changed the world‘ to excite everyone at Judith McNicol, director, National Railway Museum Power UP – from gaming enthusiasts to retro fans‘ Michelle Lockhart, SMG commercial director

ULTIMATE GAMING EXPERIENCE Whether Pong or Pacman, retro-gaming continues to play well with all ages

Power UP, a 40-year journey through To support the learning element of Power offering to visitors. There is something to interactive gaming, proved as popular UP the Science Museum ran Game On, an excite and inspire everyone at Power UP as ever in 2017 when we welcomed back interactive workshop designed to teach – from gaming enthusiasts and retro fans the event to the Museum of Science children how to create their very own who want to relive the classics, to parents and Industry in August and the gaming controller. The Science Museum looking to share the games that defined LEADING LIGHTS Science Museum in October. also held a popular Power UP themed their childhood with their own kids.’ adult-only Lates. Judith McNicol was this year appointed director of a national museum and the and Industry in Manchester, where today Power UP is a hands-on, fully interactive director of the National Railway Museum, main architect of the Group today. Sally MacDonald is director. gaming event that featured the very Michelle Lockhart, Science Museum Group the first woman to lead the museum in its best video games and consoles from commercial director, said: ‘In 2017 we 45-year history. On her first day as director, Dame Margaret The past year also saw Dame Mary Archer the past 40 years. From Pong to Pacman were delighted to be able to bring back was in York, announcing the city as the reappointed as the chair of the Board of and Minecraft to Mario, there is a video Power UP to the Science Museum and Judith has been based in York since she home of the National Railway Museum, Trustees by the Prime Minister and Susan game for all, whether visitors were retro Museum of Science and Industry following joined the Science Museum Group in which opened in 1975. In 1983, she Raikes appointed the Group’s director games fans, VR aficionados or just keen a hugely successful run at both museums 2005 – her first week in the museum was opened the National Science and Media of learning. to rediscover childhood favourites. in 2016. The allure of video games really unforgettable, as she was allowed to ride Museum in Bradford (known then as the is universal and that’s reflected in our on the footplate of Flying Scotsman – National Museum of Photography, Film Overall, more than 60% of the Group’s At the Museum of Science and Industry ‘a magical experience‘. and Television), where Jo Quinton-Tulloch employees are women; its executive Power UP proved enduringly popular, while is now director. consists of nine women and four men, and the event was almost sold out and enjoyed She is passionate about creating more than half of all middle and senior two sold-out evening slots during the run opportunities for young people to pursue Before Dame Margaret stepped down management roles (those earning over at the Science Museum. On the opening careers in engineering and technology, as director in 1986, the Group acquired £50,000) in the Group are held by women. morning the Science Museum hosted a live especially girls, in line with the Group’s a former airfield at Wroughton, near broadcast on BBC Breakfast and was also ambition to remain a gender-balanced Swindon, in 1979 to allow the visited by gaming YouTube star Stampy Cat. Clockwise from top: Judith McNicol, director of the organisation, from top to bottom. development of collections of larger National Railway Museum, aboard a Samsung VR objects such as planes and submarines, bus. Susan Raikes, the Group’s director of learning. At the annual dinner, the Group bestowed now known as the National Collections Dame Mary Archer with Dame Margaret Weston. Sally MacDonald, director of the Museum of Science Right: Hands on and fully interactive, a fellowship on Dame Margaret Weston, Centre (see page 38). In 2012, the Group and Industry. Jo Quinton-Tulloch, director of the Power UP featured games and workshops who in 1973 became the first female was joined by the Museum of Science National Science and Media Museum from the past four decades

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FESTIVALS FESTIVALS ‘A SPECTACULAR BRADFORD: THE BIG PICTURE

CELEBRATION’ Last October, the National Science and The museum hosted the second Yorkshire Media Museum held Widescreen Weekend, Games Festival, which kicked off with a a unique festival of large-screen formats special day for schools, followed by two IN MANCHESTER and cinema technologies celebrating the days of inspiring talks by leading lights of past, present and future of film. It took the industry: Dominic Matthews of Ninja advantage of the Bradford museum’s Theory, Louise McLennan and Sebastian unrivalled projection facilities, notably Hickey of Frontier Developments, Oli De- for Cinerama, which was developed to Vine and Phil Duncan of Ghost Town Games, help movies compete with the new mass Tracy Spaight of Wargaming.net and Kieran medium of television in the 1950s Crimmins and James Svensson of Criterion Games. Award-winning visual effects It is one of only three theatres in the world artist (and Bradford College alumnus) that can screen the first form of Cinerama, Iki Ikram, who is director at Beyond-FX, which requires three projectors running said: ‘I’m hugely grateful for all the work simultaneously, each aimed at a different the National Science and Media Museum Above: Face to face Below: Family enjoying part of an enormous triptych-style screen. team did to make the festival happen and with Titan the Robot in a robotics display Bradford’s City Park at the Bradford Film historian and author Sir Christopher to make it the success that is was. I see it Science Festival Frayling curated the guests, Cinerama growing more and more each year.’ restorations and 70mm screenings, ‘People of all ages tried including a new print of David Lean’s epic And 2017 saw the launch of a new format Lawrence of Arabia (1962). for the Bradford Science Festival, with the everything from crafting museum taking the helm for the first time. to coding’ Among the guests were: filmmaker Gregory The family-focused event brought wet LONDON Orr, whose grandfather – Jack L Warner – and wild experiments to City Park, making Antonio Benitez, festival director was president of Warner Brothers studios; full use of the UK’s largest urban water film historian, documentary maker, feature; STEM activities throughout the HORROR The Manchester Science Festival, the filmmaker, and author Kevin Brownlow, who museum, including a forensic crime scene biggest of its kind in England, welcomed described his incredible 50-year quest to investigation; and an archaeological dig at more than 130,000 visitors in 2017 and restore Abel Gance’s five-and-a-half-hour the Broadway shopping centre. STORY helped to boost numbers by one quarter silent masterpiece Napoléon (1927); and at the Museum of Science and Industry award-winning costume designer Jane Over two-and-a-half days in July robots In London, to mark the 200th compared with 2016. Petrie, who discussed working on titles of all shapes and sizes, roaming dinosaurs anniversary of Mary Shelley’s including Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and erupting volcanoes brought nearly Frankenstein, a festival of immersive From a library of fake news to an exploration Moon and Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror. 35,000 people to the city centre. theatre, hands-on activities and of the human voice, the museum produced experimental storytelling was more than 100 events at 50 venues across organised to explore the ethical, Greater Manchester for the festival, scientific and technical questions sponsored by the University of Salford, surrounding whether to create life. Electricity North West and the analytical Among the highlights were Humanity science company Waters. 2.0, a futuristic play by Emily Carding, and Pandemic, a choose-your-own- Headlining the festival in October was adventure film starring Jenny Agutter, Robots, an exhibition exploring humanity’s who said: ‘I loved being out of my 500-year quest to recreate ourselves in Call the Midwife habit, to play a mechanised form, also the focus of an somewhat dubious character in the accompanying Tomorrow’s World webcast Pandemic interactive film. I hope I by the BBC (see page 34). didn’t persuade too many people to craft and creativity. Antonio Benitez, go along with my questionable values.’ Among other highlights were Tape, a who leads both the Manchester Science structure inspired by spiders’ webs and Festival and MakeFest, called it a ‘two-day created by award-winning artists Numen/ spectacular celebration of making where For Use using 330 rolls of sticky tape; people of all ages tried everything from a preview of the world’s biggest sleep crafting to coding’. study, and discussion among reproductive science experts on issues as diverse as Among this year’s highlights was a ‘three-parent babies’ and gene editing. recycled robots battle ring, building Above left, clockwise: The immersive Tape light-up cuddly toys with Manchester experience created a giant spiderweb in the 1830 Every year, MakeFest welcomes tinkerers, Girl Guides, programming the first stored Warehouse; Adam Rutherford, Dallas Campbell and coders and artists from all over the North program computer, Baby, with volunteers; Prof Danielle George talking Robots at the Museum of Science and Industry; rapper Jon Chase, winner West and beyond to the museum, to get and vintage toy nostalgia with the North- of the Josh Award for Science Communication; a visitors involved in tech, engineering, West Meccano Guild. young visitor enjoying the Robots exhibition

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LEARNING: A GROUP ENDEAVOUR LEARNING: A GROUP ENDEAVOUR

‘This direct interaction between young people and the Soyuz space capsule helps us change perceptions about engineering, which is what the year is all about’ Stephen Metcalfe MP, government envoy for the Year of Engineering, on the Soyuz tour

BUILDING OUR FUTURE WITH FUN, FACTS AND FRIENDLY FACES Our explainers are in the front line, helping to inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers

When the Government announced that National Railway Museum in York, had 2018 was to be designated the Year of over 43,000 visitors, with people able to Engineering, no fewer than seven ministers talk directly to professional engineers from across government turned up for the about the skills needed to enable them to glittering launch at the Science Museum, become engineers and build and maintain along with a galaxy of engineering stars. vital infrastructure. What’s more, a quarter of the engineers were women – double the The event, introduced by the Science national average – as we appreciate the Museum Group chair, Dame Mary Archer, importance of providing more identifiable made it clear that the Government is role models and breaking the stereotypes committed to promoting engineering that have acted as barriers to recruitment. achievements and careers as part of its industrial strategy. Over the last five years, we have also been working with BP, King’s College London But the stellar event also underlined the and University College London on the importance of the Learning department. pioneering Enterprising Science project. Galvanised by our new shared mission and This important initiative has allowed us values, the Science Museum Group is the to deliver valuable STEM experiences UK’s top informal learning organisation in to a wide range of participants, while the push to tackle the science, technology, developing our understanding of how engineering and maths (STEM) skills gap people relate to science and technology by building science capital – increasing and how it can be made an effective engagement with science – across diverse part of their informal education. audiences in our five museums. Left: Explainer Lizzie Nolan making technology fun for family visitors at the National Science Future Engineers, our engineering and Media Museum Above: The ‘Gurgle Splosher’ programme for young people at the demonstrating the properties of water

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LEARNING: A GROUP ENDEAVOUR LEARNING: A GROUP ENDEAVOUR LATES BUILD ON EARLY STRENGTHS Our Lates have once again been extremely popular and very effective at engaging educators

Lates events across the Group have gone about life aboard the International Space Bradford Forster Academy, in particular, Bradford Science Festival Digital Celebration from strength to strength. Inviting young Station, about Tim Peake’s Principia were lucky to take part in a special Q&A In July, the Bradford Science Festival The Museum of Science and Industry adults into our museums after hours mission – which captured the imagination session at the National Science and Media took over the city for three days of fun, hosted the Digital Celebration in January, and delivering specially programmed of the nation in 2015/16 – and about the Museum in September with the UK’s first experiments and exploration. Across a allowing young people to eye up the entertaining and inspiring events, talks, stark realities of a high-speed journey European Space Agency astronaut. range of interactive zones, the festival vast and varied potential of a career in workshops and performances has aboard a Soyuz descent module, one of explored the science of space, robotics the digital sector, with digital skills and diversified the Learning team’s work at the the most robust and practical vehicles Our three-year outreach project for schools, and sound, with the Gurgle Splosher sound design engineering workshops run by our Science Museum in London. This approach ever designed. Using information run in collaboration with Google, came to installation in the City Square’s Mirror respected partner organisations, including has been developed across the Group, with developed with the UK and European an end this year. Having commenced at the Pool linking back to the National Science UK Fast, Code Club and Hive Manchester. the National Science and Media Museum Space Agencies and small-scale 3D printed Science Museum in 2014, reaching 605 and Media Museum’s successful summer ‘It’s really pleasing to create something you leading the charge. versions of the Soyuz rocket, Explainers participants, the project expanded to cover exhibition Supersenses. The National have a vision of and then be able to see it have inspired a wide range of visitors, four of the Group sites, working with over Science and Media Museum continued in real life applications,’ said one pupil. The Space Lates, organised to complement including hundreds of school groups. 15,000 participants. to increase its support for learning the arrival of Tim Peake’s Spacecraft and initiatives with local schools and families Space Descent VR on the first stop of a by co-hosting a Bedtime Stories event Top: Noisy toys Base two-year national tour, saw 720 people to promote early years reading skills. We buzz Google Festival trying out new technology, hearing from reached more than 3,500 parents and Left: STEM Ambassadors curators about our objects and creating children from areas of high and complex from Dock 10 helping students at the Digital souvenirs, making the science of space deprivation in Bradford. Celebration event and space travel a memorable part of Above: VR drone flying their night’s visit. In London, Space Lates with Sky Captain at BDSF17 attracted 4,913 visitors.

