The Museum During the Pandemic

On the 17th of March 2020 the Science Museum closed its doors due to the covid 19 pandemic, at the time no one anticipated this would result in the longest closure of the science museum since WWII. Five months later, on August the 19th the museum finally re-opened with its new exhibition Brass, Steel and Fire and a year after the initial closure the museum opened as an NHS vaccination centre becoming the first national museum to host a vaccination centre, this was later relocated to the patrons room. From the very first uncertain days of the pandemic the curatorial team began collecting objects and planning an exhibition to explore the development of the vaccine. Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine opened to the public on the 30th November 2022.

This is a selection of images produced during the intervening time from the closure through to the opening of the exhibition, and documents the many aspects of museum response to the pandemic; the construction of the vaccine centre, colleagues and visitors receiving shots, responding to distancing and safety guidelines.

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