"At the moment, the Making of the Modern World gallery has six different zones presenting some iconic and everyday items that have shaped how we live today. Among the fascinating stuff on the display, there's the first Apple computer, a porcelain bowl salvaged from Hiroshima, penicillin from Ian Fleming's lab, the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, 'Puffing Billy', and Tracy, one of the world's first transgenic sheep."
"The refurb is being designed by Lawson Ward Studio. Led by architects Hannah Lawson and Georgina Ward (who are also currently working with the Courtauld Institute of Art, the Wallace Collection and the Natural History Museum), the new and improved gallery will 'draw on the existing architectural features of the space, utilising natural light, the double height and the largest gallery space in the museum'."
"Sir Ian Blatchford, Director and Chief Executive of the Science Museum Group, said: 'Through our ambitious new Ages of Invention: The Serum Institute Gallery we will create the most significant display of objects from the history of science anywhere in the world. Visitors will be able to journey through 250 years of innovation and expl"
The Science Museum received an eight-figure donation from the Serum Institute of India to transform its Making the Modern World gallery. The gallery will be rebranded Ages of Invention: The Serum Institute Gallery and is scheduled to reopen in 2028. Lawson Ward Studio, led by Hannah Lawson and Georgina Ward, will design the refurbishment, emphasising natural light, double-height spaces, and existing architectural features. The gallery will continue to span 250 years of innovation and retain current artefacts, including the first Apple computer, a Hiroshima porcelain bowl, penicillin from Ian Fleming's lab, Puffing Billy, and Tracy the transgenic sheep.
Read at Time Out London
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