In addition to work with exhibitions and several book projects, there are three employees who are in the process of obtaining a doctorate:
The doctoral project Museums potential in children's learning was initiated in the autumn of 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. Doctoral project The Hofgaard machine – an early Norwegian computer?

was initiated at the Department of Historical Studies at NTNU in 2019. The project is based on an item in the museum's collection, which can shed new light on early computer history. Doctoral project Enabling technologies for Norwegian beer exports from 1860-1900 was started in autumn 2019, and is being carried out at the Department of Historical Studies at NTNU.

The project is based on the museum's historical archive after Frydenlund and Ringnes Bryggeri. The research project "Museums' topography of knowledge" (2018 – 2020) was initiated by The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology and is carried out in collaboration with the Østfold Museums, Malmö Museums, Gothenburg City Museum and Tekniska Museum. The project is supported by the Norwegian Culture 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 several 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 paid membership fee goes to the museum, which amounted to NOK 343,738 in 2020. In addition, in 2020 the Friends' Association made a project contribution to the museum of NOK 1,380,000 from its saved funds for four different projects for the renewal and beautification of the museum. In this connection, the Association of Friends has also contributed with voluntary work to restore an industrial model from 1954. Members of the Association of Friends have free entry to the museum. The personal membership of the association was 1,097 in 2020 and the number of company members was 6.

Frode Meinich is museum director.
The museum employed a total of 90 people and 63.7 man-years were carried out in 2020. An occupational accident that resulted in minor injuries was registered in 2020. Absence due to illness was 5.6 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. The museum building was built in 1985 and today bears the stamp of more than 35 years of wear and tear. In 2020, the museum has replaced parts of the brick facade of the museum building in Kjelsås. Expenditure for operation and necessary maintenance of the museum buildings in 2020 was NOK 10,017,258, which is 31.7 per cent over budget.

Emphasis is placed on equality in the museum, and there is equal pay for equal work. 49 of the employees were women and 41 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 2020, 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 has investments in mutual funds with a total market value of NOK 13,421,098, in addition to bank deposits. An interest rate swap agreement is attached to the bank loan of NOK 5,575,000, 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. Interest cost for the loan in 2020 was NOK 379,203. Through the merger of the foundations The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology and The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology 's fund in 2020, the share capital has been increased from NOK 14,000,000 to NOK 18,125,792. The merger resulted in in addition, an increase in accumulated equity of NOK 420,301. The museum has good governance, financial control and liquidity. The Ministry of Culture provides basic funding for the operation with NOK 33,340,000. To the National Medical Museum, the Ministry of Health and Care through the Directorate of Health contributed NOK 7,250,000. For the operation and development of the Science Centre, the museum received funding from the Science Center Committee, appointed by the Research Council of Norway on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Technology , NOK 8,250,000. For operating the telecommunications area, the museum received NOK 7,009,238 in grants from the Ministry of Local Government and Modernization. The museum has received extraordinary grants from the Ministry of Culture with NOK 9,200,000 and the Science Center Committee with NOK 1,182,973 in extraordinary support in connection with the Covid19 pandemic. In addition, the museum's operation is financed by entrance fees, sales in the museum shop and other own income.

Total operating income in 2020 was NOK 93,874,857. This is NOK 2,106,554 below budget. The result for 2020 shows a profit of NOK 2,880,291 which is added to the equity. The surplus is due to the postponement of a new medical exhibition and that extra subsidies due to Covid-19 to the Science Center came at the end of the year. 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.