Curating the space–time continuum

Boyle, Alison

Curating the space–time continuum

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Boyle, Alison

Date published

April 1, 2010

Abstract

There cannot be too many jobs in physics that combine shaking hands with the Queen and rummaging around in filthy sheds, but I have one of them. As curator of astronomy and modern physics at London's Science Museum, I am responsible for about 10 000 of the museum's 200 000 collected objects, concentrating on physics from the late 20th century onwards, as well as astronomy and timekeeping. As a result, I like to think of myself as "curator of the space–time continuum".