Traces of past digital labour are to be found everywhere at Science Museum Group. In the penultimate episode of The Hidden Constellation, hear some of the organisation’s longest-standing employees describe the impact of new computing technology when it was initially introduced in the Group’s museums. Learn how, in the 1980s and 90s through to the 2000s, new digital technology profoundly altered established museum practices (as well as audience behaviour) – from curation to cinema projection, collections management to museum interactive design. While some of this legacy is time-consuming and problematic, much of it paved the way for the sophisticated digital labour practices we now find across Science Museum Group.

Voices you’ll hear in this episode include Toni Booth – Associate Curator of Film (National Science and Media Museum), Anne Sharman – Collections Data Officer (National Railway Museum), Mark Cutmore – Head of Commercial Experience (Science Museum Group), Dr Tim Boon - Head of Research & Public History (Science Museum Group), Matt Raymond – Projection Manager (Science Museum), Dave Patten – Head of New Media (Science Museum Group), Somaya Langley – Digital Preservation Manager (Science Museum Group) and Olivia Weekes – former Associate Archivist for Film and Sound (National Railway Museum).

Tim’s chapter on the history of the Science Museum between 1980 – 2000 can be found here.

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