Dr. Tilly Blyth

Tilly is Curator of Computing and Information at the Science Museum, where she cares for one of the world’s most important computing collections. As well lecturing on the history of computing, Tilly is interested in how digital artefacts and collections can enrich our social, cultural and educational landscape. She recently received funding with Jon Agar at UCL from the AHRC and BT to look at the creation of a mobile service through the geolocation of computing and communications collections. Tilly is also currently Senior Academic Consultant to the Oral History of British Science programme at the British Library. This project will develop a major archive for the study and public understanding of contemporary science in Britain through 200 in-depth interviews, including many with pioneers of computing and the Internet.