Alexandra Rose Email & Phone Number

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

I am responsible for the Museum's collections relating to geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, surveying, environmental science, and astronomy. In my research and curatorial practice I am especially interested in the history of geophysics, climate change and environmental science, and museum history. I also sit on the Science Museum's Sustainability.

London, United Kingdom

• I manage the Science Museum's programme of exhibitions, events and installations relating to climate change.
• Leading development and delivery of Climate Changing programme
• Scoping engaging, audience-focussed programme of exhibitions, events and installations across the programme, and resourcing to enable delivery of high quality projects. Achieving buy-in and approval from senior.
• Project Lead on Unlocking Lovelock: Scientist, Inventor, Maverick exhibition, displaying and interpreting the archive and artefacts of James Lovelock.
• Acting lead curator on above project, holding project vision, selecting artefacts, authoring content narrative and interpretation strategy. Managing research, design and construction phases, and coordinating input from.
• Project Lead on Rubbish Collection art installation, holding overall vision and ensuring alignment with overall programme objectives

London

• Working on redevelopment of Polytechnic Museum, Moscow – Russia’s state science and technology museum
• Leading content and interpretation development for object-rich galleries on themes of energy, power generation and transport to enable delivery of concept (Oct 12) and scheme design (Oct 13)
• Researching scientific and historical content and integrating into engaging exhibition and gallery narratives
• Building a fruitful working relationship with the client team, including researchers and museum curators

London, United Kingdom

• Delivering audience-focussed content for interactive exhibition projects
• Developing audience-focussed content for contemporary science gallery
• Authoring messages, interpretation strategies and scripts for temporary exhibitions, and single exhibits (both object-based and new media)
• Creating and pitching exhibition proposals for Climate Changing programme
• Contract-managing installation contractors and coordinating exhibition build, including all required health and safety responsibilities
• Managing tour of Future Foods exhibition on sustainable agriculture to 3 UK venues, coordinating content, design and build phases

London, United Kingdom

• Managing the content and interpretation development for an HLF stage 2 submission for a new permanent gallery of historic and contemporary objects
• Developing innovative interpretation strategies and co-ordinating contributions of curatorial, audience research, learning, new media and web teams to gallery content and interpretation
• Working with external designer to help them create powerful design concepts which delivered content powerfully and appropriately
• Representing and advocating content to internal teams, external contractors, potential funders, and senior stakeholders
• Authoring acquisition strategies in collaboration with curatorial and conservation teams
• Line-managing content team

• Developing content for innovative Science of Survival exhibition, covering issues of sustainability and climate change

Researching and writing captions for scientific images.

Researching and pitching content to stakeholders in early phase of Plasticity exhibition development

Developing visitor 'trails' to accompany Science of Spying exhibition

Phd, History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology

Msc, Science Communication

MSc Science Communication

Ma, Natural Sciences

MA Natural Science, Downing College, University of Cambridge • Specialising in History and Philosophy of Science • Class 1st; Jacob.