Discover how London grew from a lively capital city to a global hub for trade, commerce, and scientific enquiry between 1550 and 1800. In 1550, London was a hustling, bustling, rapidly expanding ...

From the first crackly telephone call to the ‘smart’ devices so many of us carry everywhere, one-to-one voice communication fundamentally changed the way we interact.

The Science Museum aims to support community groups and individuals feel more welcome, included and represented in our museum and the wider worlds of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).

Explore 200 years of information and communication technology with our knowledgeable volunteer guides. From the earliest telegraph communications to 21st-century innovations, join our guides on a tour ...

Experience life on the International Space Station as you journey into orbit around our home planet. Recommended for KS2 upwards (ages 7+). See fantastic images of the Earth from the International ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jackson, one of the UK’s leading experts in human spaceflight, will play a key role in the museum’s space-related public engagement activities while supporting the museum’s curators to acquire new ...

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 ...

Antibiotics were nothing short of miraculous when they were first mass produced in 1940s. Infections from surgery, childbirth, even scraping your knee went from killing millions every year, to being ...