UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS)’s Post

“It’s not about the knowledge, it’s about inspiration”. For this week’s Brunchtime Talk, our students had the opportunity to hear from Kat Nilsson (she/her), Head of Public Engagement with Science at the The Francis Crick Institute. After a tour round the Hello Brain! exhibition, Kat described what happens behind the scenes of a major science exhibition. “Behind every exhibition is a big idea - a message that it’s trying to get across”, she says. And that’s just the beginning. There is a whole process of ideating and iterating to get it right, many components to think about and connect together, such as audience, content hierarchy and cost. In the end, when asked what makes a good science museum, she pondered, “I think a good science museum has excellent, inspired, engaging interpretation”.

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