National Science and Media Museum
@mediamuseum.bsky.social
Exploring the science and culture of image and sound technologies. Home to @picturevillecinema.bsky.social. Based in Bradford. 🎥
Plan your next visit: scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
Plan your next visit: scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
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Porridge and corn flakes presumably for undead skin effects?
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Morning scroll through the collection... anyone know what these are for?
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Morning scroll through the collection... anyone know what these are for?
Spooky szn is truly never over in these parts!
One week to go until we're joined by @talkinghitchpod.bsky.social for an evening exploring Hitchcock’s Rebecca - a gothic tale of obsession, secrets, and desire.
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/cine-...
One week to go until we're joined by @talkinghitchpod.bsky.social for an evening exploring Hitchcock’s Rebecca - a gothic tale of obsession, secrets, and desire.
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/cine-...
Cine Spotlights: Rebecca (PG) [+ intro] | National Science and Media Museum
Join Hitchcock writer, speaker, curator and podcaster Rebecca McCallum for an evening of gothic romance.
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Spooky szn is truly never over in these parts!
One week to go until we're joined by @talkinghitchpod.bsky.social for an evening exploring Hitchcock’s Rebecca - a gothic tale of obsession, secrets, and desire.
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/cine-...
One week to go until we're joined by @talkinghitchpod.bsky.social for an evening exploring Hitchcock’s Rebecca - a gothic tale of obsession, secrets, and desire.
www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/cine-...
It’s #AskAConservator Day! 🧤
We’ve gathered questions from across the museum for our fab team working hard to care for our incredible collections.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ask-our-cons...
We’ve gathered questions from across the museum for our fab team working hard to care for our incredible collections.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ask-our-cons...
Ask Our Conservators Anything - National Science and Media Museum blog
For Ask a Conservator Day, our conservation team give the inside scoop on how they got into the field, their favourite tools, their current projects and more
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It’s #AskAConservator Day! 🧤
We’ve gathered questions from across the museum for our fab team working hard to care for our incredible collections.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ask-our-cons...
We’ve gathered questions from across the museum for our fab team working hard to care for our incredible collections.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ask-our-cons...
One week to go until this fascinating (and free!) online event! 🧊📷
In this online talk hosted by UK Antarctic Heritage Trust on 10 November, our Head Curator, Charlotte, will be discussing our collections - including the camera used by Herbert Ponting to document Captain Scott's 1910 expedition.
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/capturing-...
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/capturing-...
Capturing Antarctica
In partnership with the National Science and Media Museum and Scott Polar Research Institute
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One week to go until this fascinating (and free!) online event! 🧊📷
Happy #Halloween all! 🎃
We've spoken at length about our incredible horror collections recently and, proud as we are of our countless fangs, eyeballs, bites and vials of fake blood, there's a whole lot in our collection that is ✨ unintentionally ✨ terrifying...
We've spoken at length about our incredible horror collections recently and, proud as we are of our countless fangs, eyeballs, bites and vials of fake blood, there's a whole lot in our collection that is ✨ unintentionally ✨ terrifying...
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy #Halloween all! 🎃
We've spoken at length about our incredible horror collections recently and, proud as we are of our countless fangs, eyeballs, bites and vials of fake blood, there's a whole lot in our collection that is ✨ unintentionally ✨ terrifying...
We've spoken at length about our incredible horror collections recently and, proud as we are of our countless fangs, eyeballs, bites and vials of fake blood, there's a whole lot in our collection that is ✨ unintentionally ✨ terrifying...
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Cool @uniofbradford.bsky.social / @bihr.bsky.social event as part of the Bradford Science Festival: get down to @mediamuseum.bsky.social to see if you can catch the Bradford Air Bandits!
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Cool @uniofbradford.bsky.social / @bihr.bsky.social event as part of the Bradford Science Festival: get down to @mediamuseum.bsky.social to see if you can catch the Bradford Air Bandits!
Happy #WorldAnimationDay!
