For over 150 years we have collected objects, photographs and archive material that tell stories of the impact of science, technology, engineering, medicine and media of our world. Outside of the five museums in the Science Museum Group, we work closely with museums in the UK and beyond to maximise public access to the collection we hold.

Each year we loan thousands of items to institutions in the UK and around the world. We are also digitising the collection and publishing it online, making it available to anyone anywhere at any time. Curators across the Science Museum Group actively identify, research and collect hundreds of significant objects each year – through donations or purchases – for our internationally significant collection. We are ambitious in the objects we acquire and this collection showcases some of the work that we do with objects that we acquire.

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