The Science Museum London

The Science Museum

The Science Museum is one of the three major museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The museum is a major London tourist attraction, attracting 2.7 million visitors annually.The Science Museum has many highlights; some of its most prominent features include ‘The Secret Life of the Home’, where a technological guide to domestic advances is given; ‘Making The Modern World’, a stunning chronological gallery of technological advancements from 1750 to the year 2000; The Theatre, where short films on science are shown; the ‘Energy Hall’, which tells the story of how energy helped Britain’s industrial advancement; ‘Exploring Space’, where the Solar System is discussed; the ‘Measuring Time’ exhibition; the Computing exhibition, which charts the history of this world-dominating technology; and ‘Health Matters’, an exploration of medical-health advancements.

  Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, the Science Museum does not charge for admission. Temporary exhibitions, however, do usually incur an admission fee. It is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry, having merged with the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester in 2012.

The Science Museum in west London’s South Kensington district is one of the most popular and well-known London attractions and one of the top free things to do in London. The Science Museum (which is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry) covers a wide range of scientific areas, although those tourists with a specific interest in biology are advised to also visit the Natural History Museum, which is located just yards away and also offers free admission.  

The Science Museum is a very interesting and must visit museums in London. Visitors of Hotel specials London say that it is a museum which is also a major tourist attraction. The Science museum in London is one of the three major museums on Exhibition Road and south Kensington London. It is also a part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. In 1857 this beautiful museum was founded under Bennet Woodcroft from the collection of the Royal Society of Arts. In this museum you can visit its collection which has over 300,000 items, which includes Stephenson's Rocket, Puffing Billy, the first jet engine, a reconstruction of Francis Crick and James Watson's model of DNA.

A museum was founded in 1857 under Bennet Woodcroft from the collection of the Royal Society of Arts and surplus items from the Great Exhibition as part of the South Kensington Museum, together with what is now the Victoria and Albert Museum. It included a collection of machinery which became the Museum of Patents in 1858, and the Patent Office Museum in 1863. This collection contained many of the most famous exhibits of what is now the Science Museum. In 1883, the contents of the Patent Office Museum were transferred to the South Kensington Museum. In 1885, the Science Collections were renamed the Science Museum and in 1893 a separate director was appointed. The Art Collections were renamed the Art Museum, which eventually became the Victoria and Albert Museum.