We’ve come a looong way from this, but it never fails to bring a smile to our faces… just look at that tail wag 🥲
We’ve come a looong way from this, but it never fails to bring a smile to our faces… just look at that tail wag 🥲
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Happy #WorldAnimationDay!
We’ve come a looong way from this, but it never fails to bring a smile to our faces… just look at that tail wag 🥲
We’ve come a looong way from this, but it never fails to bring a smile to our faces… just look at that tail wag 🥲
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The DALEK. Obviously!
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The DALEK. Obviously!
It's World Audiovisual Heritage Day!
We've been wracking our brains all morning for an object to post, but it's proving pretty tricky when that pretty much covers, erm, our entire collection...
We've been wracking our brains all morning for an object to post, but it's proving pretty tricky when that pretty much covers, erm, our entire collection...
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It's World Audiovisual Heritage Day!
We've been wracking our brains all morning for an object to post, but it's proving pretty tricky when that pretty much covers, erm, our entire collection...
We've been wracking our brains all morning for an object to post, but it's proving pretty tricky when that pretty much covers, erm, our entire collection...
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Dead White Man at the Bradford Science Festival, powered by the @mediamuseum.bsky.social!
British artist Jeremy Hutchison animates a zombie of textile waste, made of ‘Dead White Mens’ Clothes’—the billions of second-hand garments shipped to Africa every year.
British artist Jeremy Hutchison animates a zombie of textile waste, made of ‘Dead White Mens’ Clothes’—the billions of second-hand garments shipped to Africa every year.
October 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Dead White Man at the Bradford Science Festival, powered by the @mediamuseum.bsky.social!
British artist Jeremy Hutchison animates a zombie of textile waste, made of ‘Dead White Mens’ Clothes’—the billions of second-hand garments shipped to Africa every year.
British artist Jeremy Hutchison animates a zombie of textile waste, made of ‘Dead White Mens’ Clothes’—the billions of second-hand garments shipped to Africa every year.
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This Traitors-themed post from @mediamuseum.bsky.social now means I’ll never sleep soundly again knowing this item is less than 3 miles from my home and bed.
Stookie Bill: Faithful
- catches elsie and francis out straight away but nobody! listens!
- steals the whole show tbh, a real tv star
- great on uncloaked, ed gamble loves him
- catches elsie and francis out straight away but nobody! listens!
- steals the whole show tbh, a real tv star
- great on uncloaked, ed gamble loves him
October 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This Traitors-themed post from @mediamuseum.bsky.social now means I’ll never sleep soundly again knowing this item is less than 3 miles from my home and bed.
How museum objects would do on #TheTraitors, a thread:
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
How museum objects would do on #TheTraitors, a thread:
If you’ve popped into our Sound and Vision galleries, you’ll likely have caught a chill in this corner... 🥶
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you’ve popped into our Sound and Vision galleries, you’ll likely have caught a chill in this corner... 🥶
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Film exhibition professionals in the North, join us for our Members’ Day on Tuesday 21 October. We’ll be at Bradford’s @mediamuseum.bsky.social for a day of panels, advice and conversation with programmers, festivals and venues.
Sign up: bit.ly/4gaoy54 #FilmExhibition ✨
Sign up: bit.ly/4gaoy54 #FilmExhibition ✨
September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Film exhibition professionals in the North, join us for our Members’ Day on Tuesday 21 October. We’ll be at Bradford’s @mediamuseum.bsky.social for a day of panels, advice and conversation with programmers, festivals and venues.
Sign up: bit.ly/4gaoy54 #FilmExhibition ✨
Sign up: bit.ly/4gaoy54 #FilmExhibition ✨
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Won't be a fun watch, but it looks like an important one!
If you're in Yorkshire, it's on this week at @picturevillecinema.bsky.social in Bradford @mediamuseum.bsky.social
And in Hull in November.
Check out the original post for other screenings.