The tour of Tim Peake’s spacecraft, delivered in partnership with global technology innovators Samsung, has been Top left: a space- a huge source of inspiration for one of the themed Late workship Learning department’s valuable teams, the and no hands DJs Explainers. As the spacecraft has made Left: Visitors making microbe accessories its way around the Group museums, our at a Superbugs Explainers have been talking to visitors themed Lates

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LEARNING: A GROUP ENDEAVOUR LEARNING: A GROUP ENDEAVOUR

‘The networking event increased Far left: Exploring Below: Brownies take reflections in the part in workshops my enthusiasm for promoting STEM; Wonderlab Infinity during the first it was really interesting finding out Boxes sleepover at the Museum of Science WONDERLAB IS what everybody does’ Left: Experiencing and Industry chemistry close up STEM Ambassador at the Wonderlab Chemistry Bar, with its daily chemistry and bubble science RE-ENGINEERED demonstrations Learning about space travel and careers After 18 months of operation of Wonderlab: in engineering are two aspects of our The Statoil Gallery in London and a year work at our museums and in outreach, but of Wonderlab at the National Science the opportunities we offer to inspire the and Media Museum, Bradford, we have youngest minds to think like scientists – just announced our intention to create a harnessing their curiosity, close attention uniquely engineering-focused Wonderlab and creativity – are the best place to (complete with its own tinkering space) start to build a life with science at its as part of the ambitious masterplan heart. Understanding the huge impact at the National Railway Museum. Our that hands-on, informal learning can have explainers have been delivering new means that our Wonderlabs have been a shows in London and Bradford (including focus of our attention in 2017–18. complementary fun ones exploring maths

and engineering), as well as five new Exporting interactive space to Australia talks for Science on a Sphere, an Our expertise in interactive gallery innovative way to visualise data. development is being recognised internationally, with Queensland The regular development of new offers Museum working with our Touring and for Wonderlab has seen local repeat Consultancy team to create a new visitors increase hugely at Bradford, interactive space there. demonstrating the appeal of informal learning experiences. Never too young to experiment Similarly, our Experitots sessions at the The past year has been a fantastic Museum of Science and Industry have testament to the work of Explainers proved very popular – a great chance and our team as a whole, ensuring that, for our youngest visitors to play and across the Science Museum Group, we’re experience multi-sensory exploration consistently building science capital in in our hands-on gallery Experiment! inspiring ways: STEM ambassadors Academy of Science Our museums aren’t just a source of One exciting development announced inspiration for our youngest visitors, as at the end of the financial year was the witnessed by the success of our STEM creation of the Science Museum Group professional networking sessions. We are Academy of science engagement, delighted to work with STEM Learning to supported by founding partner BP. deliver the STEM Ambassador programme in the Trans-Pennine region. Teachers To be launched formally in September and STEM leaders came together for the 2018, the Academy, which will have a Museum of Science and Industry’s STEM permanent physical presence in our Networking Live: Year of Engineering event, museums in London and Manchester, with the STEM Ambassadors co-ordinated will give us the opportunity to establish by the Group featuring prominently. ‘Wonderlab lets teachers do what the Group as a centre for international excellence in building science capital Brownie points for Manchester can’t be done in the classroom. by delivering outstanding training and The first sleepover at the Museum of This is learning by stealth’ resources for teachers, museum educators Science and Industry took place in and STEM professionals. Working with our January with groups of excited Brownies Vicky Clifton, head of learning founding partner BP, we will be able to taking over the museum for a night of at the National Science and Media Museum give future engineers and scientists an fun and learning. The team is looking to unparalleled introduction to science. replicate this success next year.

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FAKE NEWS FAKE NEWS

Far left: This 1933 ‘I was so impressed by the intelligent, thought- image from the Daily Herald picture library provoking focus of the Fake News exhibition at featured in the Fake Bradford and the speed with which it was put News exhibition as an FAKE NEWS – example of photo- together. With a live discussion that involved local manipulation. The police officer has been cut out and national experts talking directly with visitors and moved towards the who cared passionately about world events’ centre of the frame SO WHAT’S NEW? Samira Ahmed, Broadcaster Recognising that museums are more important than ever in providing facts in a ‘post-truth’ world, the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford rose to the challenge

During the year that the term ‘fake news’ and Media Museum in Bradford, running The exhibition examined some of the ‘We worked “journalistically”, scoping, was added into the Collins dictionary, it from 24 November 2017 to 28 January world’s most famous hoaxes, from 1835 evaluating and changing content priorities became clear that the public would rely 2018, using the Group’s collections and reports that astronomer Sir John Herschel right up until launch,’ said O’Shea. on our museums more than ever for archives alongside contemporary news and had discovered ‘bat people’ were living on accurate information. social media outlets. It also adopted a new the Moon to the evidence of the ‘Cottingley The exhibition was reviewed favourably ‘hot topic’ format with sufficient salience Fairies’ lurking at the end of a garden, in the national press, including the In response, we organised high-profile and power to tour other museums. captured on film by two girls in 1917. Independent, Daily Telegraph, Guardian events across our Group to discuss the Guide (Pick of the Week) and BBC Radio 4’s rise of the ‘post-truth era’, whether it John O’Shea, senior exhibitions manager, Contested crowd attendance figures at The World this Weekend. In a strange turn, marked something truly new, and what said: ‘Key from our perspective was a Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration the exhibition was also referenced by the it meant for science. sense of urgency, and we wanted to and Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed royal snub Twitter account of the Russian Embassy. go live with the exhibition during 2017, at the 2017 State Opening of Parliament ‘Fake news’ became the starting point while understanding of the “fake news” were among the contemporary issues to The museum also staged a special event for an exhibition at the National Science phenomenon was still in flux.’ come under the lens of the exhibition. on post-truth reporting with award-winning broadcaster Samira Ahmed; Natalie Kane, curator of digital design at the V&A; John Lubbock, communications coordinator at Wikimedia UK; and representatives from the University of Bradford’s Division of When it comes to scientists, Davis pointed Above: Fiona Fox, Director of the Science Media Peace Studies. out they are all too human; they make Centre; Evan Davis, BBC presenter; Matthew d’Ancona, columnist, Science Museum Group mistakes; there are replication issues and Trustee; and James Ball, Special Correspondent Samira Ahmed, who is also an adviser confirmation biases; and there are those for BuzzFeed UK to the Bradford museum, featured at a ‘facts’ that turn out to be wrong or more Below left: Sample of some of the more lurid fake news headlines Museums Association event, Trump Facts complicated than thought. His tactical Below: The Fake News promotional poster depicting in Manchester, chaired by the director advice to them was to ‘apply a bit of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration ceremony of the Museum of Science and Industry, psychology’ and not to be hectoring, or Sally MacDonald, and featuring the Group rely on spin, but ‘be more modest about director, Ian Blatchford, and Group trustee what they know’, to express more doubt and journalist Matthew d’Ancona, author and to be less dogmatic. of Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back. In introducing the IMAX event, Ian Blatchford, Group director, stressed the D’Ancona also appeared at the Science need to find the right way to engage with Museum in his first public event with the a broad audience: ‘It isn’t dumbing down, authors of two other critically acclaimed it is finding the narrative to discuss books on the rise of the ‘post-truth era’: complex science with everyone.’ James Ball, special correspondent for BuzzFeed UK, author of Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World; and Evan Davis, BBC presenter, Newsnight anchor and author of Post-Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit.

Chaired by Fiona Fox of the Science Media Centre, the event focused on the implications for science. Ball argued that post-truth is, in reality, ‘a collection of old problems, weaponised by the internet.’

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TOMORROW’S WORLD TOMORROW’S WORLD

A second webcast, focusing on Robots, the film in 70mm. While rival cinema ’Tomorrow’s World is going which was broadcast from the Museum chains’ websites crashed, our Queue-it to be much bigger than a of Science and Industry, reached similar software provided trouble-free service television programme’ TOMORROW’S WORLD audiences and a third, featuring Brian Cox and sold almost 7,000 tickets in one day. discussing artificial intelligence with Eric Lord Hall, BBC director general Schmidt of Alphabet, engaged with around Meanwhile, Locomotion and the National TODAY – AND EVERY DAY half a million people in all. Railway Museum used the new CRM for advance sales of the virtual reality Finally, in the spirit of the partnership, experience with astronaut Tim Peake A new collaboration with the BBC has enabled us to Below: ‘Create Your Bottom, Sleep Lab we renamed the Antenna gallery in the that accompanies the tour of his Soyuz Own Creature’ – visitors scientists from the attract hundreds of thousands more visitors online Science Museum Tomorrow’s World in the spacecraft. In York, 70% of VR tickets build a creature by University of Oxford summer of 2017 to give greater clarity were sold online in advance; a huge making a wire frame and MRC Harwell skeleton, then bring explain their methods about its focus. increase on previous records that will also it to life using stop give us a greater insight into our visitors. motion animation To improve the way the Group deals with audiences, we rolled out a new customer relationship management system (CRM), called Tessitura, for ticketing, emails and so on to help us give visitors what they really want, rather than what we want them to want.

The National Science and Media Museum has used it for its Wonderlab interactive gallery – the first gallery or exhibition to be ticketed at the museum. Since opening in March 2017, 130,000 free tickets have been allocated and 14% of bookers have signed up for email newsletters.

The Museum of Science and Industry Above: Jen Gupta, its Robots exhibition, attended by Lord has been experimenting with ticketing Hannah Critchlow, Libby Hall, Brian Cox, Group director Ian to improve visitor experience during the Jackson UKSA; Prof Monica Grady, OU; Dr Blatchford, partners and press to announce Manchester Science Festival. In November, Hannah Fry, UCL; Kevin we wanted to find new ways to engage Star Wars fans queued online from 7am Fong, Dr Ellie Cosgrave with 18- to 35-year olds. to snap up tickets for The Last Jedi in the and Dr Beth Healey Science Museum’s IMAX, which can show The BBC initially offered more than Above: The panel of 40 hours of TV and radio programming, Tomorrow’s World Live: notably a BBC Four two-part series, Rise Me and My Robot, Dr Sabine Hauert, of the Robots, inspired by our exhibition Dr Simon Watson, and BBC Two’s 90-minute Britain’s Greatest Prof Andy Miah and Inventions, which attracted almost 2 million Dr Louise Dennis with presenter Jen Gupta viewers as it was broadcast live from the Right: Could quantum National Collections Centre in Wroughton. computers change the The programme trended on Twitter for world? Scientists from Ion Quantum Technology much of the night, with the Group’s content Group, (University of seen over 300,000 times. Sussex) demonstrate how scientists manipulate atoms Another component of the partnership honoured the original digital vision of Tomorrow’s World in the form of a digital hub/platform to showcase the best short- form partner stories, content and insight. Thanks to a link from the BBC homepage, Take four great institutions, including director-general, made a speech at the our video Tim Peake’s Five Facts about our Group of five museums, and add the Science Museum outlining an ambition Space was seen a quarter of incredible reach of the BBC. What you get to create ‘a BBC that is truly open to a million times. is Tomorrow’s World, a digital reboot of partnership – working much closer with a much-loved format that has helped us others for the good of the nation’. There were also Tomorrow’s World Live engage with hundreds of thousands more events, webcast via partner Facebook and people in the past year. On 2 May 2017, the Science Museum other sites. The first was broadcast from hosted the launch of the Tomorrow’s World the Science Museum’s August Lates on The Tomorrow’s World partnership dates partnership with the BBC, Wellcome Trust, the theme of space, reaching an online from 2015 when Lord Hall, the BBC’s Open University and Royal Society within audience on the night of 150,000.

