Science Museum Group news

A major free exhibition on the treatment and understanding of cancer has opened at the Science Museum in London, UK. Described as a "world-first", the ... More

Two leading museum operators in the UK have partnered with an augmented reality specialist to present holographic exhibits and experiences for students around the world. ... More

A new event will offer museums and attractions actionable advice on how they can better use technology to boost their income. Taking place in June ... More

A team led by Feilden Fowles has won the National Railway Museum 's competition to design its new Central Hall with an elegant timber-frame rotunda. ... More

Five proposals have been shortlisted for the design of the National Railway Museum 's Central Hall in York, UK, which is scheduled to open in ... More

London's Science Museum says it has now completed its "Masterplan" transformation project, started in 2010, with the opening this weekend of 3,000sq m (9,842sq ft) ... More

Work has commenced on the restoration of the Grade II-listed Power Hall at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester – part of a larger, ... More

Urgently-needed repair work has begun on the Grade II listed Power Hall at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum, following an injection of funding from the ... More

A telescope that once belonged to Sir Isaac Newton, the microscope used by Robert Hooke to create the captivating drawings of insects and plants in ... More

The Science Museum Group has opened a new training and education facility as part of its Science Museum Group Academy arm at Manchester’s Science and ... More

Google Arts and Culture has launched a massive online science museum platform with a number of museums, curators and archivists in 23 countries around the ... More

Work has started on a new permanent home for more than three-quarters of the UK's Science Museum Group's vast collection of artefacts. Called the Science ... More

Ian Blatchford, director and chief executive of the Science Museum Group, has been given a knighthood for services to cultural education. With a portfolio that ... More

A number of leisure industry people have been recognised in this year's New Year Honours list. Sport Former England rugby captain and current chair of ... More

A collection of nearly 50 scientists has urged the London Science Museum to end three oil company partnerships, with the collective arguing the sponsorships are ... More

Tate St Ives has been named the winner of this year's Art Fund Museum of the Year. The awards ceremony took place at the Victoria ... More

The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with shortlisted projects celebrated and recognised across the museums, galleries, heritage ... More

London’s Science Museum has paid tribute to Stephen Hawking, calling the famous scientist a “beacon of inspiration” following his death. Hawking, who died at the ... More

The National Railway Museum in York has said its £50m (US$67.6m, €56.7m) masterplan still is still being finalised, following local reports revealing new details about ... More

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced a shakeup of its ministerial team, with Salisbury MP John Glen being handed the role ... More

The BBC is partnering with a number of UK institutions and charities to launch a year-long season of science and technology programming under the broadcaster's ... More

The National Media Museum in Bradford, UK, is changing its name as part of a major revamp to demonstrate a new focus on science. The ... More

Astronaut Tim Peake has announced his return to space as the Russian capsule that carried him to and from the International Space Station has gone ... More

New data from the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has showed a year-on-year decline in state-sponsored museum visits, with a significant decline ... More

The sweeping air flow around a 1920s aeroplane has inspired Zaha Hadid Architects’ eye-catching new mathematics gallery for London’s Science Museum, which opens to the ... More