If you're in Yorkshire, it's on this week at @picturevillecinema.bsky.social in Bradford @mediamuseum.bsky.social
And in Hull in November.
Check out the original post for other screenings.
As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Won't be a fun watch, but it looks like an important one!
If you're in Yorkshire, it's on this week at @picturevillecinema.bsky.social in Bradford @mediamuseum.bsky.social
And in Hull in November.
Check out the original post for other screenings.
If you're in Yorkshire, it's on this week at @picturevillecinema.bsky.social in Bradford @mediamuseum.bsky.social
And in Hull in November.
Check out the original post for other screenings.
If you're looking for a little light Friday reading to procrastinate... ahem... I mean wind down for the weekend, then we've got some fresh posts up on the blog to banish your afternoon doomscroll 👀
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you're looking for a little light Friday reading to procrastinate... ahem... I mean wind down for the weekend, then we've got some fresh posts up on the blog to banish your afternoon doomscroll 👀
Mooorning 🥱☕
September 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Mooorning 🥱☕
#OnThisDay in 1889, Nintendo was born!
a group of animal crossing characters are standing on a bridge in front of a house
ALT: a group of animal crossing characters are standing on a bridge in front of a house
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#OnThisDay in 1889, Nintendo was born!
70 years ago, ITV became the UK’s first commercial TV channel, changing advertising forever. 📺
The Smash Martians first landed on screens in 1974, helping to make instant mash even more instantly recognisable. Here's a couple from our collection!
What’s the first TV ad you remember seeing? 👀
The Smash Martians first landed on screens in 1974, helping to make instant mash even more instantly recognisable. Here's a couple from our collection!
What’s the first TV ad you remember seeing? 👀
September 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
70 years ago, ITV became the UK’s first commercial TV channel, changing advertising forever. 📺
The Smash Martians first landed on screens in 1974, helping to make instant mash even more instantly recognisable. Here's a couple from our collection!
What’s the first TV ad you remember seeing? 👀
The Smash Martians first landed on screens in 1974, helping to make instant mash even more instantly recognisable. Here's a couple from our collection!
What’s the first TV ad you remember seeing? 👀
Festival season may be over (mud, tents, warm pints), but FILM festival season is just beginning at Pictureville (carpet, comfy seats, fridge cold bottles of Saltaire Brewery craft beers)... that's right, Widescreen Weekend begins NEXT WEEK! 🎞️
September 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Festival season may be over (mud, tents, warm pints), but FILM festival season is just beginning at Pictureville (carpet, comfy seats, fridge cold bottles of Saltaire Brewery craft beers)... that's right, Widescreen Weekend begins NEXT WEEK! 🎞️
"Weather's turned a bit"
September 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Weather's turned a bit"
friday mood
September 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
friday mood
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Working in film exhibition across the North? Join us at our Member’s Day on Tuesday 21 October at Bradford’s @mediamuseum.bsky.social. Expect inspiring panels, practical advice, and chances to connect with programmers across the region. bit.ly/4gaoy54 📽️
September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Working in film exhibition across the North? Join us at our Member’s Day on Tuesday 21 October at Bradford’s @mediamuseum.bsky.social. Expect inspiring panels, practical advice, and chances to connect with programmers across the region. bit.ly/4gaoy54 📽️
LONDON?!?!
No... Bradford!
We're absolutely buzzing to be a partner venue for this year's #BFILondonFilmFestival, with screenings of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Hamnet and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P0v...
No... Bradford!
We're absolutely buzzing to be a partner venue for this year's #BFILondonFilmFestival, with screenings of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Hamnet and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P0v...
London?
YouTube video by The Talk of the Street Podcast
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
LONDON?!?!
No... Bradford!
We're absolutely buzzing to be a partner venue for this year's #BFILondonFilmFestival, with screenings of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Hamnet and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P0v...
No... Bradford!
We're absolutely buzzing to be a partner venue for this year's #BFILondonFilmFestival, with screenings of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Hamnet and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P0v...