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Science Museum
South Kensington
Located on Exhibition Road (along with the Natural History Museum and the Victoria
& Albert Museum) in South Kensington, London, is the popular London tourist
attraction the Science Museum. Founded in 1857, the Science Museum now holds a collection
of over 300,000 objects including such famous items as Stephenson's Rocket, the
first jet engine, the first prototype of the 10,000-year Clock of the Long Now,
and documentation of the first typewriter. There are also hundreds of interactive
exhibits as well as the IMAX 3D Cinema, with a screen 10 times bigger than the average
cinema; it shows science and nature documentaries, often in 3D.
With such a large number of galleries over four floors at the Science Museum, London,
you will need to devote a whole day in order to see everything. The Wellcome Wing
focuses on digital technology, whilst the fourth floor exhibit reconstructions the
history of practiced medicine and the fifth floor gallery shows exhibits of medical
instruments and practices from ancient days and from many countries.
The Object-rich galleries are: 'Making the Modern World', 'Energy Hall' and 'Exploring
Space'.
The Hands-on galleries are: 'Energy - fuelling the future', 'Launchpad' and 'Who
Am I?'
Other galleries are: 'Agriculture', 'Challenge of Materials', 'Computing', 'Docks
and Diving', 'Flight', 'Glimpses of Medical History', 'Health Matters', 'Marine
Engineering', 'Mathematics', 'Psychology: Mind Your Head', 'The Science and Art
of Medicine', 'Science in the 18th Century', 'The Secret Life of the Home', 'Shipping',
'Talking Points', 'Telecommunications', 'Time Measurement' and 'Veterinary History'.
There is also a dedicated library at the Science Museum which was Britain's National
Library for Science, Medicine and Technology until the 1960s. It holds runs of periodicals,
early books and manuscripts, and is used by scholars world-wide.
Admission
Free
Address
Science Museum
Exhibition Road
London
SW7 2DD
Official website:
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Hotels near London Science Museum
The following hotels are near Science Museum, London.
Hotels in South West London |
4 Star Hotels in South West London |  | Oliver Plaza Hotel, Earls Court
(4 Star Hotel near Earls Court,
SW5)
|  | Best Western John Howard Hotel, Kensington
(4 Star Hotel near Kensington, SW7)
|  | Windmill on the Common Hotel, Clapham
(Hotel near Clapham, SW4)
|  | Brewers Inn, Wandsworth
(Hotel near Wandsworth, SW18)
|  | Rose and Crown, Wimbledon
(Hotel near Wimbledon, SW19)
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