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ILLUMINATING INDIA ILLUMINATING INDIA

Right: Wedding Portrait of an Indian Couple, circa 1920 Bottom: Rama Combing INDIA’S HISTORY AS His Hair, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, 2015, © Vasantha Yogananthan NEVER SEEN BEFORE Our exhibition on the pioneers of photography on the sub-continent broke new ground

Illuminating India was a season of This exhibition explored their work afresh With some of the exhibition’s most exhibitions and events in the Science in an international context, as Indian remarkable loan materials coming from Museum that celebrated the nation’s huge art photography pioneer Marahaja Ram the Alkazi Collection of Photography and contributions to culture. Running alongside Singh II was exhibited alongside Samuel the collection’s curator, Rahaab Allana, 5000 Years of Science and Innovation was Bourne and the country’s first female joining the team as consultant curator, a second free exhibition, Photography photojournalist, Homai Vyarawalla, was a symposium launched the exhibition 1857–2017, which examined photography’s shown with contemporaries Henri Cartier- in October, entitled India’s Place in changing role in charting its history. Bresson and Margaret Bourke-White. Photography’s World.

This exhibition was the first to trace an Drawing on exceptional loans from diverse The symposium was chaired by Rahaab arc from the beginnings of photography in international collections, some of which Allana, and speakers included Sunil Gupta India to the present day. It pivoted around were on show for the first time in the UK, (visiting professor of photography at the two key dates, 1857 and 1947, and featured the exhibition offered a visually National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad), photographers who were inspired by their sumptuous history of photography in Clare Harris (curator for Asian collections own experiences of the country, from India. From the first fragile salt prints to at the Pitt Rivers Museum) and India’s first known photographer, Ahmad the latest digital imagery, every iteration independent curator Latika Gupta. Ali Khan, to award-winning contemporary of the medium featured. photographer Vasantha Yogananthan. On 23 March, Mercury Prize-winning composer, producer and tabla player Above: The Promise Arriving in India shortly after its invention Talvin Singh OBE presented the world © Vasantha Yogananthan in Britain in 1839, photography became premiere of a new live musical response Left: sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan a powerful tool in the hands of the to Illuminating India: Photography Below: Sitarist military and colonial administrators in 1857–2017. Commissioned by the Science Mehboob Nadeem the drive to document and dominate the Museum, Singh’s compositions were people, architecture and landscapes of accompanied by specially produced the subcontinent. Western art history visuals incorporating still images from has tended to overlook the Indian the exhibition alongside archive footage. photographers working with the first foreigners from the 1850s.

’On the occasion of India’s 70th anniversary as an independent nation, such a venture comments on the medium’s restless gait, its rise to challenges over time‘ Rahaab Allana, Consulting Curator for Illuminating India: Photography 1857-2017

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NATIONAL COLLECTIONS CENTRE NATIONAL COLLECTIONS CENTRE THINKING BIGGER... AND BETTER Our new National Collections Centre will provide a purpose-built ‘green’ home for 340,000 objects

This year our site in Wroughton, Wiltshire, Once complete, the facility will be home to was renamed the National Collections more than 80% of the Group’s collection Centre to reflect the size of our plans for and will be accessible to the public its future. As part of the largest and most through tours, school and research visits. ambitious project the Science Museum Group has undertaken in recent times – Moving this vast number of objects has One Collection – we are investing in a huge created opportunities to review our new building to house our collection. collection, improve our records and increase public engagement. Throughout Designed to blend in with its surroundings, the relocation the Group will undertake an yet set a benchmark for sustainable care, unprecedented digitisation programme, the National Collections Centre will be creating one of the most extensive online enormous. At 90m across and almost science collections in the world. 300m long, it will provide 27,000 square metres for the Group collection – Detailed preparatory work has been equivalent to four football pitches. completed for the construction. Above: Preparing for the big move in Blythe House The planning application, which was ’I am enormously proud The facility will provide a stable, safe submitted to Swindon Borough Council to have hosted the BBC and an energy-efficient environment for on 21 December 2017, was given formal live special delving into our collection and improve the process consent on 10 April 2018. Building work is their marvellous collection of preparing objects for display in new scheduled to begin in late 2018, with the and worked closely with galleries and exhibitions across the first public tours by 2023. their favourite invention in front of an Group and for loan to museums in the UK invited local audience and surrounded by them on a number of other and beyond. Our aim is to ensure we can our incredible collection. The celebrities events in the past year‘ increase public access to, and continue National Collection Centre on TV included Giles Coren (fridge), Len Dr Hannah Fry, UCL, to care for, our incredible collection for In June 2017 almost 2 million people Goodman (steam engine), Angela Scanlon host of Britain’s Greatest Invention many years to come. watched as BBC Two broadcast Britain’s (mobile phone), Sir Trevor McDonald Greatest Invention, a live 90-minute (television), Angela Rippon (antibiotics), The new building will replace our stores programme hosted by Dr Hannah Fry David Harewood (jet engine) and Nick at Blythe House in west London, with the and Ant Anstead, from hangar D4. Knowles (concrete). relocation of 320,000 objects, beginning Above, clockwise: A Dalek enjoys pride of place in in 2020. A further 20,000 objects will Several Group curators – including Selina The programme trended on Twitter for one of the current stores at the National Collection move out of the hangars at the National Hurley, Dr Oliver Carpenter, Dr Elizabeth much of the night, with many thousands Centre; some of the One Collection team at Blythe Collections Centre. And there will also Bruton, Doug Millard and Elinor Groom of people engaging with the Group on House; Britain’s Greatest Invention, featuring Hannah Fry, Ant Anstead, Len Goodman, Angela be space for other heritage – were part of the programme, which social media and local newspapers, radio Rippon, David Harewood, Sir Trevor McDonald, organisations’ collections. featured seven celebrities arguing for and TV also covering the programme. Nick Knowles, Angela Scanlon and Giles Coren

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COLLECTIONS AND CONSERVATION COLLECTIONS AND CONSERVATION

‘We’re restoring the outside of Queen Victoria’s royal saloon to its former TAKING glory using the newest conservation- grade materials. The response from CARE OF the public has been fantastic’ THINGS Chris Binks, conservation assistant at the National Railway Museum BACK ON EARTH

Conservation and restoration are a Left: Science Museum Bottom: Model of the huge – but often photographer Jennie Blue Star Line twin- unseen – part of Hills captures the screw turbine steamer interior of the Arandora Star, modified the museums’ work. Soyuz TMA-19M to show it converted Above: The rare to a cruise ship, And it never stops… Megalethoscope 1927–1946 made by Carlo Ponti of Venice in 1862

Below: The Class 414 Above: A Science 2HAP electric multiple Museum conservator unit train is restored at undertakes intricate Locomotion in Network cleaning work on South East livery the papier-mache anatomical model of a horse

Dusting off a very old horse Our half life-size papier-mache anatomical model of a horse has been prepared for redisplay in the Science Museum’s Medicine Galleries, which will open in 2019. Since it was created in late 1800s France, nearly two centuries of ingrained dust To boldly keep on going A return to the Moon by train Dating from the 1830s, the open-air and dirt have given the horse a dull and Although the Soyuz TMA-19M descent As just one of many trains we care for, the carriage is older than many original dark appearance. The conservation team module in the Group collection survived 2HAP seems unremarkable at first. Yet collection items and forms a set of two worked to stabilise the object ­­– then a journey into space and back – carrying this vehicle represents mass train travel carriages which can be pulled behind a cleaning revealed annotated labels. British ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA’s and is one of only two survivors in the replica of George Stephenson’s Tim Kopra and Russian cosmonaut Yuri UK. This 2HAP is also the most travelled locomotive Rocket. New berth for Blue Star liner Studying the rare Megalethoscope Malenchenko – the fiery re-entry through train in the collection (covering five times Visitors to the Science Museum’s Making This year, the National Science and Media Earth’s atmosphere caused the craft’s the distance to the Moon and back). It The wooden carriage was first stripped, the Modern World gallery can now enjoy Museum received an unusual request from exterior to become very brittle. operated from 1957 to 1997, carrying and surfaces filled and prepared, before a gigantic model of Blue Star Line’s the Royal Albert Memorial Museum to Conservators Jannicke Langfeldt and millions of commuters to and from London. being repainted in Kingfisher Blue to Arandora Star. Acquired in 1946, this scale study a rare Megalethoscope in the Sadie Wilson performed consolidation The restoration of this 2HAP is underway match the authentic livery used in the model of the twin-screw turbine steamer Science Museum Group collection. work on the surface, enabling Soyuz to in the workshop at Locomotion, with the 1830s. The carriage received six coats of was recently conserved at the National embark on the national tour (see page 8). help of the volunteer Project Commuter paint and five coats of varnish to ensure it Collections Centre in Wroughton by Designed by Venetian Carlo Ponti in the team. Our aim is that once completed it can withstand the worst of the weather. Simon Stephens. Significant splits in 1860s, Megalethoscopes create optical While it’s common to photograph objects will go on public display. the hull needed repair. illusions of depth and perspective using in detail, it’s very rare to be required Moscow-bound photos large lenses. The illusion is assisted to be inside one to do it – but this was First-class treatment In Bradford, the National Science and Getting ready for Lates through viewing the photograph on curved the challenge for photographer Jennie As well as the historic restoration of Media Museum team facilitated one of our The Science Museum’s curatorial and albumen plates, which can be backlit or Hills and curatorial and conservation Queen Victoria’s royal saloon, funded by largest recent loans, 143 photographs for conservation teams work together each lit by daylight so the image changes from colleagues. The confined space presented a private patron, staff and volunteers at William Henry Fox Talbot: At the Origins of month to identify and prepare objects a day to night-time scene. The request many physical and photographic problems, the National Railway Museum have Photography, an exhibition at the Pushkin from the collection for public view at Lates. to examine, photograph and partially from illuminating detail without casting brought a replica third-class carriage State Museum of Fine Art in Moscow. Visitors have also had the rare opportunity dismantle our Megalethoscope led to shadows to keeping your knees out of from the Liverpool and Manchester Our photographs formed the bulk of the to tour the conservation lab and learn 11 slides of photographic views being the shot. Railway back to its former glory. exhibition, which ran until 9 April 2018. about its highly skilled work. reunited with the device.

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UNEXPECTED DELIGHTS UNEXPECTED DELIGHTS

‘I loved being out of my Call the Midwife habit, to play a somewhat dubious character in the Pandemic interactive A NEW film. I hope I didn’t persuade too many people to go along with my questionable values’ Jenny Agutter on her role in Pandemic, a choose-your-own WAY OF adventure film created by John Bradburn in collaboration LOOKING with the Science Museum Above: Locomotives around a turntable at York engine shed, about 1950. It is now the site of the National Railway Museum’s Great Hall, which includes one of Oakes’s George Cross medal, awarded the turntables Right: Visiting members posthumously in 1965 after he stayed of the Rail Camera Club aboard a burning locomotive to prevent Below: A visitor enjoying a more serious accident. Other items the Highlights exhibition at the National Railway include 16 rare paintings such as Service Museum in York to Industry by Terence Cuneo (see inside back cover) commissioned by British Railways to show the importance of rail modernisation.

