It may not look like an item related to the history of photography and film, but this new addition to our collection provided an early way of projecting images.
Annie introduces our latest acquisition: the Midas XL3 mixing console, which has toured the UK with some of the world’s biggest bands and artists.
Exciting new items are always being brought into the museum’s collection. Here, Sarah takes a look at the Marjorie Curtis Collection and its links with the tale of the Cottingley Fairies.
Toni Booth takes a first look at the impressive archive of the master of the animation loop, Run Wrake.
Iain Baird reveals the technology behind our latest television collection acquisition, and explains why the Scophony television scanner is not to be scoffed at.
After the sad news of Ray Harryhausen’s death, we give an update on our plans to acquire and house the Harryhausen Collection.
By Phil Oates
An internationally significant contemporary photography archive is added to our collection
An new archive, including work by Martin Parr, Julian Germain and Anna Fox, has joined our collection.
Phil Boot delves into the wonders of the Ray Harryhausen collection.
The BBC is donating almost 1,000 historical objects to the museum as part of its 90th anniversary celebrations. Why is this collection important, and what are we going to do with it?
Since May 2011, we have been exhibiting selections from Ray Harryhausen’s personal collection outside our research centre. Today we reveal the final thematic display: Dinosaurs.