This year we've been on a mission to move forward with our transformation strategy, relaunched our innovative Multaka-Oxford team, and showcased some history-making stories of Oxford science, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine sculpture and Collecting Covid. And let's not forget our new Collections Online database and our first ever festive Curiosity Calendar.

None of this is possible without our fantastic audiences, wonderful supporters, and the incredible team I have the privilege to lead.

Thank you.

With best wishes for a peaceful festive season and a happy, healthy 2022.

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HSM Director Silke Ackermann shares her mantra for 2020, reflects on innovative — if occasionally bumpy — times this year, and looks forward to some exciting new initiatives for 2021.

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Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival is here — hooray!  It’s wonderful to have an event that draws Oxford’s array of communities together, especially in these difficult times. And this year, Multaka volunteers are teaming up with the History of Science Museum (HSM) to create our first ever live-streamed, festival family event.  The activities will take inspiration ... [Read more...]

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