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Actions	Science Museum Corporate Archive Remove from selection Add to selection TitleScience Museum Corporate Archive ReferenceCORP/SCM CreatorScience Museum, London The Science Museum, London has it has its origins in the Great Exhibition of 1851, held in Hyde Park in the huge glass building known as the Crystal Palace. In 1857, South Kensington Museum opened on the site of what is now Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1862 the Science collections move to separate buildings on Exhibition Road and in the 1880s a Science library is established, with a Science Collections director appointed in 1893. In 1909, when the new buildings were opened, the title was confined to the Art Collections. The Science and Engineering Collections were finally separated administratively and the name 'Science Museum', in informal use since 1885, was officially adopted. It was on June 26th that year that the institutional reorganisation into two independent institutions was ratified and the title "Science Museum" was officially bestowed. A change in the underlying philosophy of the Science Museum can be said to date from about 1960. The emphasis began to shift from technical education informed by historical exposition, to a more broadly-based policy of preservation of historical artefacts placed in their historical and social context. The history of the Science Museum over the last 150 years has been one of continual change. The exhibition galleries are never static for long, as they have to reflect and comment on the increasing pace of change in science, technology, industry and medicine. Even if this sometimes means the removal of some wellloved objects to store, we can be certain that some of their modern replacements will become cherished in turn. Date 1852 - Scope and ContentThis collection consists of the internal records of the Science Museum and documents its corporate functions and activities. LanguageEnglish Archival historyCorporate records generated by the Science Museum Group (public records) which have a future research or historical value relating to the operation of our organization are selected for permanent retention and transferred to the archive collections at each site under the Public Records Act (1958). Levelsub-fonds Repository nameScience Museum, London Conditions governing accessMaterial is available to researchers through the relevant Science Museum Group archive centre. Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions. Related object Papers of Dame Margaret Weston AppraisalThe Science Museum Group historic public records have been selected according to the Science Museum Group Retention Schedule and National Archives collecting guidelines for the Public Records Act (1958), and in any areas of doubt, at the discretion of the Science Museum Group Corporate Information team and the archives service. System of arrangementFonds level arrangement reflects the Science Museum Group corporate structure. Series level arrangement reflects the Science Museum Group file plan and Retention Schedule for corporate records, mirroring the corporate function and activity structure. The exception to this is the Science Museum’s Z-Archive, ED/79 series and Dyeline collection as these were created outside of this function and activity structure. As a result, they have been arranged separately using their own structure. Hierarchy browser CORP Science Museum Group Corporate Archive 1852 - fonds contains 4 parts CORP/SCM Science Museum Corporate Archive 1852 - sub-fonds contains 21 parts

TitleScience Museum Corporate Archive

ReferenceCORP/SCM

Date

1852 -

Scope and ContentThis collection consists of the internal records of the Science Museum and documents its corporate functions and activities.

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyCorporate records generated by the Science Museum Group (public records) which have a future research or historical value relating to the operation of our organization are selected for permanent retention and transferred to the archive collections at each site under the Public Records Act (1958).

Levelsub-fonds

Repository nameScience Museum, London

Conditions governing accessMaterial is available to researchers through the relevant Science Museum Group archive centre.

Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

Related object

Papers of Dame Margaret Weston

AppraisalThe Science Museum Group historic public records have been selected according to the Science Museum Group Retention Schedule and National Archives collecting guidelines for the Public Records Act (1958), and in any areas of doubt, at the discretion of the Science Museum Group Corporate Information team and the archives service.

System of arrangementFonds level arrangement reflects the Science Museum Group corporate structure. Series level arrangement reflects the Science Museum Group file plan and Retention Schedule for corporate records, mirroring the corporate function and activity structure. The exception to this is the Science Museum’s Z-Archive, ED/79 series and Dyeline collection as these were created outside of this function and activity structure. As a result, they have been arranged separately using their own structure.