Developing new experiences

As part of the Science in Your World programme, Banbury Museum & Gallery share their experience of developing a new interactive exhibit to support engagement with their unique local content.

From collections to classrooms, our mission to embed science capital across programmes and people. Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums reflect on their participation in the Science in Your World programme.

A good tour can enhance a visitors’ experience, providing face-to-face contact and unique insights into a range of fascinating subjects. Here we share some of our top tips for how to create and deliver memorable and engaging tours. 

Alice White interviews Beth Hawkins and Madeline Stanley on the development of our new Academy course ‘Exploring Science Through Play’ for early years practitioners.

What happens when a museum Learning team can’t work in their museum? Emma Hart, Schools and Families Producer at the National Science and Media Museum (NSMM) shares her experience of the ‘Visiting You’ outreach programme and why she hopes it will continue for years to come.

We have just launched Wonderlab+, the first ever website specially designed for children and families from The Science Museum Group. Wonderlab+ showcases our games, videos and hands-on activities, as well as offering a new way to interact in the form of quizzes.

Jess Sashaw, SMG Academy Programme Leader, shares her experience of developing a webinar to support library communities with the Summer Reading Challenge theme of Gadgeteers.

We experience the world through a combination of what we can see, hear, smell, feel and taste. Sassy Holmes, Associate Interactive Gallery Curator for the National Railway Museum, delves into the importance of exploring all of the senses when creating inclusive community engagement.

What does a science capital informed approach look like in practice? The Science Capital in Practice: Foundations for the Future seminar brought together ideas, experiences, and advice around applying a science capital approach in museums and science centres.

In part two of our Science Capital in Practice: Foundations for the future blog series, we explore what the programme partners learned about sharing the science capital approach with their colleagues across their organisation.

In part one of our Science Capital in Practice: Foundations for the Future blog series, we explore how taking a science capital approach has helped partner organisations to build and broaden their audiences.

We talk about engagement a lot in our work, it is at the heart of everything that we do and we use it to describe and measure the value and benefit of our experiences. However, it can be a hard word to define. Beth Hawkins explores ‘what exactly do we mean when we talk about engagement?’.