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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
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?
You may already be familiar with their work through our Blog from the Basement series (and if you’re not, you should be!), but today they’re answering *our* burning questions about what it takes to look after the collection.💗
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
You may already be familiar with their work through our Blog from the Basement series (and if you’re not, you should be!), but today they’re answering *our* burning questions about what it takes to look after the collection.💗
And perhaps the scariest of all... the inescapable passage of time :)
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
And perhaps the scariest of all... the inescapable passage of time :)
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Scary in a "war is scary" way but also in a Doctor Who S1E9 "The Empty Child" way
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Scary in a "war is scary" way but also in a Doctor Who S1E9 "The Empty Child" way
Andy Pandy and his cursed tricycle. No further questions.
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Andy Pandy and his cursed tricycle. No further questions.
Buddy is OBVIOUSLY TERRIFYING! But I raise you the interactive button next to him in the Sound and Vision galleries that makes his eyes move (which I am certain I've seen move unprompted)
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Buddy is OBVIOUSLY TERRIFYING! But I raise you the interactive button next to him in the Sound and Vision galleries that makes his eyes move (which I am certain I've seen move unprompted)
Like this wooden doll from 1780! Although this one's actually kind of charming? But terrifying?
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Like this wooden doll from 1780! Although this one's actually kind of charming? But terrifying?
This poured wax doll from the early 1900s or literally any of many similar old dolls in our collection tbh...
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This poured wax doll from the early 1900s or literally any of many similar old dolls in our collection tbh...
First up, Jim Henson's animatronic March Hare head from Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Based on this alone it is absolutely wild that this wasn't a horror film tbh???
Based on this alone it is absolutely wild that this wasn't a horror film tbh???
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
First up, Jim Henson's animatronic March Hare head from Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Based on this alone it is absolutely wild that this wasn't a horror film tbh???
Based on this alone it is absolutely wild that this wasn't a horror film tbh???
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 🥲
Fantastic - thanks so much for sharing! Pretty sure that same red Dalek pictured there is usually now found lurking in the bar area of Pictureville cinema if you ever wanted to be reunited...
October 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Fantastic - thanks so much for sharing! Pretty sure that same red Dalek pictured there is usually now found lurking in the bar area of Pictureville cinema if you ever wanted to be reunited...
Feathers McGraw: TRAITOR
- Big Dog Theory personified
- throws the Dalek under a bus without a second look
- our winner 👑
- Big Dog Theory personified
- throws the Dalek under a bus without a second look
- our winner 👑
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Feathers McGraw: TRAITOR
- Big Dog Theory personified
- throws the Dalek under a bus without a second look
- our winner 👑
- Big Dog Theory personified
- throws the Dalek under a bus without a second look
- our winner 👑
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 9:26 AM
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
Elsie and Francis (the Cottingley Fairies girls): TRAITORS
- already fooled the whole world? iconic 💅
- eventually caught out and take each other down
- already fooled the whole world? iconic 💅
- eventually caught out and take each other down
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Elsie and Francis (the Cottingley Fairies girls): TRAITORS
- already fooled the whole world? iconic 💅
- eventually caught out and take each other down
- already fooled the whole world? iconic 💅
- eventually caught out and take each other down
March Hare: FAITHFUL
- WILD theories. like absolutely insane.
- spells everyone's name wrong at the round table
- WILD theories. like absolutely insane.
- spells everyone's name wrong at the round table
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
March Hare: FAITHFUL
- WILD theories. like absolutely insane.
- spells everyone's name wrong at the round table
- WILD theories. like absolutely insane.
- spells everyone's name wrong at the round table
Xenomorph: FAITHFUL
- banished on the second episode
- not a traitor, just misunderstood :(
- banished on the second episode
- not a traitor, just misunderstood :(
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Xenomorph: FAITHFUL
- banished on the second episode
- not a traitor, just misunderstood :(
- banished on the second episode
- not a traitor, just misunderstood :(
Buddy: FAITHFUL
- arouses suspicion by getting it wrong at every single roundtable
- clueless but harmless
- arouses suspicion by getting it wrong at every single roundtable
- clueless but harmless
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Buddy: FAITHFUL
- arouses suspicion by getting it wrong at every single roundtable
- clueless but harmless
- arouses suspicion by getting it wrong at every single roundtable
- clueless but harmless
Dalek: TRAITOR
- ruthless but too obvious
- banished by episode four for trying to exterminate someone who has a shield
- ruthless but too obvious
- banished by episode four for trying to exterminate someone who has a shield
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Dalek: TRAITOR
- ruthless but too obvious
- banished by episode four for trying to exterminate someone who has a shield
- ruthless but too obvious
- banished by episode four for trying to exterminate someone who has a shield
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... 🥶
Mooorning 🥱☕
September 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Mooorning 🥱☕
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? 👀
"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
On this day in 1979, the terrifying Xenomorph first hit our screens in Ridley Scott's Alien.
Over on our blog, volunteer blogger Sophie explores the artistic influences that made Alien’s monster so terrifying.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/designing-fe...
Over on our blog, volunteer blogger Sophie explores the artistic influences that made Alien’s monster so terrifying.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/designing-fe...
September 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
On this day in 1979, the terrifying Xenomorph first hit our screens in Ridley Scott's Alien.
Over on our blog, volunteer blogger Sophie explores the artistic influences that made Alien’s monster so terrifying.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/designing-fe...
Over on our blog, volunteer blogger Sophie explores the artistic influences that made Alien’s monster so terrifying.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/designing-fe...
Happy International Dog Day! 🐕🎬
This sketch is a line test from the 1954 animated film Animal Farm, created by pioneering British studio Halas and Batchelor.
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
This sketch is a line test from the 1954 animated film Animal Farm, created by pioneering British studio Halas and Batchelor.
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
August 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy International Dog Day! 🐕🎬
This sketch is a line test from the 1954 animated film Animal Farm, created by pioneering British studio Halas and Batchelor.
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
This sketch is a line test from the 1954 animated film Animal Farm, created by pioneering British studio Halas and Batchelor.
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum