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Science Museum

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About Science Museum

One of the great Victorian era museums devoted to the history of industry and sciences.

Lots of themed galleries ranging from the early days of the industrial revolution right up to the space age and computing.

Expect lots of large original artifacts, huge steam engines, rocket engines, cars and right in the roof, a vast collection of aircraft.

Address

Science Museum,
Exhibition Road,
London,
SW7 2DD


Ticket prices

The museum is free to visit and most of the galleries are also free, with charges for some exhibitions or more interactive displays.

Prices last checked June 2023.

Link to Science Museum's website


Opening Hours

The museum is open daily from 10am to 6pm (last entry 5:15pm).

Galleries start to close 30 minutes before the museum closes.

There is also a monthly late opening for adults only typically a late Thursday in the month.

Opening hours last checked June 2023.


Accessibility

The majority of lifts in the museum are wheelchair accessible, have audio announcements and Braille labelling on the buttons.

Accessible toilets are available on all levels of the museum and on all levels of the Wellcome Wing.

The full accessible details are here.


 

Exhibitions open at the moment

Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine
This exhibition explores the worldwide effort to develop vaccines at pandemic speed.
Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Ends on Sun 7th January 2024
2022-11-30
2024-01-07
Turn It Up: The power of music
Explore how music shapes our lives in this interactive exhibition.
Turn It Up: The power of music
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Ends on Mon 6th May 2024
2023-10-19
2024-05-06

 

Exhibitions opening soon

 Zimingzhong 凝时聚珍: Clockwork Treasures from China’s Forbidden City
Turn back the hands of time and discover a beautiful exhibition of mechanical marvels.
Open from Thu 1st February 2024 to Sun 2nd June 2024
 Zimingzhong 凝时聚珍: Clockwork Treasures from China’s Forbidden City
2024-02-01
2024-06-02
 

Frequently asked questions

What's the nearest railway station to Science Museum

The nearest station is South Kensington Tube Station which is 0.2 miles away.


Science Museum - Latest News

Kensington council rejects solution for Jewish sect’s tube travel ban
Kensington council rejects solution for Jewish sect’s tube travel ban

A Jewish religious sect that cannot travel on the London Underground because of something inside the Science Museum has had its application for a religious fudge that would solve the problem rejected

Pump up the volume: The Science Museum explores music’s impact on emotions
Pump up the volume: The Science Museum explores music’s impact on emotions

From the use of music that affects how you buy things in supermarkets to sounds that change how food tastes, the Science Museum takes a look at how music affects our moods and can even manipulate our behaviour in ways we’re not aware of.

Science Museum celebrates the inventor of the self-winding watch, Abraham-Louis Breguet
Science Museum celebrates the inventor of the self-winding watch, Abraham-Louis Breguet

The man who invented the self-winding wristwatch is the subject of a new exhibition at the Science Museum to mark the 200th anniversary of his death.

Immerse yourself in gaming history as the Science Museum opens a games arcade
Immerse yourself in gaming history as the Science Museum opens a games arcade

A large basement space in the Science Museum now echoes to the sounds of Space Invaders and Mario Kart as the whole space has been filled with arcade and computer games.

Science Museum encouraging people into engineering with new exhibition
Science Museum encouraging people into engineering with new exhibition

A new gallery has opened at the Science Museum that seeks to dispel some of the myths about engineers and encourage people to consider being an inventor as a career.

Vintage computer games returns to the Science Museum
Vintage computer games returns to the Science Museum

After several years of being an occasional event, Power Up, the Science Museum’s festival of vintage gaming is returning, as a permanent feature of the museum.

Tickets Alert: Science Fiction film festival comes to the Science Museum
Tickets Alert: Science Fiction film festival comes to the Science Museum

Next month, the Science Museum will host its first ever science-fiction film festival, making full use of its huge IMAX cinema for some exclusive screenings.

