Science

Science centres ‘undermined’ by a lack of government support

Association writes open letter calling for better recognition and funding

Working life | ‘I was ill-prepared for the interview but I convinced them to admit me’

Aviva Burnstock, winner of the 2025 Plowden Medal for Conservation, tells us about finding a career path that combined art and science – and how a garden snail played a key role in her future

Heritage Fund awards £9.7m towards Royal Observatory transformation

Capital project will create new courtyard, entrance pavilion and interactive astronomy galleries

Oxford’s History of Science Museum announces revamp

Museum receives planning and Listed building consent for project

Science Museum launches Space gallery

New permanent exhibition is part of a wider project to rework the ground floor of the London museum

Radical revamp | National Science and Media Museum, Bradford

A thoroughly engaging redevelopment, but will it stand the test of time?

Out of this world | Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth?, Natural History Museum, London

Daisy Finch visits an exhibition that embraces the fun to be found in the biggest unknown of all

Working life | ‘After a few days, I knew the museum would be a wonderful place to work’

Matt Moore, director of the Science Museum Group’s Science and Innovation Park, on problem solving, sustainability and being a communicator

Science and Industry Museum plans Wonderlab gallery as it extends revamp

Manchester institution to create several new permanent galleries after finishing first phase of redevelopment

Science Museum ‘monitoring’ US bribery case against Adani Green Energy

Indictment of Gautam Adani prompts fresh calls for museum to drop sponsorship deal

Books | Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication

This book is a timely look at the need to recognise knowledge, finds Craig Smith

Science Museum Group collections centre unveils name as it opens to public

More than 300,000 objects are housed in the publicly accessible Hawking Building near Swindon