The restoration of Queen Victoria’s royal carriage has been taking place during opening hours in York so visitors can see Rail provided a narrative link between conservation in action. Built in 1869, the several exhibits and events across the carriage was the Queen’s favourite and Group. In Manchester, a stunning new was lavishly finished in teak with precious photography exhibition, Changing Places, silks, satin wood and bird’s eye maple. Creating Spaces at the Museum of Science The restoration involves applying sheets and Industry, relied on staff to pick images of 23¾ carat gold leaf by hand, coating that charted the history of the museum and with a synthetic UV-resistant varnish and restoration work carried out since it moved repainting in original colours. to the site of the historic Liverpool Road Station in 1983. The Grade 1 listed building Readers of the museum’s blog could also was the terminus of the record-breaking enjoy some unexpected literary delights Liverpool and Manchester Railway, built in stories by creative writing students at in 1830 by local businessmen to link their York St John University, inspired in part factories with the docks at Liverpool. by our collection. An exhibition of the euphoric highs and Another unusual offering was ‘City Girls was a beautifully Rail Cameramen, featuring the artistry crushing lows of match day at Bradford Supersenses, a family exhibition which curated exhibition’ of many of the UK’s leading railway This year, to celebrate the remarkable City Football Club was among the provided an opportunity to hear the Big photographers, opened in Locomotion in contribution that the National Lottery unexpected delights across the Group Bang of creation, test their taste buds, Simon Beaufoy, screenwriter Shildon at the start of 2018. Sponsored has made to our five museums over more last year as we explored new ways to and see the world like a dragonfly, frog by Hitachi Rail Europe, Bachmann Europe, than two decades, we also offered all our engage with visitors. or owl. In Sensory Soundpits, visitors the Bluefin Group, the Railway Magazine, visitors the chance to win a grand prize could use sand to shape soundscapes and the Bahamas Locomotive Society, the of a trip behind Flying Scotsman, which Photographer Nudrat Afza was first taken and visual mixes. exhibition showcased the work of the recently began a UK tour. to a Bradford City game in 2014 by a Rail Camera Club, including W J V ‘Bill’ friend and ‘was struck by the energy of In London, to celebrate the 60th Anderson and Eric Treacy. The Science Museum Group has received the fans, particularly the women and anniversary of the first British space rocket Opposite page, clockwise from top: City Girls more than £65 million since 1995 from girls’. Afza was supported by Oscar- Skylark, a new exhibition of the same exhibition opening. (left to right) Bradford The National Railway Museum in York Heritage Lottery Fund (the total amount winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, name told the stories of the engineers and City goalkeeper Lukas Raeder, Oscar-winning began 2018 with an exhibition designed given to the National Railway Museum is screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, photographer writer of Slumdog Millionaire and The scientists who used 441 launches of the Nudrat Afza, Bradford City women’s team captain to show why the railways are still essential £3,370,000). However, it is the restoration Full Monty. Over the following two years, rocket to lay the foundations for the UK’s Shauna Legge. Supersenses colour matching supported by Friends of the Museum. of Flying Scotsman that has captured she photographed hundreds of fans for space programme today, ranging from challenge. An illustration from the museum blog Highlights overlooks the Great Hall and public imagination, being a star of Changing Places A gallery view of Skylark: Britain’s City Girls, a celebration of their passion, world-leading space science to the Pioneering Space Rocket celebrating the 60th draws on parts of the collection seldom engineering for almost a century and one commitment and camaraderie. design and building of satellites. anniversary of the rocket programme seen, such as engine driver Wallace of the UK’s enduring global ambassadors.

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SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENTS THE BEAUTY

‘It was a pleasure to give the inaugural Oxford Mathematics lecture in OF MATHS the Science Museum. This allowed us to reach The Science Museum Group hosted some very special events, new audiences’ featuring music, mathematics and charity fundraising Sir Andrew Wiles, University of Oxford

An encounter with one of the world’s The BBC spent two days building a studio In July the museum’s historic 1830 One of the world’s greatest The theme of mathematical creativity leading mathematicians, helping a in the Revolution Manchester gallery and Warehouse hosted The Welcoming Party, mathematicians, Sir Andrew Wiles, winner came up again, at a special Royal Society nationwide effort to raise £50 million for among the highlights was when children a production about refugees created of the Abel Prize (mathematics’ equivalent event held as part of the Illuminating India charity, critically acclaimed theatre and a in the museum joined in with more than by Theatre-Rites, one of Europe’s most of the Nobel Prize), made a rare public events, when mathematician Dr Eugenia BBC radio birthday celebration, are among 1,500 others at 10 venues across the creative companies. The event, part of appearance at the end of November in Cheng and Royal Society president Sir Venki the special events that took place across country to form the Children’s Choir. the Manchester International Festival, the Science Museum with Dr Hannah Fry Ramakrishnan discussed the mathematical the Group in the last year. Together, they performed Ariana Grande’s featured in the ‘Best of 2017’ round-ups of UCL to discuss his latest research, his genius Srinivasa Ramanujan with the One Love Manchester arrangement of of The Guardian and What’s On Stage. belief in the value of struggle, and how Science Museum’s director of external Our museums are in constant demand to Somewhere Over the Rainbow. to inspire the next generation. affairs, Roger Highfield. host major events and filming and this year proved no exception. When the BBC ‘The 10 choirs were stitched together in Sir Andrew made global headlines in 1994 In Bradford’s National Science and Media approached the Museum of Science and real time by the BBC production team to when he reported that he had cracked Museum visitors could enjoy Radio Industry to be a venue for Children in be broadcast live as one whole Above: The stage was Fermat’s Last Theorem, so named because Reinvented, a special free event held Need, ‘we were delighted to help,’ said performance – it was an amazing set for Dr Hannah Fry it was first formulated by the French in partnership with the BBC and media and Sir Andrew Wiles; Sally MacDonald, the director. technical feat,’ said Sally MacDonald. Top right: Comedian mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1637. historians at the University of Sussex to and TV presenter In an electrifying event introduced by celebrate 50 years of Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4, Dara O’Briain asks Dame Mary Archer, Sir Andrew likened which began broadcasting in 1967. Sir Andrew a question the mathematical equivalent of experiencing the rapture of beauty in Elinor Groom, curator of television and a discovery to walking down a path to broadcast, described the event as a ‘must explore a garden by the great landscape for any radio lover’, adding that it was ‘full Dr Hannah Fry and Sir Andrew Wiles at the architect Capability Brown, when a of behind-the-scenes glimpses into the Science Museum event breath-taking vista suddenly beckons. wonderful world of BBC radio broadcasting’.

Left: The Children’s Choir performing in Manchester

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VOLUNTEERING VOLUNTEERING

operation of historic machinery. Helping with the management of volunteers across the Group are Brian Gardner and OUR WONDERFUL Tony Oldfield. This year they developed a process for managing health and safety and reworked the intranet to provide greater supervisor support. VOLUNTEERS – With the appointment of our One Collection (see page 38) volunteering manager, behind the scenes volunteering is set to take off, with around 300 INSPIRING FUTURES volunteers expected to support photography, records enhancement Whether it’s front of house or behind the scenes, we have a passionate and packing during the project.

and dedicated team offering their help, expertise and experience Leading from the front We’re committed to becoming the ‘The Science Museum has leading national museum for volunteering, been a wonderful place so it’s vital it is mutually beneficial. This to volunteer - I have learnt year, we introduced a satisfaction survey. a lot and it has helped We were delighted with the results, with 91% saying the experience benefited my own professional their health and wellbeing and 93% development’ saying they’d recommend us as a good Anonymous, SMG Volunteer Survey place to volunteer.

Above: Volunteers Not content to rest on our laurels, we have like Colin provide overhauled our volunteer management an enthusiastic and training, increased online support for amazing welcome to all our visitors, no matter supervisors and have implemented an what their age exciting programme of volunteer activities Right: Across SMG – including international visits, training and volunteers are helping to build science capital opportunities to meet senior management. Below: A volunteer from the Sir Nigel Through our leadership of the Heritage Gresley Locomotive Trust working on Volunteering Group, we’re working with the locomotive at organisations like Museums Association the National Railway and the National Trust to share our practice Museum in York and transform the sector. Alongside this, our coordinators play a lead role in local volunteer management groups, ensuring the Science Museum Group is at the forefront of volunteer management.

‘I’ve been volunteering Our busiest year yet Compilation (HiPEAC) computing in STEM activities across the city, giving for almost 11 years Over the past 12 months, 831 volunteers conference. Their efforts received an incredible 2,300 hours of their time in contributed 86,315 hours to our museums, praise from Mikel Lujan, event organiser: just ten days. While in Bradford, London and this is the best making it our busiest year yet. Much of ‘Interacting with you and learning about and Manchester 70 gamers took experience I’ve had!’ this support came from our front of house the "BABY" has been phenomenal. I can volunteering to the next level by providing SMG volunteer, satisfaction survey teams, with Science Museum guides only say well done!!’ more support than ever for Power UP and providing 1,000 tours, cab access up by the Yorkshire Games Festival. 56% at Locomotion, to 26,657 visits, and Bringing exhibitions and events to life National Railway Museum miniature railway From the Tim Peake exhibition at Behind the scenes drivers and guards helping to generate Locomotion, to Lates at the Science It’s not just front of house volunteers who £230,000. Alongside this, companies like Museum, this year volunteers contributed make a difference. At the National Science Siemens, ABTEM and Hitachi have more than ever to our events and and Media Museum library, volunteers provided volunteers to help us run exhibitions. In London and Manchester catalogued half of our periodical school workshops and STEM activities. Robots volunteers gave 6,000 hours to collection, while Kath Carlton has answer inquiries and provide visitors catalogued a third of the administrative In January, the Museum of Science with deeper insights. Through Future archive of the Impressions Gallery. At and Industry’s computing volunteers Engineers, at the National Railway Museum, Locomotion and the National Railway demonstrated BABY, the world’s first 176 volunteers shared their engineering Museum, workshop volunteers have been Above: From tour guides stored-program computer, for the experience and ran STEM activities. restoring the 2HAP railway unit and at the to information points, our volunteers are on hand to help European Network on High Performance In Manchester, our science festival Museum of Science and Industry Peter visitors with what they need and Embedded Architecture and volunteers engaged the public Sharpe created documentation for the

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RESEARCH RESEARCH

‘The project was born of Left: Science Museum exhibition developer a desire to understand Alice Nicholls how the museum can be Below: The new INSIGHTS AND publication by of use to the city, whilst curator Helen Peavitt, described by the remaining true to its focus Spectator as ‘a book of on the science of sound hallucinatory wonder... EXCITEMENT OF rare combination of and image technologies’ synoptic, grandiose academic majesty Lynn Wray, Researcher, National Science and wry humour’ DISCOVERY and Media Museum, Bradford Once a year, curators and staff across the Science Museum Group get together with academics and colleagues from other institutions to share ideas

