The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology focuses widely on communication through producing new exhibitions and having extensive school activities, a broad program of activities and events aimed at special target groups. The museum's main investment in 2018 has been the exhibition People – from racial types to DNA sequences . In addition, the museum has shown the interactive exhibition Power cuts - are you prepared?

TeknoLab Skaperverksted was opened in September 2018. In TeknoLab, teaching in programming, electronics and digital production is offered to school classes.

The museum's collections consist of approximately 91,000 objects, 2,650 million photographs, 1,150 shelf meters of archive and more than 140,000 books. In 2018, the museum took over the collections after Telemuseet and completed the work of registering and moving objects from NRK's ​​historical collection, which have been given as a gift to The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology . 11,907 photographs and 1,470 objects were cataloged in 2018.

In 2018, the museum completed the research project From racial typology to DNA sequencing (2013–2018), which investigated historical, philosophical and ethical issues related to the production of knowledge about human biological variation in the period 1945-2012. The project was financed by the Research Council's SAMKUL programme.

The doctoral project Museums potential in children's learning was started in autumn 2016 and is carried out at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. The project will explore how museums can be an active part of children and young people's learning world.

The research project "The Museums' Knowledge Topography" (2018 – 2020) was initiated by The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology and is carried out in collaboration with Østfold Museums, Malmö Museums, Gothenburg City Museum and Tekniska Museet. The project is supported by the Arts Council's museum development program Research in Museums.

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology is responsible for the coordination and development of the Medical History Museum Network and the Network for Technology and Industrial History. In addition, the museum participates in the Network for knowledge centres, the Network for worker culture, the Network for photography and the Network for music and musical instruments.

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology has been active in a number of international networks and collaborative projects. The museum is a member of Artefacts, an international museum network with a focus on museum research in the history of technology and science. The National Medical Museum is a member of the international network: The European Association of the Museums of History of Medical Sciences (EAMHMS).

The association The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology 's friends is formally independent from The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology Foundation, and keeps its own accounts. Fifty percent of the membership fee paid goes to the museum, which amounted to NOK 441,725 ​​in 2018. Members of the Friends' Association have free entry to the museum. The personal membership of the association was 1,369 in 2018 and the number of company members was 6. The members' magazine BULLETIN has been published four times. In 2018, the association organized two Venneforeningens days in collaboration with the museum. In addition, the association of friends, in collaboration with the technology history group in Tekna (THG) and NITO Oslo and Akershus branch and NTM, has organized 8 kåserik evenings with technology history themes.

Frode Meinich is museum director. The museum employed a total of 100 people and 68.9 man-years were carried out in 2018. Two occupational accidents were registered in 2018. Sick leave was 2.9 per cent. The work with health, environment and safety has been carried out in line with plan and budget. The museum does not operate activities that pollute the external environment beyond what is permitted by laws and regulations.

On Wednesday 28 March 2018, a fire broke out in the chip collector from the carpentry workshop. The cause was presumably a spark that occurred when sawing a veneer sheet. The fire was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade and the material damage was limited to the room with the tile collector. The fire did not cause any injuries or damage to the museum collections.

The museum building was built in 1985 and today bears the hallmarks of more than 30 years of wear and tear. In 2018, the museum's access control system was replaced. The museum has installed external camera surveillance and sensor-controlled lighting around the museum building in Kjelsås and the magazine building in Gjerdrum. The museum has switched from bell notification to voice notification when a fire alarm is triggered in the public areas. In 2018, work was done to replace the drainage pipes from the museum's terraces. Expenditure for operation and necessary maintenance of the museum buildings in 2018 was NOK 9,097,531, which is 0.9 per cent above budget.

Emphasis is placed on equality in the museum, and there is equal pay for equal work. 51 of the employees were women and 49 were men. The museum has two employees with an ethnic minority background. In its dissemination work, the museum has a particular focus on accessibility. In 2018, the museum has, among other things, continued a project with dissemination aimed at people with dementia, outside of the museum's normal opening hours. The exhibition premises are partially adapted for people with reduced functional abilities.

The museum's financial risk is considered to be limited. The museum only has an investment in a securities fund with a market value of NOK 681,685, in addition to bank deposits. An interest rate swap agreement is attached to the bank loan of NOK 6,775,000 which runs until November 2021. The agreement was entered into to ensure a higher interest rate in the event of changes in the market interest rate. Installments are paid in accordance with the loan agreement. Bank loans with market interest rates have been satisfied by paying additional installments of NOK 1,025,000. Total interest cost in 2018 was NOK 482,837.

The museum has good management, financial control and liquidity. The Ministry of Culture provides basic funding for the operation with NOK 31,750,000. The Ministry of Health and Care has contributed NOK 7,250,000 to the National Medical Museum. For the operation and development of the Science Centre, the museum received from the Science Center Committee, appointed by the Research Council of Norway on behalf of the Ministry of Education, NOK 7,200,000. For the operation of the telecommunications area after merging with the Telemuseet, the museum received NOK 7,100,000 in grants from the Ministry of Transport. The museum has participated in a research project financed with public funds. The costs associated with the project are expensed. In addition, the museum's operation is financed by entrance fees, sales in the museum shop and other own income.

Total operating income in 2018 was NOK 85,499,460. This is NOK 8,114,242 below budget. The result for 2018 shows a deficit of NOK 1,285,075 which is covered by accumulated equity. The foundation capital and other equity capital are considered sufficient for continued operations. The accounts are based on the going concern principle, as the basis for this is present. The board believes that the accounts, together with the board's report, provide a fair overview of the development and results of the museum's operations and financial position.