Flo, a member of Young Producers, discusses how we can discover the history of objects by examining their surface.  ** From Time-Turners in Harry Potter to Alethiometers in His Dark Materials, clever instruments with complex markings and shiny surfaces are great centre-pieces to stories of adventure and intrigue. I like to think that JK Rowling and Philip Pullman ... [Read more...]

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Tom, from the Museum’s Young Producers group, talks about astrolabes and the craftsman Abd al A’imma.   ** It is easy to forget the past. This is perhaps most true of technology. We have no reason to think about it, but every day we do something utterly radical. We reach for a smartphone, and we’ve harnessed ... [Read more...]

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