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Portrait of SMG Director Sir Ian Blatchford in Locomotion Shildon

Ian Blatchford

Director, Science Museum Group

Ian Blatchford is Director of the Science Museum Group.

Author Articles

Colour photograph of a framed Daguerreotype of the Moon
By Emily Akkermans, Kelley Wilder and Samantha Thompson

Revealing observatory networks through object stories: Instrumental networks

Engraved illustration of an explosion of fire damp in a mineshaft
By Ian Blatchford

Lyon Playfair: chemist and commissioner, 1818–1858

This article explores Lyon Playfair’s life between 1818 and 1858, from his birth to his appointment as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh.
Pamphlet written in the hand of William Herschel giving instructions for the use of his Newtonian reflecting telescope with altazimuth stand
By Ian Blatchford

Editorial

Cover of the Cosmonauts exhibition catalogue depicting a soviet poster of a woman reaching to space with the moon and a space rocket visible in the sky
By Ian Blatchford and Natalia Sidlina

The Cosmonauts challenge