150 years ago, Liverpool Road Station (the museum’s historic site) was struck by the most catastrophic event in its history.
Meg McHugh is the Senior Curator of Collections here at the Science and Industry Museum.
Today is the 200th birthday of Edward Taylor Bellhouse—if that name doesn’t mean very much to you, then you need to take a closer look at our Air and Space Hall.
In the first of a new series marking significant dates related to items in our collection, Senior Curator Meg McHugh looks at John Bright, a popular politician during the Victorian era who was instrumental in bringing about electoral reforms.