Media Space

Media Space before construction / Photo: Kate Elliott

Opening in September 2013, Media Space will showcase the National Photography Collection held by the National Media Museum through a series of major exhibitions. A collaboration between the Science Museum and the National Media Museum, Media Space will also invite photographers, artists and the creative industries to respond to the wider collections of the Science Museum Group to explore visual media, technology and science.

Media Space will be based on the second floor of the Science Museum. It is a £4 million capital project and will include a 500 m² gallery for major exhibitions, a Virgin Media Studio for installations, events and creative workshops, and a café/bar. Hannah Redler was announced as Head of Media Space and Science Museum Arts Programme in 2012.

The first major exhibition at Media Space will be Only in England: Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr, drawing from the Tony Ray-Jones archive at the National Media Museum. The exhibition is curated by Greg Hobson, curator of Photographs at the National Media Museum, and Martin Parr has been invited to select works from the Tony Ray-Jones archives.

Detail of Beachy Head Tripper Boat, 1967, Tony Ray Jones, National Media Museum

First installation

The inaugral installation in the Virgin Media Studio will be by digital artist studio collaborators Universal Everything. Hyundai Motor UK is Presenting Partner of the Universal Everything installation and further details will be announced in the summer of 2013.

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Sponsors

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Donors and supporters

We would like to thank all donors of photographs and the buyers who supported the Media Space fundraising benefit sale in May 2012. Special thanks go to Christie's and Darbyshire. We are also grateful to a number of other individuals and organisations for their generous support.