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A New Digital Platform for Science in Museums
William Bally’s miniature phrenological specimens, England (1831) (© Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library) A new online journal is aspiring to create a dialogue among museum...
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The Scientist Who Shot His Photos with a Gun and Inspired Futurism
Étienne Jules-Marey, “Chronophotograph of a Man Clearing a Hurdle” (1892) (© National Media Museum, Bradford, SSPL) The phased movement of Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” (1912)...
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The First Artwork Made in Outer Space
Taktika pencils used by Alexei Leonov on board Voskhod 2 (1965), and the first drawing created in space (© Museum of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre) LONDON — The first human to spacewalk...
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Alec Soth’s Case Studies of America
Alec Soth, “Bill, Sandusky, Ohio” (2014), from ‘Songbook’ “Our vision of America is so shaped by television and movies. All we see are Hollywood starlets and New York cops. We sometimes forget that...
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How the Naming of Clouds Changed the Skies of Art
A cirrocumulus cloud study by Luke Howard (1803-11) (© Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library) The clouds in many 19th-century European paintings look drastically different than those in...
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The Incredible Electric Eric: Rebuilding a Lost 1920s British Robot
Eric the robot in 1928 (GIF by the author via Science Museum/YouTube) By all accounts, the debut of the UK’s first humanoid robot was a startling affair. Before rising on gleaming aluminum legs to give...
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A Lost 1920s Robot Is Reconstructed in London
The UK’s first robot disappeared sometime after his 1928 debut, but now the electric Eric has returned! Following a successful crowdfunding campaign, the Science Museum in London is unveiling a...
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Five Centuries of Robotic Machines Reflect Human and Technological Change
Installation view of Robots at the Science Museum, London, including the 1957 “Cygan” robot at center (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) LONDON — Less than a century since Karel Čapek coined...
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The Seductive Currents of Electricity Pylons
Images from the albums of photographs of electricity pylons in various countries (1920-29) (courtesy Science Museum, London) What is the allure of a pylon? The utility tower that supports and...
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London’s Science Museum Faces Backlash Over Oil-Sponsored Climate Exhibition
“By allowing Shell to sponsor this exhibition, the Science Museum is helping to boost the company’s cynical greenwash,” said Jess Worth, co-director of Culture Unstained.
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Toga-clad Activists Crashed British Museum’s Reopening to Protest Oil...
BP or Not BP? activists staged a protest against Big Oil sponsorship at the British Museum and Science Museum this weekend.
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Climate Activists Occupy London’s Science Museum to Protest Shell Sponsorship
During the two-day protests, activists explained that they “won’t stand by and let the Science Museum green-wash Shell’s reputation.”
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