- TitleRecords relating to the history of the Science Museum
- ReferenceCORP/SCM/Z-Archive
- Production date1851 - 1993
- Scope and ContentThe Z archive documents the history of the Science Museum and its activities, beginning from its origins as the South Kensington Museum. It contains a mixture of contemporary internal papers, corporate histories, working documents, ledgers, reports and minutes, catalogues and exhibition guides, newsletters and newspaper cuttings, museum events and staff activities, building plans, photographs and films. It currently comprises approximately 100 linear metres. The archive has been put together in a piecemeal structure over the years. As internal documents became outdated, various staff have transferred them into the archive based on their historical interest. Thus, some of the series are inconsistent and fragmented. The large collection of photographs can be found in Z/111. The photographs depict staff, building construction, galleries, exhibitions, events and more from the museum’s earliest history. This collection has its own separate listing. Certain files were sent to the Public Records Office (now The National Archives) in the 1970s and then returned in 1988. These have a separate listing as ED 79.
- LanguageEnglish
- Level of descriptionSUB-SUB-FONDS
- Repository nameScience Museum, London
- Conditions governing accessOpen Access
- Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
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- contains 4 partsTOPCORP Science Museum Group Corporate Archive
- contains 19 partsSUB-FONDSCORP/SCM Science Museum Corporate Archive
- contains 336 partsSUB-SUB-FONDSCORP/SCM/Z-Archive Records relating to the history of the Science Museum