Stories
- Article
The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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A nose through Blythe House
Recently sold and emptied out, Blythe House was once one of the UK’s biggest museum storage facilities. Here, museum worker Laura Humphreys reflects on her relationship with the store’s architecture, objects and aromas.
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Mask, ritual and fertility
Today many of us learn about fertility, conception and pregnancy online. But that wasn’t always the way. Discover how masks and rituals played an important educational role.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Science Museum, London
Date: 1980Reference: PP/MCI/E/68Part of: McIlwain, Henry- Books
Museum collecting policies in modern science and technology : proceedings of a seminar held at the Science Museum, London, 3 November 1988.
Date: 1991- Books
- Online
Pasteur exhibition : Science Museum, South Kensington : 9th April - 26th May 1947.
Science Museum (Great Britain)Date: 1947- Books
Science in India : a "Festival of India" exhibition at the Science Museum, London, 24 March-1 August 1982 / catalogue compiled by R.G.W. Anderson ; with an introduction by M.G.K. Menon.
Anderson, R. G. W. (Robert Geoffrey William)Date: 1982- Books
A catalogue of books printed before 1641 in the Science Museum Library / compiled by Judit Brody ; subject index compiled by Judith Field and Judit Brody.
Science Museum (Great Britain). Library.Date: 1979