Science Museum exhibition looks at the race for a COVID vaccine
Science Museum exhibition looks at the race for a COVID vaccine

Two years ago, the world celebrated as the first Covid vaccine was approved for use, and now, the Science Museum is taking a look at how we got to that momentous moment.

See a 72-foot space rocket in South Kensington next weekend
See a 72-foot space rocket in South Kensington next weekend

The first ever orbital satellite launch from the UK is happening soon, and ahead of the launch, a full-size replica of the launch rocket will be on display outside the South Kensington museums for a couple of days.

Science Museum offers a space trip to a science fiction spacecraft
Science Museum offers a space trip to a science fiction spacecraft

An artificial intelligence has been collecting species from Planet Earth in its spacecraft, and you’re now about to take a walk through the warehouse — is how a new science-fiction inspired exhibition at the Science Museum is presented.

There’s a Doctor Who Cyberman in the Science Museum
There’s a Doctor Who Cyberman in the Science Museum

If you look carefully, next to the Science Museum’s space exhibition there’s a Doctor Who Cyberman standing guard.

Cyberman to open the BBC’s centenary display at the Science Museum
Cyberman to open the BBC’s centenary display at the Science Museum

An exhibition about the BBC in its centenary year opens at the Science Museum next week, with a 6ft tall 1988 Cyberman from Doctor Who highlighting the display.

Science Museum’s cancer exhibition offers a hopeful view of the future
Science Museum’s cancer exhibition offers a hopeful view of the future

As a disease, cancer is something that affects around half of the population and yet it’s also relatively rare, and the Science Museum’s newest exhibition seeks to explain this conundrum.

Science Museum’s computer games festival gets extended
Science Museum’s computer games festival gets extended

Power Up, the Science Museum’s sold-out festival of vintage gaming has been extended thanks to the demand for tickets to attend.

Tickets Alert: Science Museum Lates goes Greek this month
Tickets Alert: Science Museum Lates goes Greek this month

The Science Museum’s adults-only month late-night returns this month, with a focus on Ancient Greece and its free exhibition, Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom.

Tickets Alert: James Bond and Dune on IMAX at the Science Musem
Tickets Alert: James Bond and Dune on IMAX at the Science Musem

Next month there will be a chance to see two current major movie hits at the Science Museum in their own IMAX cinema.

Stephen Hawkings exhibition opens at the Science Museum
Stephen Hawkings exhibition opens at the Science Museum

For the next few months, it will be possible to see some of the objects from the late Professor Stephen Hawkings Cambridge office on display in the Science Museum.

Major cancer exhibition coming to the Science Museum
Major cancer exhibition coming to the Science Museum

An exhibition that’ll include the first-ever example of cancer in a dinosaur fossil, will open shortly at the Science Museum.

Tickets Alert: Vintage computer games at the Science Museum
Tickets Alert: Vintage computer games at the Science Museum

This spring, the Science Museum is once again going to fill a huge room with old computers packed full of vintage games to play.

Stephen Hawking’s office going on display at the Science Museum
Stephen Hawking’s office going on display at the Science Museum

Next month, just after Professor Stephen Hawking would have turned 80, the Science Museum will be opening a new display dedicated to the working life of the world-renowned theoretical physicist.

It’s all Greek to the Science Museum
It’s all Greek to the Science Museum

An exploration of how the ancient Greeks saw the convergence of art and science has opened at the Science Museum, featuring ancient Greek objects, many of which have never been seen in the UK before.

Science Museum Lates are returning next month
Science Museum Lates are returning next month

After a long break, the monthly adults-only late night opening at the Science Museum resumes next month.

See brass steam trains in the Science Museum
See brass steam trains in the Science Museum

There’s a dark room in the Science Museum that’s filled with brass and steel models of early steam engines and locomotives.

Stephen Hawking’s office coming to the Science Museum
Stephen Hawking’s office coming to the Science Museum

The contents of Professor Stephen Hawking’s office when he worked in Cambridge are to go on display at the Science Museum.

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