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| Her Majesty The Queen launches Information Age by sending her first tweet |
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| Open to the public from tomorrow |
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Earlier today Her Majesty The Queen opened our new Information Age gallery by sending her first tweet. See photographs of this historic moment and our major new gallery below.
Information Age explores the technological breakthroughs that have transformed how we communicate, through six communication networks: The Cable, The Telephone Exchange, Broadcast, The Constellation, The Cell and The Web.
The gallery examines the important events and people that shaped our modern connected world, from the dramatic stories behind the growth of the worldwide telegraph network in the 19th century, to the influence of mobile phones on our lives today.
Visit from tomorrow to experience our biggest and most ambitious gallery to date. |
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| Watch our video from today's Royal opening and get a preview of the gallery |
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| Focusing on the communications networks inInformation Age, Transmission is our new puzzle game which challenges you to create increasingly complex networks and weave connections to transmit ever greater amounts of information. |
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| InfoAge+ is our new, free app for 11 to 14 year-olds which sets fun tasks to do in the gallery. These four creative challenges are designed especially for schools and families, enhancing your experience of the Information Age gallery. |
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| Watch our series of online animations to learn more about the heroic, pioneering and world-changing stories inInformation Age. Click below to see the full series of animations and our behind-the-scenes videos. |
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| Buy the Information Age book |
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| Now on sale |
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| Take a piece of Information Age home with you with our book, published specially for the gallery. Including newly-commissioned essays by David Attenborough, James Gleick, Martha Lane Fox, Tom Standage, Stephen Baxter and others, the book explores the transformations that have taken place in human information and communication in the last 200 years. |
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