Join one of our volunteer guides to explore the Science Museum Group Collection through the lens of gender and sexual identity.
Discover stories of LGBTQ+ people and how they have impacted society and scientific innovation.
Hear stories of pioneering scientists such as:
- Angela Clayton: the renowned physicist and vice-president of the group “Press for Change”, which led to full legal recognition of trans rights for people living in the UK.
- Nergis Marvalvala: an astrophysicist part of the team that developed the LIGO detector and award recipient of the LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year in 2014.
- Alan Turing: the British mathematician who designed the Pilot ACE computer and helped crack the German “Enigma” machine during WWII.
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