A publication by Leeds HPS students!

The Science Museum’s prestigious online Journal has just published an article co-authored by two PRHS postgraduate students, Alexander King and Nela Spurná (written with PRHS staff member Graeme Gooday): ‘1876 and All That: the ‘Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus’ as a case study in crowd-sourced international public science’  In 2021-22, under Gooday’s supervision, Nela and Alex undertook an online placement module (PRHS 5000M) at the Science Museum for the MA programme in ‘Science, History and Society’. This article features their research on the fate of exhibition of scientific instruments in 1876 that has long been seen as a key moment in the origins of the modern Science Museum in South Kensington, London. The Science  Museum is now planning a 150^th anniversary event for that exhibition in 2026, and this article will inform their planning of their exhibits and public engagement programme.