By Tim Boon, Roger Kneebone, Peter Heering, Klaus Staubermann and Yves Winkin A symposium on histories of use and tacit skills By John Kannenberg Towards a more sonically inclusive museum practice: a new definition of ’the ‘sound object By Sophie Goggins, Tacye Phillipson and Samuel J M M Alberti Prosthetic limbs on display: from maker to user By Jennifer Landry Museums theme – Beyond the Black Box: reflections on building a history of chemistry museum By Martha Fleming Museums theme – making Split + Splice: Fragments from the Age of Biomedicine By Peter Donhauser Museums theme – Science vs technology in a museum’s display: changes in the Vienna Museum of Technology with a focus on permanent and temporary exhibitions and new forms of science education By Dirk van Delft Museums theme – Quest for Absolute Zero: A Human Story about Rivalry and Cold By Robert Bud Museums theme – Adventures in Museology: category building over a century, and the context for experiments in reinvigorating the Science Museum at the turn of the twenty-first century By Tom Ritchie Ventriloquised voices: the Science Museum and the Hartree Differential Analyser By Sarah Baines From 2D to 3D: the story of graphene in objects