Science Museum

Europe’s most visited science and technology museum sees over 3 million visitors every year.  Now located on Exhibition Road, London’s Science Museum started life in 1857, as part of the South Kensington Museum – a space where part of the Victoria and Albert Museum now stands.

The Science Museum is spread over seven floors with interactive galleries displaying everything from medical history to patterns and developments in contemporary science. The 3D and 4D simulators are a real treat, giving visitors the chance to experience what it’s like to fly with the Red Arrows.

Younger children are catered for with the Pattern Pod, an exhibition dedicated to the under 8s, and the Launch Pad, a great interactive gallery exploring basic scientific principles.  Contrastingly, the Dana Centre is an adult only area, offering free lectures and performances.

• Between the 1930s and the 1960s, there were plans at the museum to feature a planetarium on the top floor of the museum. However, the museum board were beaten to it by Madame Tussauds who opened the London Planetarium in the late ‘50s.
  
• The museum houses some of its largest exhibits at Wroughton Airfield – which it acquired in 1979.
  
• A thriving hub of tourism in central London, the museum is thought to attract over 3 million visitors annually.