- The Science Museum was created in 1909 when the scientific collection of the V&A Museum was made independent.
- A good place to find some inspiration for a visit is on the ‘family trails’ page on the Science Museum blog.
- At the Science Museum you’ll find a wide variety of object galleries, interactive galleries, screenings, temporary exhibitions and displays, simulators, and activities.
- From the Natural History Museum in London to the Miraikan in Tokyo, these are 15 of the best science museums in the world.
- Historical background
- Museum specimen of a rare fish, the Orange Roughy.
- The pendulum clock at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois...
- The Science Museum is just one of the famous South Kensington museums founded by Prince Albert in the aftermath of the 1851 Great Exhibition.
- The Science Museum features seven floors of educational and entertaining exhibits, including the Apollo 10 command module and a flight simulator.
- Many science museums have multimedia displays and active displays which are great for children, and many of those museums are preferred tourist attractions.
- The museum houses over 300,000 objects in the science, technology, industry and medicine collections, making them the world’s most complete exhibitions.
- Teaching STEM. Fuel your students' natural curiosity and get them to think like scientists and engineers with our Museum of Science resources.