Alongside the conference, museum visitors to be a ‘national museum’ in Bradford, were enjoying one of the Group’s research a deindustrialised, regional city, with a collaborations. ADAPT is a European significant history of migration from India, Research Council funded project based Pakistan and elsewhere. Metropolitan at Royal Holloway, University of London, Science is funded by the Leverhulme researching and recording the practical Trust and led by Dr Becky Higgitt from the skills behind the making of TV programmes. University of Kent. It is delving deep into Professor John Ellis’s project has brought the Science Museum’s rich collections in retired TV technicians to show how of pre-1800 scientific instruments to programmes used to be made. At the establish connections between the National Science and Media Museum, they commercial culture of early modern had a working outside broadcast set-up, London and the rise of science. AHRC- where visitors could be interviewed, or funded Energy in Store, led by Anna In print take a hand in vision-mixing a programme. Woodham of Kings College London, is This year saw the publication of curator As a Group, we take a particular interest linked in to the One Collection project. It Helen Peavitt’s new book Refrigerator: in this kind of practical research, which enables us to bring in lay experts to help The Story of Cool in the Kitchen (Reaktion helps us to understand the working lives us understand the values of the Group’s Books). This is the latest in a series of fully of objects in our collections. energy collections as we prepare to move illustrated books featuring the histories of to the National Collections Centre. the kinds of objects in our collections. At the same time, the Group has been able to embark on three substantial research projects this year, thanks to funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust. The museum in Bradford is home to AHRC-supported ‘Bradford’s National Museum’, a collaborative project with local communities and the University of Leeds. Led by Dr Helen Graham from the university, it looks into what it means

Late November 2017: an excited crowd To share the insights and excitement of event, which travels between our museums. gathered at the National Science and teir research at the second annual Group As it touches down, it expresses the flavour Left: Engraved day and Right: ADAPT LIVE, part Media Museum’s Cubby Broccoli Cinema. Research Conference. Research is the of local concerns; being in Bradford meant night dial in form of of the Being Human Here were curators and a wide range of foundation of so much of what we do across a special interest in sound and vision, watch made by Allen, festival, reunited Science Museum Group staff mixing with our museums, but we don’t always get a which will be the governing themes of that Elias. Engraved Elias veteran TV crews from Allen fecit, around 1616 Britain’s earliest colour academics and colleagues from museums proper opportunity to talk to each other museum’s major permanent galleries when TV shows at the Group outside the Group. Their purpose? about it. That’s why we started this annual they open in a few years’ time. research conference

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RESEARCH RESEARCH

‘Our only rule on subject matter is that the journal PEOPLE AT THE HEART is for people who are interested in the same kinds of things as we are‘ OF OUR RESEARCH Science Museum Group Journal

The fifth birthday of the Science Museum research community is vividly showing also conservation, audience research, BT Archives, the Royal Society, and the opens up a wide range of employment Group’s Research and Public History what research can do for a national history of museums, and much else Royal Geographical Society/Institute of opportunities. And this motivation – to department fell this year. The anniversary museum group. besides. The Journal also consolidates British Geographers. All of us hold very enable people to gain insights into provides the opportunity to reflect on the our other work. It is worth noting that substantial collections and archives; being museum work, even as they pursue their great strides our museums have made in This year, the Science Museum Group one of the joint winners of our first essay able to award doctoral studentships gives studies – is part of our motivation in establishing a research culture. Thinking Journal published online its eighth and prize was Josh Butt, a doctoral student the opportunity for really substantial running an MSc option for University of our master’s degree option and the ninth issues. Now nearly five years old, working at the Museum of Science and research into our collections, audiences College London’s Science and Technology doctoral programme we run, the research this publication has moved from start- Industry, exploring why Manchester and broader concerns. Since 2013, we Studies Department. Curating Science and projects we pursue, the conferences we up to be an established title. We like to ended up without a car industry. Another have awarded 35 studentships, and we are Technology is in its fourth year, and has hold and the progress of the Science publish articles of many formats, some collaboration, the Arts and Humanities involved with more than 20 universities attracted 16 students eager to learn about Museum Group Journal, we have much written by our staff, but as many penned Research Council funded Material Cultures in their supervision. This year, graduating what is special about the museum pursuit to be proud of. by colleagues in other museums and of Energy project, run by Professor Frank students completed theses on subjects of the history of science and technology. universities. Our only rule on subject Trentmann of Birkbeck College, has not as various as the response of industry At the heart of our progress are people: matter is that the journal is for people only held two workshops here, but has also to germ theory, Daphne Oram’s amazing the Group’s own staff, and the students, who are interested in the same kinds of provided the content for a special issue of Oramics Machine synthesiser, domestic authors, co-investigators, speakers things as we are; that includes the the Journal, published in spring 2018. chemicals, and the GPO research station. and attendees who work with us. This history of technology, of course, but Our collaborative doctoral programme, Several of our doctoral alumni have come funded by the AHRC, is one of the largest to work for us; others are lecturing or in the world. Our consortium brings researching in universities. We agree together all the Group’s museums with with the funder that this form of training

Left: An early example Far Left and below: of the McArthur Tori Miller, photography portable microscope, team leader for One with one eyepiece and Collection, and David one objective lens, Godfrey, storage made in 1938 system assistant in the role of volunteer at Blythe House, piloting photography set up for Blythe House move

Above: Glass slide Top: Binocular with waveform, part of microscope with the Oramics machine, case, made by J B 1959, used to create Dancer, circa 1855 electronic synthesized music and developed by Daphne Oram, co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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SUPERBUGS VOYAGES

‘We’re proud to support this important exhibition, which helps to raise awareness EPIC VOYAGES of the scale of this global health challenge.’ Erik Nordkamp, OF REDISCOVERY managing director Pfizer UK

The acclaimed fine art photographers Leading creative figures were transported commented that their Voyages series Anderson & Low brought a remarkable to fantastical worlds as they attended a is about ’using one’s imagination and new lease of life to our superb – but off lunch organised by the Mail on Sunday sharpening one’s senses, and that if display – collection of shipping models arts correspondent Chris Hastings, with one does this, then one can find magic at the beginning of the year, with their the support of producer Michael G Wilson, everywhere. One of the singular parallels photography series Voyages. who had previously invited Anderson in the history of science and art is that & Low to create a project around the one can look at the world in a different The Science Museum’s Ships Gallery James Bond film Spectre. way, and re-imagine what it might be.’ closed in 2012 to make way for Information Age, which was opened by the Queen in Addressing figures such as Jenny Agutter, They also cited Turner – ‘I paint what I October 2014. The model ships that had Glenda Jackson (below right), Miranda see, not what I know to be there’ – and captivated visitors to the gallery since Richardson, Jeremy Irons (right), Sir Alan the eminent physicist William Bragg, who SUPERBUGS: THE FIGHT the 1960s were moved to our off-site Parker, Stephen Frears, Ben Okri, Arlene declared: ‘The important thing in science collection management facility in specially Phillips, Lord Robert Winston and Dame is not so much to obtain new facts as to FOR OUR LIVES constructed protective crates. Jenni Murray, Anderson & Low discover new ways of thinking about them.’ But when Anderson & Low happened to The Science Museum has highlighted a potentially come across the models last year on a visit to the museum’s object store at catastrophic threat to health – antibiotic resistant Blythe House, they visualised them in a bacteria. But could the Komodo dragon slay our foes? new light. Photographed through the protective covers, and with only the ambient light of the store rooms, the We share our world with bacteria. While highlights some of the key issues we are Now over 30 years since the last new models were re-imagined to give them many are harmless, they can also cause trying to address, and crucially, tells class of antibiotics was approved for use, a hazy, romantic quality, reminiscent of infection and death. Thanks to antibiotics, stories about real people.’ it is still unclear when another may be paintings by J M W Turner. millions of people each year are cured of found. Could the answer lie on the bodies previously untreatable bacterial diseases. Visitors can hear the remarkable of Brazilian leafcutter ants or in the The old models now conjure up evocative But bacteria have fought back, evolving stories from the front line of the war on blood of Komodo dragons? According new narratives: dramas about storm- into superbugs resistant to even our most superbugs, including Geoffrey Pattie to Erik Nordkamp: ‘No one person or tossed journeys through vast seascapes, powerful antibiotics. Superbugs: The who spent five months in isolation after organisation has all the answers, nor is epic tales of voyages to strange lands, and Fight For Our Lives at the Science contracting a superbug during surgery. there one solution,’ but as the exhibition stories of legendary vessels that loom from Museum explores humanity’s response Also on display are 12 bacteria colonies highlights, ‘education has to be a key ominous fogs. These new viewpoints on the to the unprecedented global threat of grown by bioartist Anna Dumitriu, as well piece of the puzzle’. maritime world keep our collections alive, antibiotic resistance. as a clone of Alexander Fleming’s even after they have moved off display. penicillium mould taken from his original To celebrate the launch of the exhibition samples. Visitors can even take charge Top: A collection of bacterial colonies produced ahead of WHO World Antibiotic Awareness of a global health organisation in a new by Anna Dumitriu for the exhibition Week, the museum held a breakfast event interactive game developed exclusively Below left: Artist and microbiologist Anna Dumitriu with a bacterial colony with guest speakers Erik Nordkamp, for the exhibition and attempt to stop Below right: Dried Brazilian leafcutter ants on managing director at Pfizer UK, Angela the spread of superbugs. display in the exhibition Rippon, whose life was saved by antibiotics, and Lord O’Neill, chairman of the Review of Antimicrobial Resistance, and showcased the ground-breaking research taking place to combat one of the greatest threats to society today.

Superbugs kill over 700,000 people worldwide and this is forecast to reach 10 million by 2050 largely due to overuse and ‘The real voyage of misuse of antibiotics. ‘A key part of tackling discovery consists not in this issue is increasing public awareness seeking new landscapes, and working together to find solutions,’ says the chief medical officer, Professor but in having new eyes.’ Dame Sally Davies. ‘This exhibition clearly Marcel Proust

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ACQUISITIONS LOANS

WHAT WE WHAT WE ACQUIRED LENT OUT

In 2017–18 we added 420 objects to Prototype paramedic bicycle, 2000 Sundial layout-plate, about 1700 Railway Queen’s velvet gown, Specimen of mandrake root, In the past year the Group loaned This revolutionary paramedic This extremely rare French-made 20th century 16th–17th century the Science Museum Group Collection bicycle – gifted by Tom Lynch MBE, laying-out plate was used by To: Leeds Industrial Museum, UK To: British Library, London, UK 2,548 objects to 166 different venues London Ambulance cycle response a sundial maker to mark out scales Worn by women elected to represent Carved to resemble a human figure. – in addition to Tim Peake’s unit manager and former BMX prior to engraving. It will feature in the railway industry. Lent for the One of several loans for the exhibition in the UK and 308 objects to Sokol KV-2 emergency spacesuit. champion – enabled Lynch to rapidly the Science Museum’s London: exhibition Queens of Industry. Harry Potter: A History of Magic. another 25 overseas. navigate congested traffic and Science City gallery. Here are 10 other highlights... pedestrianised areas. Here’s where 10 ended up.

Automaton of a bird in a cage, Yogscast studio equipment, 2017 Nagra SN tape recorder, 1970–1979 George Cross and Carnegie medals, Bush CTV25 colour television DNA testing kit, 1999 Two clay pipes, about 1850 Islamic astrolabe, about 1150 about 1900–1910 The full suite of original studio Originally produced at the request of 1965 receiver, 1968 To: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, To: Manchester Museum, UK To: Palace Green Library, The quality and realism of the equipment used by Bristol-based the Kennedy administration for the Awarded posthumously to driver To: Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, Rome, Italy These typical archaeological finds University of Durham, UK birdsong made by automata, such as Yogscast, one of the biggest YouTube US secret services, the Nagra ‘Series Wallace ‘Wally’ Oakes for his bravery London ‘SpectroCHIP’ made by Sequenom, from the Industrial Revolution are on Originating from North Africa, this this stunning example, was widely broadcasters in the world and the Noire’ was frequently used by the CIA, when remaining aboard a burning One of five television and broadcast Inc. Used as part of ‘Mass ARRAY’ long-term display in the museum’s planispheric astrolabe was one praised. It is one of seven first UK YouTube channel to reach KGB and Stasi for covert recordings locomotive to prevent a serious items lent for the exhibition On Air: kit by researchers to acquire DNA Discovering Archaeology gallery. of a group of objects lent for the automata purchased for the SMG 1 million subscribers. from 1960 to 1990. accident and saving many lives. Wimbledon and the BBC 1927–2017. information. exhibition Time Machines. collection through HLF Collecting Purchased with help from the Friends Cultures funding. of the National Railway Museum.

