The Science Museum has launched a photography and art gallery to show off its extensive collection that has been largely hidden.
The £4.5m project is a collaboration between the Science Museum and the National Media Museum in Bradford.
“We have done a good job at hiding our collection but now expect us to be shameless in getting it out there and unleashed,” said director of the Science Museum Group, Ian Blatchford.
The Media Space opens on 21 September.
Mr Blatchford said there was a definite correlation between art and science and said Vivienne Westwood had put it best in a speech she gave at the museum.
“When people say what do scientists have in common with artists, she said ‘basically there are two types of people in the world and the thing about great artists and great scientists is that they have great imagination — they can see the world differently’, and so that’s why having great artists here is very valuable,” he said.
The Media Space is running two very different exhibitions for its launch: one featuring the work of respected photographers Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr, and the other a digital installation using the latest techniques and user interactivity.
