Although the NRM is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, its story actually goes back much further than 1975. In this blog post Dr. Oli Betts, Research Lead, and John Clarke, Assistant Curator, share stories from the museum’s past.
Masterplan Interpretation Manager Lorna Hogger delves into the creative process behind Steve Messam’s sculpture Mass.
Head of Locomotion Sarah Price looks ahead to 2025, which marks 200 years of railway passenger travel.
Sophie Vohra provides an update on this project, which now includes an exhibition in Search Engine until 25 March 2023.
Wonderlab artist Pippa Hale provides an insight into her work on Play Revolution, a crucial part of our new gallery.
Faris Al-Ali unveils the story of an extraordinary railway bookstall that will feature in our redeveloped Station Hall.
Another update from Law on the joy of prototyping, and how visitors have got involved.
On the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian expulsion order, Sophie Vohra and William Law look into the history of South Asian communities in East Africa and Britain, and how their paths have crossed with British owned and operated railways.
Sarah Price shares some good news about the new building soon to appear at Locomotion.
By Debs Hoy
The one where you find out about some very special project partners from local charity The Island
Debs, from exhibit developer Stand + Stare, shares progress on development of our conductive wall exhibit including a recent visit to the museum.
Alex and Tania share a few highlights of our first set of archived corporate records.
Law shines a light on prototyping at NRM; an exciting stage of the Wonderlab project that allows visitors to test first iterations of interactive exhibits.