Electro-plated nickel silver teapot, Staffordshire porcelain vase George Fox & Sons Ltd archive, The Elizabeth Mason Archive Instrument for measuring the head, Visit India poster, about 1930 Phantom larynx, 1870–1916 Decorated pedestal water closet, 1920–1929 commemorating Rocket, 1800–1900 1880–1922 This collection of personal papers 1883–1900 To: Museo d'Arte della Svizzera To: Museum of Applied Arts & about 1880 The station staff and residents of This spill vase commemorates This collection from Dewsbury-based and photographs documents To: Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland Sciences, Sydney, Australia To: Cube Design Museum, Kerkrade, the village of Borwick presented this Stephenson’s Rocket. This iconic cotton spinners George Fox & Sons Elizabeth Mason’s career as a Dresden, Germany One of five Indian State Railways Owned by the physician Sir Thomas Netherlands teapot in thanks to the station master locomotive used Liverpool Road includes photographic prints of textile medical photographer in St James’ This ‘thickness compass’ was used as posters lent for the exhibition On the Brunton Lauder, and used to teach New Humber model, by McDowall, at Borwick Station, Lancashire. It Station in Manchester (now the machinery taken by James Mudd & Hospital, Balham, London, from 1949 part of French criminologist Alphonse Paths of Illumination. The Myth of India medical students. Lent to the Stevens and Co. Lent for the exhibition stands as testimony to the importance Museum of Science and Industry) Sons, which demonstrate Mudd’s skills to 1965. Medical photography Bertillon’s criminal identification in Western Culture, 1808–2017. Wellcome Collection touring exhibition Everything You Always Wanted to Know of the rural railway station to the life from its opening day on 15 as an industrial photographer. is one of the earliest specialised system. Lent for the exhibition Faces. This is a Voice. About Toilets, But Were Afraid to Ask. of small communities. September 1830. uses of the medium.

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FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS FINANCIAL OVERVIEW: SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2017–18

CULTURAL SUCCESS Grant in Aid Fundraising £45.2m £3.0m

By Jonathan Newby, deputy director and Group chief operating officer Trading income Trading costs INCOME £16.3m EXPENDITURE £12.9m Grants, donations and Care for and research 2017–18 sponsorship 2017–18 into the collections £18.8m £13.3m Total £87.5m TOTAL £78.6m Rental income Science education and £1.0m communication £26.0m Other income £6.2m Visitor services £12.0m

Capital expenditure, including collection additions £8.4m These charts are based on unaudited financial information extracted from management accounts as at 31 March 2018

With the opening of Wonderlab and a visitor expectations. The exhibition then £24 million Medicine Galleries, due to vibrant new identity, the National Science toured to Manchester, where it again open in the autumn of 2019. and Media Museum kicked off 2017–18 for exceeded targets, reaching 67,000 visitors the Group and led the way, ending the year – 42% ahead of forecast and our best We are particularly grateful to our visitors, 25% ahead of the previous year’s visitor attendance for a ticketed exhibition at who donated £2.9 million across our numbers. This focus on our museums that site. museums this year, income that is vital outside of London was sustained with to sustain them in an uncertain funding the extraordinarily successful tour of Tim Our other commercial activity performed environment. Whilst our core Grant-in- Eduardo dos Santos, the Brazilian ambassador, Jonathan Newby, Group deputy director and chief operating officer, and Vijay Rangarajan, ambassador to Brazil Peake’s Soyuz capsule, which has landed well, meeting a budget of £3.2 million Aid remained flat this year, it is a cut in at each of our museums this year, drawing profit despite a very difficult start to real terms. The commercial success of THE YEAR’S HIGHLIGHTS huge crowds and boosting visitor numbers the year, with visitor numbers dropping initiatives such as the Soyuz tour and to end the year 2% ahead of last year for for several weeks following the terrorist the Queensland consultancy will help The Science Museum Group attracted a total Science Festival events. This was a strong recovery Following its relaunch in March 2017 and the the Group as a whole. incidents in London and Manchester. us to manage a challenging year ahead, of 5,325,000 visits during the past year (+2%). after the dip experienced in May following the opening of Wonderlab, the National Science and Following a dip in numbers in 2016–17, this year Manchester Arena attack. The total includes 80,000 Media Museum attracted 505,000 visits (+25%), Venue hire for day and evening events but it is critical that we continue to drive we saw a recovery in visits led by the majority of visits in education groups (+10%). including 38,000 visits in education groups, an The tour of Soyuz has been a cultural and was exceptionally strong, generating income generation and seek to bear down our Northern sites. increase of 12%. a commercial success. We are indebted to income of £1 million, 14% ahead of target. on operating costs in order to reach a The National Railway Museum attracted 760,000 Samsung, whose sponsorship has enabled Another notable success was our Power Up sustainable position in future years. The Science Museum attracted 3,178,000 visits visits (+8%), with the arrival of the Soyuz capsule Off-site visits: In total there were 185,000 (-1%). This was a positive finish following a giving a particular boost towards the end of the instances of participation in off-site learning us to tour not only the object, but also the gaming festival, which ran in Manchester challenging start to the year with a number of year. The total includes 41,000 visits in education activities delivered across the Group; 108,000 accompanying virtual reality experience. in the summer and in London over the Managing budgets is particularly terrorist incidents seeing visits fall significantly in groups (+6%). visits to Flying Scotsman as it toured heritage The VR experience in London and on tour October and Easter holidays. Both London challenging due to the investment required May and June. The total includes 429,000 visits in railways and provided mainline services and over generated over £300,000 of new income. festivals sold out – a testament to a very in our estate and key infrastructure. education groups, -7%, with terrorism thought to Locomotion attracted 199,000 visits overall (-15%). 650,000 visits to our touring exhibitions – our have deterred bookings. Performance was behind prior year due to the largest annual attendance since launching the effective email marketing campaign, which During 2017–18 we have made significant hugely successful Shildon Shed Bash featuring programme in 2014 . At the Science Museum in London, demonstrated the transformational effect improvements in our estates management, The Museum of Science and Industry attracted Flying Scotsman in July 2016. This year’s total Wonderlab was open for its first full year of our new CRM system. which will be an area of priority and ongoing 684,000 visits (+6%) aided by the Robots exhibition, includes 13,000 visits in education groups (+87%) - Digital audience: There were 11,585,000 visits to Soyuz capsule tour and museum-based Manchester a new record aided by the Soyuz capsule tour. the Group’s websites, level with the previous year. of operation, generating £1.2 million of investment. We are very grateful for a DCMS income and consistently ranking among All this represents a huge amount of hard contribution of £1 million additional capital visitors’ favourite things to do at the work and dedication from staff and none of Grant-in-Aid, which will help us to carry SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP VISIT NUMBERS 2017–18 museum. Our expertise in developing the it would be possible without the generous out some urgent conservation works at the gallery has extended internationally in support of our visitors, sponsors and Museum of Science and Industry. Total number of visits to the museums London York Manchester Bradford Locomotion Group 2017–18, with a new collaboration with the donors. This meant that in 2017-18 Grant- 2016–17 3,219,000 704,000 645,000 405,000 232,000 5,205,000 Queensland Museum in Australia to help in-Aid represented only 52% of our total At the heart of everything lies the care create a similar gallery. This is an exciting 2017–18 3,178,000 760,000 684,000 505,000 199,000 5,325,000 income, a further demonstration of our and preservation of our collections and commercial opportunity and one which commitment to become more financially work has continued to move them to again demonstrates our strategic focus on sustainable and diversify income streams. the new National Collections Centre in Visits in education groups London York Manchester Bradford Locomotion Group innovation and diversification of income. Wroughton. This extraordinary opportunity 2016–17 460,000 39,000 73,000 34,000 7,000 612,000 We have had continued success in to document and digitise 320,000 objects

2017–18 429,000 41,000 80,000 38,000 13,000 601,000 Our Robots exhibition ran until September fundraising this year, including raising and move them to a fit-for-purpose store at the Science Museum, generating significant funds for future capital will lay the foundations for all of our Any anomalies in totals and % differences arise from roundings £900,000 from ticket sales and exceeding developments, most notably the activities for generations to come.

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FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS We extend our grateful thanks to all those individuals, families and organisations who supported the work of the Science Museum Group during 2017–18

