Celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and experience the complete cinematic legacy from the original voyages to the modern reboot on one of the biggest screens in the UK, in a world-first presentation ...

Get a taste of the future at a free February Lates exploring all things food – and where it’s going. In this after-hours museum lates, you’ll get a chance to explore all our free galleries at night.

Until the early 20th century, a computer was a person who performed calculations by hand. But key innovations in technology saw machines take on this role—what were they, and who was behind them? In ...

This exhibition is now closed. How do you develop a vaccine quickly and effectively to combat a global pandemic? This exhibition explored the worldwide effort to develop vaccines at pandemic speed, ...

We hold human remains in the Science Museum Group Collection and display a small number in some of our galleries. These remains support research into and the public understanding of cultural and ...

Join one of our knowledgeable volunteer tour guides to explore the world’s oldest collection of clocks and watches. From the earliest clockmakers of Europe to contemporary clockmaking, discover how ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...