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Article: Preview BBC Stargazing Live returns with astronomical plans for UK museums and galleriesThe BBC's annual campaign to get people involved with astronomy, Stargazing Live, returns following the huge success of last year's campaign.07 January 2013 -
Article: Feature Curator's Choice: Catherine Byrne on a V-2 rocket at the Royal Engineers MuseumAfter being held at various Ministry of Defence bases since World War II, an enormous V-2 rocket has been restored and put on show at the Royal Engineers Museum.17 September 2012 -
Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Professor Frank James of the Royal Institution chooses a Voltaic BatteryCurator's Choice: Professor Frank James, Head of Collections and Heritage at the Royal Institution, picks Alessandro Volta's Voltaic pile, made from zinc, copper and cardboard.03 February 2011 -
Venue: Heritage site, Industrial heritage site County: Cornwall East Pool Mine (National Trust) Near Redruth -
Article: Feature First Time Out: Ancient dishes, Chinese puzzles, bone guillotine and the earliest lightbulbIn the second part of our series on the exhibit swap going on between ten venues, we get the inside track on amazing artefacts including the earliest lamp.10 June 2013 -
Venue: Industrial heritage site, Museum, Archive, Heritage site County: Cornwall Geevor Tin Mine Museum and Heritage Centre Penzance -
Article: News in Brief Gertrude Jekyll: Landscape Gardener and Craftswoman to open at Woking's LightboxA major summer exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking will take a look at the myriad talents of Gertrude Jekyll - a prolific pioneer of garden design more than a century ago.04 March 2013 -
Article: News Harwell Dekatron team go viral as Witch computer enters Guinness World Record booksWatch a video on the heroic restoration which allowed The National Museum of Computing's resident juggernaut to become the world's oldest working digital computer.30 January 2013 -
Article: Preview Hidden Heroes – The Genius of Everyday Things opens at the Science Museum, LondonPictures of some of the greatest inventions and inventors of all time as the Science Museum aims to "celebrate the truly uncelebrated" in a major new exhibition.09 November 2011 -
Article: Review Hidden Heroes reveals The Genius of Everyday Things in Science Museum show full of wonderA gorilla made out of coat hangers and some kinky zipwork leave Jennie Gillions looking at her teabags in a different light at the Science Museum's enlightening new show.11 November 2011 -
Venue: Garden, parklands or rural site, Historic house or home, Museum, Heritage site County: Wiltshire Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village (National Trust) nr Chippenham -
Article: News National Museum of Computing tells "huge part" of tech history in new software galleryA robotics display and examples of how software infiltrates everyday domestic items are among the highlights in a new four-section display volunteers say has proved "great fun".13 June 2013 -
Article: News National Railway Museum launches countdown to Mallard 75 in YorkshireFlags have been flown in Doncaster and York Castle has been lit up as part of the build up to the 75th anniversary of the Mallard breaking the world steam speed record.22 April 2013 -
Article: Preview Natural History Museum's new Treasures gallery highlights exceptional objectsLondon's Natural History Museum will open a new permanent gallery in November showcasing 22 of the most exceptional objects from the museum's collection.25 September 2012 -
Article: News Oldest digital computer rebooted at The National Museum of Computing in BletchleySixty-one years after it was made for an atomic research department, the "charmed life" of the 2.5-tonne Harwell Dekatron has found its latest home.21 November 2012 -
Article: News Raspberry Pi chicken shames cupboard raiders on Twitter as MOSI teams up with uniThe Museum of Science and Industry's STEM team and the University of Manchester have collaborated on a series of workshops allowing children to create revolutionary gadgets.09 January 2013 -
Article: News Record breaking Mallard in A4 reunion at York's National Railway MuseumThe locomotive which narrowly notched the world steam speed record in 1938 will be reunited with its six surviving A4 class engines as part of a celebratory season in York.28 March 2013 -
Venue: Garden, parklands or rural site, Museum, Library, Archive, Gallery, Heritage site, Science centre, Ship or maritime heritage site County: Greater London Royal Museums Greenwich Greenwich -
Article: Preview Rustless: Harry Brearley and the Impact of Stainless on Everyday Life at Kelham IslandA century after Harry Brearley hit upon the formula for "rustless" steel, a renamed room and two displays at Kelham Island Museum honour the Sheffield lad's achievements.08 May 2013 -
Article: News Science Museum announces details of huge £15.6 million Information Age galleryCharting communications from the 19th century to the internet age, organisers say the largest exhibition space at London's Science Museum is a "landmark project".30 April 2013