SCIENCE MUSEUM Legacies and in memoriam gifts NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM Rocket Circle Corporate supporters Individual philanthropists, trusts, foundations Reginald A Lacey Individual philanthropists, trusts, foundations William R Adam The British Automation and Robot Association SUPPORTING THE and government and government Robert C Arthur Electricity North West Ltd SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP Art Fund In-kind supporters Department for Business, Energy and Bill Berridge Manchester Science Partnerships Arts and Humanities Research Council Cobra Beer Ltd Industrial Strategy David and Patricia Buck The Manufacturing Technologies Association Arts Council England Friends of the National Railway Museum Ian Clatworthy The Processing & Packaging Machinery Association The financial support of visitors and Bagri Foundation PATRONS Hornbeam Park Developments Ltd Frank Clough – Business Education Skills & Training partners provides critical funding for the Biotechnology and Newton Circle Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery John F Dixon Renold plc museums’ core priorities and future plans. Biological Sciences Research Council Lord Archer and Dame Mary Archer William N Smith C H Emeleus Siemens plc British Council Clive and Claudia Bush All those who wish to remain anonymous The Flour Mill Waters Corporation We are grateful to all those who have British Council India Dr Bob Cowell Edward Arthur Gale made a donation to the Science Museum Mr and Mrs Donald Brydon Bridget and David Jacob Corporate supporters Mr Rod Giddins Media Partners Group. There are several ways to become Choudhrie Family Foundation Steve Mobbs and Pauline Thomas ABC Electrification Richard Harper BBC Focus Magazine John S Cohen Foundation Mr and Mrs Michael G Wilson Angel Trains Ltd Raymond Harris Esquire The Guardian a supporter: Dana and Albert R Broccoli Foundation Balfour Beatty PLC Dick Lane Department for Business, Energy and Galileo Circle Capita Group PLC Derek Langslow CBE Individual philanthropists and patrons Industrial Strategy The de Laszlo Foundation Costain Stephen Middleton NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MEDIA MUSEUM Douglas Bomford Trust Mr Andrew Eland and Dr Pascale Hazel Cubic Transportation Systems Peter J C Mosse FRSA Trusts, foundations and government are a part of our Science Museum Group The Eranda Rothschild Foundation Christopher & Judy Hurrion Eversholt UK Rails Group Ian Robinson Bradford College community. They are united by a fascination Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Switzerland The Oso Foundation Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd Dean Welbourn City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council with science, engineering and technology, The Felix Thornley Cobbold Agricultural Trust Sean Phelan and Audrey Mandela Hornby PLC Rodney Wilson Department for Business, Energy and Fidelity UK Foundation Lawrence and Alice Staden J Murphy & Sons Ltd Industrial Strategy in all their forms and for passing on that Alessandra and Anthony Gutman Kelly Rail UK Ltd MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society sense of discovery to wider audiences and The Helen Hamlyn Trust Einstein Circle London & Continental Railways Ltd Trusts, foundations and government Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery future generations. By contributing to the Heritage Lottery Fund Dr John L Collins Network Rail LNE Department for Business, Energy and Horizon 2020 European Union Funding for Andreas J Goss Porterbrook Industrial Strategy Corporate supporters success of future initiatives, they get to Research & Innovation Hipolit & Hieronim Hodges Railfuture Engineering and Physical Sciences The Broadway Bradford know our people, collection and exhibitions Lalvani family Renato Lulia Jacob Rails of Sheffield Ltd Research Council International Moving Image Society better through an exclusive programme of Dr Sara Levene REPTA Garfield Weston Foundation The Leverhulme Trust Brunel Circle Shepherd Group The Granada Foundation private viewings, behind-the-scenes tours Linbury Trust Max and Julius Aarts Virgin Trains East Coast The Hobson Charity SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP FOUNDATION and lectures that explore pressing issues Lloyd’s Register Foundation Toby Anstruther Worldline IT Services UK Limited Kirby Laing Foundation Trustees of the moment. The Lord Leonard Wolfson and Dr P D Atherton Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery Mark Austin Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation Dr Stuart and Clair Blackie In-kind supporters Royal Academy of Engineering Lord Borwick of Hawkshead The Martin Smith Foundation Mr Ian Blatchford Arriva Cross Country University of Salford Mr Donald Brydon CBE Corporate supporters understand the Parasol Foundation Trust Iain Bratchie Central Japan Railway Company Wellcome Professor Richard Clegg importance of promoting greater public Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust Dara Ó Briain Grand Central Railway Company Ltd The Zochonis Charitable Trust Dr Bob Cowell Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery David and Patricia Buck Rail Media Group Edwina Dunn understanding of the role of science, Royal Academy of Engineering Dr Grant Castle Railway Industry Association Mr Michael Hoffman engineering, and technology in our Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Steve Clarke West Japan Railways Company David Jacob lives. By joining with us as partners they Royal Society of Chemistry John and Elaine Elkington The Lord Rees of Ludlow FScM Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mr and Mrs Andrew Griffith Legacies and in memoriam gifts Sir Martin Smith are able to realise their own business Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK Reade Griffith David Barclay objectives in creative and tangible ways, United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) GRoW Annenberg Foundation Hamish Brechin develop unique employee, customer and The University of Leeds Cheney Fellowship Professor Jessica James and Dr Kendrick Zetie Mrs Monica Copley Wellcome The Keniston-Cooper Charitable Trust Mr David J Croft stakeholder engagement opportunities, The Wolfson Foundation Dr Joanna Kennedy Richard Robertson and demonstrate their commitment to All those who wish to remain anonymous Fiona Kumar Bhardwaj Alfred York addressing urgent challenges of our time. Eric John Laws Corporate supporters Dr Sara Levene PATRONS Airbus Group George and Angela Loudon Mallard Circle Trusts, foundations and public sector/ ARM Lydia Lee Maurice G Boddy lottery bodies partner us in engaging Bechtel Andrew and Joanne McGowan The Michael and Nicola Sacher Charitable Trust Bloomberg Philanthropies Lesley and Arthur I Miller William N Smith communities in science and heritage – BP Mr David A Trapnell Tom and Marie Spence (USA) igniting curiosity, stimulating creativity BT Ms Mariela Pissioti and inspiring visitors. Our partners share Citadel Dr Neil Reid Scotsman Circle Google Simon and Kate Reid Dr Ian M Holland our aims of increasing knowledge and GSK Marcin Jerzy Roth Ian Macbeth promoting STEM skills and enjoyment. Lenovo Datacentre Group Dr and Mrs R A Saldanha Mr Harry Medcalf Their support enables us to deliver these MathWorks Dr Martin Schoernig Francis Townend Nutanix Inc Seema Sharma aims to millions of people, celebrating Pfizer Sunil and Leena Sheth Duchess Circle the science that surrounds us. ReAgent Ian and Helen Simm Derek Arrand Samsung Ella and Ramesh Vala OBE Cryptair Ltd Sanofi Alex van Someren M R Darbyshire Visitor giving provides an opportunity Shell Paul and Justine Williams Mr D A Fagan for everyone to support us as a charity, Shionogi Simeon Williams Keith John Kellett allowing us to carry out our core work Statoil Eric Winkler Tom Kolisch University of East Anglia (UEA) Dame Fiona Woolf Alan Moore CBE and to invest in our future. URENCO Raymond Price Vitabiotics Ltd Andrew Scott CBE For further information please get in Wire Broadcast Ltd Joe Tonks Mrs Sandra Turnbull Supporters of Illuminating India: representatives from the Bagri Foundation, the John S Cohen Foundation touch with us at: John Woodhouse and the Helen Hamlyn Trust, with Mary Archer and Ian Blatchford at the launch of the exhibition [email protected].

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FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS WHO’S WHO IN OUR THE SCIENCE MUSEUM GREAT SCIENCE ALLIANCE GROUP

THE SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP COMPRISES: OUR DISTINGUISHED ADVISERS National Science and Media Museum advisory board The Science Museum Group is devoted to the history and contemporary practice Science Museum, London National Railway Museum, York Science Museum advisory board Chairman of science, medicine, technology, industry and media. For more than a century Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Lord Grade of Yarmouth CBE National Science and Media Museum, Bradford Chairman we have innovated and developed, becoming the world’s most significant museum Locomotion, Shildon Rt Hon The Lord Willetts of Havant Members group for science, technology and engineering, and attracting more than SCMG Enterprises Ltd Ms Samira Ahmed Members Ms Yvonne Baker 5 million visits annually BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF Mrs Jane Atkinson Professor Brian Cantor CBE THE SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP Dr Sarah Caddick (to March 2018) Dr Sarah Dry The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum is Mr Matthew d’Ancona Baroness Margaret Eaton DBE responsible for the whole of the Science Museum Professor Dame Athene Donald DBE Professor Elizabeth Edwards Group. The trustees, who may number between Professor Marcus du Sautoy (to March 2018) Ms Kersten England Heritage, mission and objectives Inspiring Futures Strategic priorities – We will: 12 and 20, are appointed by and responsible to Professor Russell G Foster CBE Mr Philippe Garner (to March 2018) Our collections form an enduring record In 2017 the Science Museum Group • Grow ‘science capital’ in individuals the Prime Minister through the Department for Professor Lucie Green Mrs Sally Joynson of scientific, technological and medical adapted its strategic approach and and society Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The director of Sir Paul Nurse Dr Annette Nabavi the Science Museum Group, as chief executive Dr Robert Parker Ms Gillian Reynolds MBE change since the 18th century. The Group priorities for the period 2017–30. • Grow our audiences and exceed officer, is responsible to the Board of Trustees: and, Professor Simon J Schaffer Ms Nicki Sheard (from December 2017) incorporates the Science Museum, its their expectations as accounting officer, is accountable to DCMS for Professor Molly Stevens Library and Archives; the National Railway Vision – A society that celebrates science, • Sustain and grow our world-class compliance with the management agreement. Within the framework of their statutory duties as Railway Heritage Designation advisory board Museum in York; Locomotion in Shildon; technology and engineering and their collection stated under the National Heritage Act 1983, the National Railway Museum advisory board the Museum of Science and Industry in impact on our lives, now and in the future. • Extend our international reach role of the trustees is to establish group policy, Chairman Manchester; and the National Science and • Transform our estate review performance and endorse appointments Chairman Rt Hon Lord Faulkner of Worcester to key management positions. Their primary Mr Simon Linnett Media Museum in Bradford. We have two Mission – We inspire futures by: • Harness the potential of digital activity is to assist the chairman in meeting the Members major collections facilities, the National • Creative exploration of science, technical • Increase income board’s overall responsibilities, in accordance Members Mr Mike Ashworth Collections Centre at Wroughton in innovation and industry, and how these with the policies of the Secretary of State, and in Dr David Brown (to September 2017) Dr David Brown compliance with charity law. The Board of Trustees Mr Philip Benham Mr Ian Brown CBE Wiltshire and Blythe House in west London. made and still sustain modern society also offers guidance and expertise on setting and Rt Hon The Lord Faulkner of Worcester (observer) Mr Neil Butters • Building a scientifically literate society, implementing the strategy for the Group. Mr Bryan Gray CBE Ms Liz Hallam Smith The Science Museum Group is a non- using the history, present and future of Professor Ludmilla Jordanova Mr Mark Hopwood (from June 2017) Chairman Dr Ellen McAdam Ms Louise Innes departmental public body that aspires science, technology, medicine, transport Dame Mary Archer DBE Mr Paul Plummer (from October 2017) Dr David Jenkins to the highest international museum and media to grow ‘science capital’ Professor Clive Roberts Mr Mike Lamport standards in the care and preservation of • Inspiring the next generations of Members Mr Adrian Shooter CBE Mr Simon Linnett (observer) Professor Brian Cantor CBE Mr Anton Valk CBE Mr Andrew McLean collections, scholarship, programming, scientists, inventors and engineers Mr Matthew d’Ancona Mr Christian Wolmar Mr Peter Ovenstone learning and advocacy for our subject areas. Dr Sarah Dry Mr Andy Savage Rt Hon The Lord Faulkner of Worcester Ms Vicky Stretch Miss Sharon Flood Museum of Science and Industry advisory board Mr Anton Valk CBE Professor Russell G Foster CBE Mr Andreas J Goss Chairman Serving during the financial year Lord Grade of Yarmouth CBE Rt Hon The Lord Faulkner of Worcester April 2017 to April 2018 Professor Ludmilla Jordanova Mr Simon Linnett Members ‘2018 is the Year of Engineering and Mrs Lopa Patel MBE Mr David Brown (from October 2017) Professor David A Phoenix OBE Ms Clare Hudson where better to launch this government Mr Anton Valk CBE Mr Steve Johnson initiative than at the Science Museum, Rt Hon The Lord Willetts of Havant Sir Richard Leese CBE Dame Fiona Woolf CBE Professor Andy Miah which houses some of the world’s most Rt Hon Baroness Morris Dr Erinma Ochu iconic engineering achievements’ Mrs Lopa Patel MBE Professor David A Phoenix OBE Dr Hayaatun Sillem, Ms Sheona Southern chief executive, Royal Academy of Engineering Councillor Alex Williams

NEW FELLOWS OF THE SCIENCE MUSEUM Sir Mark Walport (pictured left) in appreciation of Dame Margaret Weston in recognition of her his distinguished contribution to the advancement dedication to the Science Museum Group both of science education and research. during her time as director and in the years since. THE CHARITY HRH Princess Anne in recognition of her great Dr Kartar Lalvani in appreciation of his support of women in science and engineering and distinguished contribution to the Science The Board of Trustees of the Science encouragement of young people to engage further Museum’s Medicine Galleries. Museum was established under the National with science, technology, engineering Heritage Act 1983. The Science Museum Right: 1970s Super and mathematics. astronaut robot with Group is an exempt charity under the Third packaging from Schedule of the Charities Act 2011. Horikawa, Japan

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FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS FIVE WORLD-BEATING MUSEUMS SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP LONDON, YORK, MANCHESTER BRADFORD, SHILDON, WROUGHTON

SCIENCE MUSEUM NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM OF SCIENCE NATIONAL SCIENCE LOCOMOTION NATIONAL MUSEUM AND INDUSTRY AND MEDIA MUSEUM COLLECTIONS CENTRE

