Science Museum London Digital Lab Hackathon

This is the first in a series of Hackathons from the Science Museum’s Digital Lab and it’s founding partner Samsung.

Let’s hack the Science Museum together!

Hey coders, designers, fabricators, science buffs, writers, gamers, and hackers:
What would you do if the Science Museum and its data were your creative playground for 2 days?

Using the Science Museum's brand-new Collection Online API, and the inspiration of physical collection, participants will spend 2 days remixing, reusing, and reimagining the Science Museum.

You can come with a team, or come alone and form a team on the spot.

Teams are encouraged to think creatively about what “Museum+Tech” can mean; projects can be digital or physical, practical or whimsical, scholarly or punk rock.

Working in groups of 5 we are asking you to work all day February 21 and 22 with the idea of teams showcasing their innovations at the Science Museum Lates. You can either sign up with a group of 5 or come alone and find a team! All we ask is that each person on the team brings a different skill set such as:

• Design
• Creative
• Coding
• Someone who knows how to use a JSON based API
• Comms

During the hackathon, you’ll be asked for deliverables and to share your progress throughout the day. We will be announcing speakers in a few weeks and there will be prizes (what’s a hackathon without prizes?)!

The judges will be looking for the most creative uses of the Science Museum Open API to showcase the collection in a unique way - so think outside the box, and let your hacker flag fly!

There will be three prizes awarded in the following categories

• “The Next Big Thing” - impactful, practical, scalable, useful, etc
• “Creative Prize” - most artistic, beautiful, thoughtful, etc
• “Punk Prize” - the most disruptive, revolutionary, quirky or just plain oddball etc

Please register your interest today! 

Date: February 21 9:30-18:30 / February 22 10:30-18:00 to set up for Science Museum Late Nights
Cost: FREE

Please note: This sign-up form is just to express your interest in participating in the hackathon. We will follow up with all applicants to get more information regarding your interests, skills, team, etc. There are limited places