Science Museum

Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2DD Full details & map
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Science Museum review

The Science Museum features seven floors of educational and entertaining exhibits, including the Apollo 10 command module and a flight simulator. The Wellcome Wing showcases developments in contemporary science, medicine and technology. The Medical History Gallery in the museum's attic contains a substantial collection of medical history treasures. Pattern Pod introduces under-eights to the importance of patterns in contemporary science and Launch Pad is a popular hands-on gallery where children can explore basic scientific principles. Exhibits in the Exploring Space galleries include the three-metre-high, 600kg Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope that was flown on British space missions and full-scale models of the Huygens Titan probe and Beagle 2 Mars Lander. Tickets to the museum's in-house IMAX cinema cost extra. The shop is worth checking out for its wacky toys, while the Dana Centre is the Science Museum's adults-only centre for free lectures and performance events on contemporary scientific issues (www.danacentre.org.uk).


Events at Science Museum

Plasticity: 100 years of Making Plastics

Until Jan 31 2010 Museums & Attractions  

The exhibition tells the story of the world's first entirely man-made material, Bakelite, invented in 1907 by Dr Leo ...

Fast Forward

Until Mar 1 2010 Museums & Attractions

This display of 20 products that make innovative use of Formula 1 technology includes the McLaren MP4-2, the...

Cosmos & Culture

Until Dec 29 2010 Museums & Attractions  

Four centuries of telescope technology are traced in this exhibition, which looks at our changing perceptions of...

Science Museum details

Address
Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2DD

Transport South Kensington 

Telephone

0870 870 4868

Science Museum website

Times 10am-6pm daily; closed Dec 24-26

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