Want to know the coolest thing we've ever worked on? The most dangerous object in our collection? The most expensive thing we've ever touched? Join our team here next Thursday 4 November for #AskAConservator day where we'll be answering your questions live!

Tomorrow is #AskAConservator day and we are taking part! Send us any questions about what we do and how we do it and we'll be standing by to answer. #conservation

It's finally here! It's #AskAConservator day and our team is, standing by all day to answer any questions you have!

#DKY that #AskAConservatorDay is held today as a remembrance of the devastating flood of Florence on 4 November 1966. Today we celebrate the developments in the field of conservation & encourage social media engagement with conservators - so please ask away! @Conservators_uk

What are your Friday jobs? Laura, our Conservation Assistant, has been getting the Space Gallery in 'Peake' condition today by cleaning the Soyuz capsule which carried Tim Peake and other astronauts in 2015.

#OTD in 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast. Did you know that we have some objects relating to the series in our collection? This Cyberman costume often gives our team a fright in the stores Science and Industry Museum . See more here collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8407…

#OTD in 1909, the patent for Bakelite granted. Our collection contains lots of this manmade material, which you can read more about in this fab blog blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/bakelite-the-f…

It doesn't feel like five minutes, but it's actually been 5 years since our Mathematics Gallery opened Science Museum . Throwback to our team installing this beautiful gallery back in 2016.

Today in 1919, the plane which completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight came to the Science Museum. The Vickers Vimy is still on display in our Flight gallery today, and is cared for by our team, using scaffolding towers when they have to clean/conserve it.

What's red and festive? It's this photo of a Conservator working on one of the larger objects from our collection, a hydrogen fuel cell bus of course! Read more about this object here collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8089…

🎥 ...and here's how they did it! Timelapse footage shows the final stages of the restoration - when they signal was raised back onto the platform, ready to be redisplayed. 🚄 Don't forget to look out for it the next time you're travelling north from York station!

Wow! The Great Northern somersault signal, National Railway Museum, was refurbished to its former glory thanks to work from Network Rail and our talented Conservation team.

This is 2022 as told through my work as a Paper Conservator working for the Science Museum diverse and fascinating, love my job! #Conservation #PaperConservation #HappyNewYear #ScienceMuseum #WomenInSTEM #MyYear #Museums #Archives #CollectionsCare SMG Conservation

Remember that 4m long map from 1824? Im on the home stretch now, hurray 😁 go surface clean go #conservation #georgestephenson #trains SMGResearch SMG Conservation National Railway Museum

"I remember my goosebumps when I saw the very first paper negative in the history of photography, which is part of our collection!" Read more from an interview with Vanessa Torres, Conservator at the Science and Media Museum, here: linkedin.com/posts/sciencem…

I love my job! Making new housings for these paper mathematical models. They have no right to be this darn cute!! #conservation SMG Conservation

A magic lantern is an early type of projector developed in the 17th century. Hear from conservator Vanessa Torres about the work it took to make magic lantern slides part of our fascinating collection at the National Science and Media Museum. blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/magic-lantern-…