Science Museum confirms £6m new tech gallery Ian Blatchford, Director of Science Museum Group said, "We are delighted that the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the Science Museum this grant. The project represents a step change for the Science Museum and the first step in the delivery of its Master Plan. The award of the grant underlines the essential role of the Science Museum in helping to inspire engagement, particularly amongst young people. The gallery will take the form of three sectors: The Message, The Wall and The Networks. Firstly, The Message will focus on ideas, some successful, some not, and visitors will be able to engage with exhibits and other visitors through their mobiles and email. The Wall, however, will be a social experience for visitors to use the museum's archives, images and videos to create a gateway of information about objects, locations and "stories." This will be backed up by a website that will offer complementary experiences to visitors who can link their own communication experiences with historical junctures. But it is The Networks part of the gallery that is expected to garner most interest with a swathe of objects being unveiled to illustrate transforming moments in the progress of communications. The Science Museum receives over 2.9 million visitors every year of which over 400,000 are from schools and educational groups.