Commissioned by the charity Shelter, Nick Hedges photographed Bradford in 1969–70, documenting the housing crisis of the time with images that capture the links between domestic life and industry.
As well as books and journals, our library is home to self-published zines covering community broadcasting and pirate radio.
Can a museum exhibition engage all five of our senses? Alice Carlton gives us a younger visitor’s view of Supersenses.
The Andor Kraszna-Krausz Archive offers a fascinating glimpse into the Focal Press founder’s travels across Europe.
Bradford primary school students were among the first to explore Supersenses—take a look at what they discovered.
How (and why) do animals see colours differently from humans? Take a look at the world through an animal’s eyes.
The National Science and Media Museum is home to Pictureville Cinema, which includes the world’s only public Cinerama screen.
Photographer Keeley Bentley writes about her experience researching in our archives, and the links she found between our collection and Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland.
A life-size cardboard cut-out of the Spice Girls might not be something you would expect to find in a museum store…
One of the first collections we have been working on in our Archive Management Project is that of British animator Run Wrake (1965–2012).
National Science and Media Museum volunteer Rosemary Cole discovers the links between photography and paintings at our Poetics of Light exhibition.
Sunday 30 April was World Pinhole Day, and to mark the occasion we teamed up with the Bradford School of Art to explore the world of pinhole photography.