Press office

The National Science and Media Museum’s press office helps journalists and broadcasters access our collection, information on our extensive programme of events and exhibitions, and the insight offered by our experts.

Contact our press team with requests for press images, review tickets, or to arrange any filming or photography at the museum.

Browse our press release archive below, or discover more about the National Science and Media Museum.

Press enquiries
For press enquiries, please contact Phil Oates, Press and PR Manager.

EMAIL: phil.oates@scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk

CALL: 01274 203 317

Jo Quinton-Tulloch, Naz Shah and Philip Davies with Soyuz TMA-19M

New gallery, name and spacecraft all set to land at revamped museum

Thursday 09 March 2017 A state-of-the-art £1.8m interactive gallery, a new name, and the arrival of Tim Peake’s spacecraft are among a series of major launches at the museum this year.

Washing line, Halifax, 1965, John Bulmer

Britain in Focus: A Photographic History to open

Thursday 23 February 2017 Britain in Focus: A Photographic History is a major new exhibition exploring the fascinating and remarkable history of British photography.

Poetics of Light

Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography to open

Thursday 23 February 2017 Poetics of Light, a major exhibition of pinhole photography, receives its European premiere in Bradford.

YO-KAI WATCH

Hit video game YO-KAI WATCH takes over the museum for half term

Tuesday 24 January 2017 This February half term, the hit franchise YO-KAI WATCH takes over the museum for nine days of free family activities.

Dr Geoffrey Belknap

Museum appoints new Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology

Thursday 15 December 2016 Dr Geoffrey Belknap, a historian of photography, visual culture and Victorian science, has been appointed Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology at the museum.

Lates at the National Science and Media Museum

Wearable tech and acrobats at the next Lates event

Thursday 01 December 2016 Students from Bradford College will be unveiling prototypes of wearable technology at the next Lates event on Thursday 8 December 2016.

Fox Talbot

Museum exhibition explores life and work of inventor of the photograph

Friday 14 October 2016 The life, work and inventions of William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of modern photography, are presented in a major new exhibition.

Aardman Expression Lab

Expression Lab celebrates 40 years of Aardman

Wednesday 12 October 2016 For October half term 2016, the museum’s In Your Face exhibition joins forces with Aardman to celebrate the studio’s 40th anniversary.

Two small children play with a hands on activity at the Museum

New Trans Pennine scheme to inspire the scientists of the future

Tuesday 27 September 2016 A new partnership will deliver thousands of visits from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ambassadors into schools across the North.

The Portrait Sideshow Experience

In Your Face portrait sessions reveal diverse range of museum visitors

Thursday 22 September 2016 A visual snapshot of museum visitors has been created from dozens of new portraits taken as part of the In Your Face experience.

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