Director: Ian Blatchford Director: Judith McNicol Director: Sally MacDonald Director: Jo Quinton-Tulloch Director: Judith McNicol Wroughton SN4 9LT Exhibition Road Leeman Road Liverpool Road, Castlefield Pictureville Dale Road (Pre-booked research visitors only) London SW7 2DD York YO26 4XJ Manchester M3 4FP Bradford BD1 1NQ Shildon DL4 2RE sciencemuseum.org.uk railwaymuseum.org.uk msimanchester.org.uk scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk locomotion.org.uk The Science Museum Group’s site at Wroughton in Wiltshire was founded Heritage Heritage Heritage Heritage Heritage in 1979 on a 545-acre former airfield. The Science Museum explores the science, The National Railway Museum in York The Museum of Science and Industry The National Science and Media Museum, Locomotion offers visitors the chance to It houses a superb range of large technology, engineering, mathematics and houses the world’s greatest collection occupies an important heritage site in the heart of Bradford, explores the see highlights of the national collection artefacts – such as the world’s first medicine that shapes our lives and traces of railway items and objects from the comprising five listed buildings. As the science and culture of image and sound of rail vehicles in Shildon, County Durham hovercraft and an early robotic arm used its origins and the birth of its world-class past 200 years. Set in former railway original terminus of the world’s first technologies, and their impact on our – the world’s first railway town. The in manufacturing – available for both collection of original artefacts from the buildings close to York Station, the inter-city railway, our authentic 1830 lives. The museum draws on more than building is home to more than 70 heritage exhibition and research, as well as the Great Exhibition in 1851. Among the key museum has more than 1 million railway warehouse and station building epitomise 3 million items of historic significance vehicles, including the prototype Deltic, Science Museum’s Library and Archives. historical exhibits at the museum are artefacts, including many famous Manchester’s 19th-century reputation as in its collections of photography, British Rail’s Advanced Passenger Train, The site is becoming a national hub for Arkwright’s prototype spinning machine locomotives and an unrivalled collection ‘the warehouse of the western world’. Key cinematography and television. World firsts and the iconic LNER locomotive No. 4771 collections access and storage, and this (1769), Amy Johnson’s Gipsy Moth aircraft of royal carriages. The museum is visited objects in the collection include models include the Leeds-made camera used by Green Arrow. Locomotion’s workshop year played host to a live BBC television (1928), Cooke and Wheatstone’s telegraph by over 760,000 people each year and John Dalton used to demonstrate his Louis Augustin Le Prince in 1888 to make carries out a range of restoration projects, programme, Britain’s Greatest Invention. (1837), Alan Turing’s Pilot ACE computer has a busy programme of exhibitions atomic theory; the world’s only working the earliest moving pictures, and Kodak which visitors can watch from the (1950) and the Apollo 10 command module and events. replica of the Small Scale Experimental No 1, the American-made camera that purpose-built viewing platform. And the that went into lunar orbit in 1969. Our Machine, or ‘Baby’ computer; and a large enabled mass photography from 1889. museum hosts a busy programme of BLYTHE HOUSE Library and Archives collection includes Masterplan collection of steam mill engines. We Europe’s first IMAX theatre opened in events, exhibitions and learning activities COLLECTIONS STORE rare and significant items such as the first The £50 million masterplan will transform demonstrate spinning and weaving daily on the museum in 1983, and our Pictureville – from steam spectaculars to guided printed translation and commentary of the museum to tell the epic story of how original machines in the Textiles gallery. cinema boasts the only permanent, tours. On 1 December 2017, Locomotion Olympia Ptolemy’s Almagest and Charles Babbage’s railways have shaped our world and to regularly programmed Cinerama became a full part of the Science Museum London W14 0QX drawings for his calculating machines. The be befitting of the vibrant new Masterplan installation outside the USA. Group – while continuing to benefit (Pre-booked research visitors only) museum has pioneered interactive science neighbourhood that will be created Work continues on the new special enormously from its partnership with interpretation for over 80 years, while the around the museum as part of the York exhibitions gallery, an ambitious project Masterplan Durham County Council, which includes Blythe House is shared by the Science Tomorrow’s World and Who Am I? galleries Central redevelopment. The Great Hall which will provide a venue for world-class The Sound and Vision galleries – due generous financial support. Museum, V&A and British Museum for are flagships for discovering cutting-edge will be redisplayed and a Wonderlab will contemporary science exhibitions in the to open in 2022 – will provide worthy small-object storage. Following the science. The museum attracts over be created to inspire young engineers. Great Western Warehouse. It is planned for companions to our most recent interactive Masterplan Government’s allocation of £150 million 3.3 million visits annually. A new Central Gallery will showcase the completion in 2020 and will help develop gallery, Wonderlab, which explores the Locomotion goes from strength to for all three museums to relocate, we plan latest innovations and technology from our reputation and the city’s as a globally science of light and sound. In the shorter strength. Exciting plans are being to move out about 320,000 objects to a Masterplan the rail industry. York Central is currently significant place for science innovation term, this summer’s major exhibition developed for the site, including new building at the National Collections Between 2014 and 2019 over one-third at the planning consultation stage, with and understanding. Action Replay looks at sports broadcasting restoration of its historic buildings, Centre, uniting the Group’s collections of public space at the Science Museum a planning application timetabled for technology, and the museum-organised promotion of our incredible national and improving access. We have installed will have been transformed through the summer 2018. By 2025, it is hoped that Bradford Science Festival, which in 2017 collection vehicles, and building on wireless internet throughout our store Above, from the left: Making the Modern World masterplan. An elegant new lecture theatre the masterplan will be complete and the gallery at the Science Museum; The Great Hall at was enjoyed by nearly 35,000 people, relationships with the local community rooms, ahead of starting digitisation of opened in 2017 and work continues apace transformed museum will be ready to the National Railway Museum; the Avro Shackleton returns in July. and our neighbours in the cultural sector. the collection before it is moved. to create the exciting new galleries and open to celebrate the 200th anniversary plane, affectionately known as ‘Dougal’ in Manchester; Kodak 2A folding Brownie in Bradford; event spaces that are set to open within of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Flying Scotsman and a glimpse of a few of the the next two years. and the museum’s 50th anniversary. objects held at the National Collections Centre

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TOURING

Left: Opening ceremony of Wonder Materials at Hong Kong Science Museum. From the left: the director general of trade and investment at the British Consulate, Paul McComb; the assistant THE director of leisure and cultural services, Chan Shing-wai; the director of the Museum of Science and Industry, Sally MacDonald; the director of the Hong Kong Science Museum, Karen Sit Far left: The Soyuz tour of the UK brought Group WORLD sites together Bottom: 3D: Printing the Future was simultaneously IS OUR created and shown around the world Machines Human successfully transitioned to the Museum of Science and Industry OYSTER as the headline to the Manchester Science Festival, before embarking on its international tour to a further four venues. Our touring exhibitions Only in England has continued to tour are branching out from to the Bowes Museum, Palace Arts Hub Britain – to Europe, in Redcar, Kirkletham Museum and Time Asia and Australia & Tide in Great Yarmouth, seen by over 150,000 people. Painting Power: The Art of Terence Cuneo was our contribution Bulgaria and Romania, and have been to Hull’s tenure as UK City of Culture and seen by about a million people. brought an extensive collection together for the first time. Following the launch of the Blueprint Pack programme in 2016/17, this year versions The UK tour of Tim Peake’s Soyuz space of our exhibition 3D: Printing the Future capsule and VR experience brought Group were simultaneously created and shown sites and national institutions together, at MAST in Rio, the Franklin Institute in with appearances by Tim Peake and the USA and Transylvania Natural History an immersive outreach bus inspiring a Museum and Muzeul Casa Muresenilor in generation of schoolchildren across the Romania. Across the Blueprint Pack sites, country. After two sites it had been seen it has been seen by over 200,000 people. by over 130,000 people in Bradford and Blueprint Packs are an innovative way Shildon and we look forward to it landing at of sharing exhibitions digitally that are the competition venue, in a less traditional sustainable, cost-effective and enable environment at Peterborough Cathedral. us to work with museums and venues of varying scale and resource. Looking ahead, we have some exciting Collider, our exhibition about CERN’s Large additions to our touring portfolio, currently Hadron Collider and our first exhibition to Closer to home, the national touring in development with Exhibitions team, so tour, concluded its journey following its programme has gone from strength to the next year will offer the opportunity final display in Queensland. Over the life strength. London’s acclaimed exhibition to develop many more international of the tour it was seen by 663,456 people, Robots: The 500-Year Quest to Make partnerships for the Group. having been displayed in Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong and two venues in Australia.

Wonder Materials; Graphene and Beyond – the first exhibition from the Museum of Science and Industry to tour – opened at the Hong Kong Science Museum in December. The exhibition was sponsored by the GREAT campaign and in March was the feature exhibition of the GREAT Festival of Innovation attended by Ian Blatchford, the Group director, and other delegates including Liam Fox, Secretary of State for International Trade.

Our four clones of Beyond the Lab also continued their European tour to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, Malta,

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TERENCE CUNEO

TERENCE CUNEO: ’Cuneo documented many of the important moments of the A FIRST-CLASS PAINTER last century and his work has a broad and lasting appeal’ A partnership between the National Railway Museum and Science Museum Andrew McLean, assistant director, paid tribute to one of the finest railway artists – and was a coup for Hull National Railway Museum

Visitors to the Hull City of Culture 2017 never been on public display before paintings throughout his career and is ‘Cuneo documented many of the Below: Ian Blatchford, who were treated to a landmark exhibition and was curated by the Science widely considered to have been one of important moments of the last co-curated the of works by the artist Terence Cuneo, Museum Group’s director, Ian the world’s finest railway artists. From century and his work has a broad exhibition, with thanks to a unique partnership Blatchford, and the National Railway 1953, Cuneo painted a mouse into each and lasting appeal. I am honoured the artist’s daughter Carole between the National Railway Museum Museum’s assistant director and head of his works and visitors spent many an to co-curate this exhibition and to and the Science Museum. curator, Andrew McLean. hour searching for tiny murine features. be involved in celebrating Hull UK City of Culture 2017.’ Originally taking inspiration from Drawing on extraordinary loan material Andrew McLean said: ‘We are fortunate Cuneo’s painting of the Queen’s visit from across the UK to supplement the to have a large collection of works by to Hull in 1957, the exhibition Painting Group’s rich collection, the exhibition Terence Cuneo, some of which were Power: The Art of Terence Cuneo included rare works such as Cuneo’s commissioned and painted on-site at opened on 13 December 2017 at the private tribute The Lying In State of the Science Museum. Waterloo (see University of Hull. Sir Winston Churchill and the first of his above), arguably one of Cuneo’s most railway paintings, Giants Refreshed. famous paintings, now takes pride of Above: Waterloo Right: Terence Station (1967) Cuneo was a war The exhibition featured 36 drawings place on display at the National artist in the and paintings, many of which have Terence Cuneo produced almost 6,000 Railway Museum in York. Second World War RETURN TO CONTENTS PAGE

NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

BULLET MALLARD LODE STAR

‘The National Railway Museum is best placed to showcase both the historical and contemporary advances in railways’ Sir Peter Hendy, chairman of Network Rail

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The beautiful new brand sweeping engineering. At once welcoming and Deltic (pictured above), its way across the Science Museum and elegant, the images have celebrating our objects’ intricate Group is giving each of our museums already proved a hit with visitors. beauty. By the autumn all our an opportunity to think again about museums will be recognisable the face they present to the world. The campaign was developed by as part of the Science Museum North, the award-winning design Group as the new brand reaches The campaign to relaunch the company behind our new visual Manchester, a moment that will National Railway Museum brings identity and shot by photographer be heralded by the arrival in to life the faces of locomotives Lee Mawdsley. As with much of the birthplace of the industrial from a range of eras, reflecting the imagery commissioned for the revolution of another rail icon – director Judith McNicol’s ambition rebrand, the campaign brings a Stephenson’s Rocket – and a to inspire visitors with the past, fresh perspective to well-known new name, the Science and present and future of rail and locomotives such as Mallard Industry Museum. EUROSTAR WESTERN COPPERNOB