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

Worth noting, the Stookie in this video is NOT the real Stookie. He’s definitely still up in Bradford in our Sound and Vision galleries ❤️

TV 100 Seeing television for the first time was an exhilarating experience, signalling the start of a revolution in worldwide communication.

ICYMI, yesterday marked 100 years since John Logie Baird's first public demonstration of a working, mechanical television system.

Our Head Curator Charlotte was in Soho, where the demonstration took place, you can catch up with her chat to the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthe...

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

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

Watch via the link below 👇

HOW YOUR "CIRCLING BACK IN THE NEW YEAR" EMAIL FINDS ME

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Pretending to be a real person again today after two weeks on the sofa surrounded by choccy wrappers...

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

Pictureville cinema remains open (other than the 25th!) in case you were itching to visit and get your film fix though 😇

Have a good one all! 🎅🎄

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

More here, by me blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/how-science-...

Over the years, we have been proud to showcase Martin Parr’s work. The above image featured in our exhibition ‘Martin Parr: Photographic Works 1971-2000’, back in 2002.

📸 Badminton Horse Trials, Gloucestershire, from 'The Cost of Living', 1986-9, Martin Parr

Remembering Martin Parr (1952 - 2025) ❤️

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

These cameras were actually used to take the original Cottingley Fairies images!

This Christmas, we're continuing the magic with our own fairy themed fun across the museum.

Head over to our website for more info and to book your free admission: www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/fes...

Happy December! 🎄

Here's a little hint for the theme of our festive activities this month... any guesses?

Hint: Though they may look pretty unsuspecting, they're actually kind of magical 🧚

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

Just over a month left to hit your unrealistic Goodreads goal:

📷 The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

A wide interior shot of York Minster cathedral, taken from the nave.

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

📷 The Chapter of York, Photographer: Peter Li

Haha! Well spotted

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These are actually part of our Roy Ashton & Phil Leakey Collection🩸

Ashton and Leakey were master make-up artists who worked on many of the British cult horror films of the mid-20th century. Often creating monsters with small budgets, they made creative use of everyday materials such as cereal!

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

🔦 This event is part of Cine Spotlights - Pictureville’s monthly film education season offering a deep dive into a film’s themes, genres, directors, or subject matter, with expert talks alongside classic screenings.

Her talk, The Female Love Triangle at the Heart of Rebecca, dives into the film’s complex relationships: Mrs de Winter (Joan Fontaine), housekeeper Mrs Danvers (Judith Anderson), and the titular Rebecca.

Cine Spotlights: Rebecca (PG) [+ intro] | National Science and Media Museum Join Hitchcock writer, speaker, curator and podcaster Rebecca McCallum for an evening of gothic romance.

Spooky szn is truly never over in these parts!

One week to go until we're joined by @talkinghitchpod.bsky.social for an evening exploring Hitchcock’s Rebecca - a gothic tale of obsession, secrets, and desire.

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You may already be familiar with their work through our Blog from the Basement series (and if you’re not, you should be!), but today they’re answering *our* burning questions about what it takes to look after the collection.💗

Ask Our Conservators Anything - National Science and Media Museum blog For Ask a Conservator Day, our conservation team give the inside scoop on how they got into the field, their favourite tools, their current projects and more

It’s #AskAConservator Day! 🧤

We’ve gathered questions from across the museum for our fab team working hard to care for our incredible collections.

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

And perhaps the scariest of all... the inescapable passage of time :)

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