Anna takes a behind-the-scenes look at our latest exhibition.
We have seven permanent galleries and three exhibition spaces. From interactive family fun to the history of photography, find out more about the subjects we cover and the objects we display with blog posts from our team and guest authors.
Erin Newell and Phil Bird’s artwork 1 and another celebrates the web’s open source spirit of sharing and collaboration.
Installing a new exhibition can involve many hurdles—it’s not all just hanging pictures on a wall—and today we tackled quite a challenge.
It takes a lot of work to develop the interactive exhibits you see at the museum. Audience Researcher Catherine Elvin looks at how we test them.
Thomson & Craighead focus on the threat to net neutrality with their piece Live Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee (an early warning system).
Getting the opportunity to work on a brand new gallery doesn’t happen very often. Creating video content for Life Online presented an exciting challenge for our team.
Six months ago, a group of dedicated young people came together to work on the development of a brand new artwork as part of the Life Online project.
Meet Joe Brook, our Life Online Project Leader, to hear more about the inspiration behind the new space—and see a sneak preview.
Seven weeks to go before Life Online opens to the public: looming shapes have appeared in the foyer, walls are being built, and our technicians are ready to fit screens, lights and speakers…
We’ve moved into the really exciting final phase of the Life Online gallery build, where the 2D concepts are finally coming to life.
Our Youth Engagement Officer, Dave, has been working with a group of local teenagers on a project for our Life Online [open source] exhibition. Here he shares a bit about what they’ve been up to.
How do you capture something as formless as the internet in a museum gallery? Anna Ward investigates, with some insight into how we interviewed email pioneer Ray Tomlinson from across the Atlantic.