By Sophie Vohra Commemorating the past, shaping the future: the jubilee and centenary celebrations of the Stockton and Darlington Railway By Charles Ormrod From Renaissance medals to the Jaguar E-Type car bonnet: mechanised production and the making of luxury goods By Robert Gwynne A long engagement – railways, data and the information age By Pippi Carty-Hornsby Preserving skills and knowledge in heritage machinery operations By Farrah Lawrence-Mackey ‘Iron lung’ as metaphor By David Bryden Science and the City: Valentine Gottlieb, immigrant engineer of Lambeth: his trade card of c. 1810 unpacked By Stewart Emmens Wounded – an exhibition out of time By Helmuth Trischler Festschrift: how do we value artefacts in museum research? By Jeffrey Sturchio Festschrift: experimenting with research: Kenneth Mees, Eastman Kodak and the challenges of diversification By Alison Boyle Festschrift: of mice and myths: challenges and opportunities of capturing contemporary science in museums