Science Museum Group
Working as a Junior Photographer at the National Collections Centre in Wroughton, Wiltshire, I contribute to a large-scale consolidation project involving collections from the Group’s five national museums. The photography produced supports ongoing digitisation and makes the collection accessible to a wider audience, strengthening public access, research and long-term preservation. The work covers a broad range of scale, from a 6mm wide experimental graphene circuit to a 3.5m long designer wooden bench, and also includes the extensive John Pollock & Co collection of over 4,200 clay smoking pipes. Through careful documentation, the act of photography becomes a quiet acknowledgement of the accumulated labour, ingenuity and scientific achievement shaped by generations of makers, engineers and researchers.
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1929-878 Mosque lamp, float-wick type
1983-1139 Spectrometer made by Adam Hilger for Lt Col J W Gifford when working in Prof Alfred Fowler's laboratory, c. 1900
2001-491 Pt2 Spares, accessories and records for Perkin-Elmer 257 IR grating spectrometer.
E2011.79.2324 Box containing: x20 OO gauge model railway carriages and wagons made from plastic and metal. Various types including: a small crane, and "Lesney's Modern Amusements" on a flatbed trailer.
1964-129 Pt2 Parts for 1:12 scale model of 5-ton Fordson churn collection lorry including two drivers, a wooden table and a box of milk churns.
TEMP1073726 Accessories for 1981-791 Pt5, 1986-313, 1986-315 and 1986-316/2.
1992-1062 Pt5 74x circuit boards
1990-525 Pt9 Collection of thermionic valves
1980-14
Siebe Gorman "Proto" Mark IV breathing apparatus, including canvas bag and support, two oxygen cylinders, regulator, gauge, goggles and harness, by Siebe Gorman and Company Limited, British, 1950
1985-1668 Bedford O-type articulated tractor and Tasker 8/10 ton low load trailer, 1939. Registration no. JV 8266.
1985-2246/1 Fowler BB1 16 nominal horse power cable ploughing engine (left-hand) no.15195, by John Fowler & Co. (Leeds) Ltd., 1918, and mudhole door. Makers plates missing. Used with second engine of pair (Inventory No. 1985-2247).
1979-581/1 Horse-drawn 'Rutland' farm wagon, circa 1880, with single row straked wheels, horse shafts and fore ladder, probably built by W. A. Adams & Son, West Haddon, Northamptonshire, for the Morris family, Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, remaining in the family until 1957.
1979-759 Diorama illustrating mediaeval agriculture, c.1340.
1979-132 Pt13 Dye cabinet, wooden, labelled British Dyestuffs Corpn. oak. List of the (original) contents are pasted inside the cabinet doors: Direct Cotton Colours, Acid Colours, Chrome Colours, Basic Colours, Sulphur Colours, Vat Colours
A602301 Head of Buddha, cast iron, possibly Chinese, 1-1800
A602603 17th century army paymaster's chest, probably English, 1620-1630
1960-66 Main undercarriage wheel, tyre and brake of Gloster "Meteor"
1980-1728 Martin-Baker Ejection Seat Mark 4, Type 2CA2 serial no. 658, by Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, November 1968
1977-5318 Railway uniform cap, British Railways (London Midland Region), Assistant Station Manager, size 7 1/4, made by J. Compton, Sons & Webb Limited, London, by Appointment to H. M. The Queen, Uniform Makers, 1959-1966.
1911-120 Wrigley gate-change standard gear box No.27507 for 20-30 HP motor car
2004-72 Architectural model of Kansai International Airport passenger terminal, Osaka Bay, Japan, 1988. Structural engineering by Peter Rice (1935-1992) - Study model 2, in cardboard box.
Y2011.25.8 Lithographically printed circuit, made using graphene, University of Manchester, 2004-2010. Dimension 6x6mm
1995-1637 Road traffic light, three aspect, French. Used in Channel Tunnel works, 1987- 1991.
1964-39/4 Group of Laboratory benches and fittings dated 1895 from Government Chemists's Laboratory Dimension 3500x1235mm
1994-118 Model of injector for Desy Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Hamburg
1981-2030 Pair of forestry worker's boots with ballastic nylon lining to legs, and heat and oil resistant sole
1979-197 Vertical envelope - making machine, c. 1890, built and designed by John Dickinson and Co. Ltd.
1917-11 Pulsotype setting and justifying machine
1980-1475 Pathe Concert U horn gramophone with Pathe concert reproducer, 1908/9
1992-1062 Pt4 Motherboard/backplate, 7x40 array, containing qty.255 cb assy's
TEMP1073958 Camera, possible made by Leica, with a Leitz Elmar lens.
1930-907/1 Fireman's smoke helmet
1945-139
Model of Avro "York" aircraft, scale 1:24
1991-233 Pt2
Main part of rectilinear Coordinatograph, cased, by Haag-Streit, AG, of Bern, Switzerland, dated 1979. No.53000674
Conservator Martha Jones working on 1986-8330 Headboard, wreath used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.
Y2001.281.181 An unglazed clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.; "Churchwarden" model pipe with a red-tip stem.
Y2001.281.144 A display case containing five clay tobacco pipes, made by John Pollock & Co.; models include "Manx" (182), "Death or Glory" (95), "Inniskilling (188), "RAOB Dublin" (187), and King Edward VII (228).
Y2001.281.3972 A mould cast and stopper for a "Billiard" model clay tobacco pipe, by John Pollock & Co.
Y2001.281.2808 A "Lady Sarah Wilson" clay tobacco pipe bowl, glazed, made by John Pollock & Co.
Y2001.281.141 An unglazed tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co; bowl has a coat-of-arms with the motto "Producat Tenna," and the stem is partially missing.
Y2001.281.62 A clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co., which commemorates the bicentennial of American independence; "Stanley" pipe model.
Y2001.281.922 A clay tobacco pipe, unglazed, made by John Pollock & Co.; "Garibaldi" model with yellow tip.
Y2001.281.1543 A "Byron" tobacco pipe bowl, made by John Pollock & Co.
Y2001.281.1683 A "Kitchener" clay tobacco pipe, made by John Pollock & Co.
Y2001.281.3825 A toy smokers outfit set with clay pipe, pipe swab, and plastic pouch; made by John Pollock & Co.