Some of the newest items in our collection illustrate just how quickly technology is evolving.
Large format Polaroid photographs—some more than 2m high and 1m wide—were made in an instant but offer a challenge when it comes to long-term preservation.
Wearable technology isn’t as new as you think. From 1880s portable cameras to the personal radio of the 1930s, see some intriguing examples from our collection.
This unusual chair was used to take portraits of a particular kind of person. Can you guess who?
Dance crazes have always sparked outrage and debate, as these images from our collection prove!
80 years ago today, Alexandra Palace became the birthplace of British television as we know it.
Hit It! is an unusual (and often amusing) installation that captures candid portraits of people in motion.
This year we celebrated our 20th edition of Widescreen Weekend—and it was truly one to remember.
Aardman Animations and plasticine go together like Wallace and Gromit—but the famous studio is increasingly making creative use of CGI, too.
Sometimes, it’s difficult for a photograph to embody the essence of a historic object. How have techniques developed when it comes to recording ancient artefacts?
Our summer exhibition, In Your Face, inspired us to go hunting for examples of ‘faces’ in some of our collection objects.
Dr Jane Frances, Policy Adviser in Education at Changing Faces, talks about how we look at faces and how different ways of seeing are represented in our In Your Face exhibition.