The Science Museum is closed 16–26 December 2020.

Glimpse the future of food in an illuminating new exhibition exploring how science is creating more sustainable ways of producing and consuming food; Through thought-provoking objects, hands-on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Turn It Up: The power of music, the hands-on exhibition exploring music's mysterious hold over us, opens today at the Science Museum. This vibrant exhibition illustrates how profoundly music affects ...

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 ...

Today the Science Museum announced a landmark new gallery examining how the world can undergo the fastest energy transition in history to curb climate change. The announcement was made as delegates ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...