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Science Museum, 1996/97
RSA/PR/AR/110/10/63 · Item · 1996-1999
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

Tom Heatherwick worked Jasper Jacob Architects, Chris Wilkinson Architects and Whitby and Bird Engineers on the design of the new 'Challenge of Materials' gallery for this London museum. Heatherwick worked on the methods of design, display and communication in specific areas, including the 'Materials House'. The project was completed in 1996. Client: The National Museum of Science and Industry. Award value £8,000.

The Science and Industry Committee originally arose out of a recommendation made by the Economics Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at the annual meeting in Belfast 1952. The committee was reconstituted in April 1954 under the joint sponsorship of the RSA, the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Nuffield Foundation. The Committee's work was financed by grants from the Board of Trade and from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, under the Conditional Aid scheme for the use of counterpart funds derived from United States economic aid.