Trace the remarkable story of steam and how it shaped the world we live in today. Steam has been the driving force behind British industry for 300 years. Without it, the Industrial Revolution could ...

The museum is open daily, 10.00–18.00 (last entry 17.15). During school holidays the museum is open Monday–Sunday, 10.00–18.00 (last entry 17.15). Galleries start to close 30 minutes before the museum ...

Before antibiotics, a relatively minor infection could prove incurable or even deadly. Everything from paper cuts to childbirth had the potential to kill through bacterial infection. The accidental ...

Discover the new out-of-this-world Jellycat Space Crew in our special themed Space shop. Meet the brilliant mind of the mission! With her passion for discovery and a love of all things stellar, she’s ...

Climate change is a reality in all our lives—but some places and people are already more severely and directly affected by it than others. The Arctic is one of the fastest warming regions on our earth ...

The first significant UK exhibition to be presented on the subject of carbon capture and storage, Our Future Planet will open on 19 May 2021 when the Science Museum re-opens its doors and will remain ...

Powerful permanent magnets can play a crucial role in modern technology but magnets have fascinated people and had many uses throughout history. Dan Reardon is an Australian astrophysicist: he ...

The process to transform a designer’s drawing of characters (letters of the alphabet, numbers, punctuation, symbols) into a new Monotype typeface involved eighty-two successive operations. This story ...

The creation of three impressive new galleries will reimagine the Science Museum’s ground floor, taking a bold approach to telling stories of the science of today, the history of invention, and the ...

Celebrated and criticised, engineered and abandoned, roads have profoundly shaped our landscape, economy and personal mobility. Since the Romans introduced the first programme of planned road-building ...

A personal statement by the Science Museum Group Director, Sir Ian Blatchford: ‘In response to the suffering of the people of Ukraine during the Russian invasion, I have taken the personal decision to ...

Take a closer look at the Black Arrow rocket, and find out more about the future of space flight from Britain. On 28 October 1971, a British Black Arrow rocket launched the Prospero satellite into an ...