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2 Science Museum

Centuries of continuing scientific and technological development lie at
the heart of the Science Museum’s massive collection. The variety of
objects displayed is magnificent: from steam engines to aeroengines;
spacecraft to the first mechanical computers. Equally important is the
social context of science – what discoveries and inventions mean for day-
to-day life – and the process of discovery itself. The high-tech Wellcome
Wing has interactive displays, an IMAX cinema, a 3D theatre and galleries
devoted to new advances in science. The museum is undergoing
renovations, so some floors and galleries may be closed and others
may have temporary exhibitions.

Clockmakers’ Museum
This collection of over a
thousand watches, clocks
and chronometers explores
the history of timekeeping.

Agriculture
Original machinery and
large-scale models provide
an insight into working life
on an arable farm.

Media Space
looks at relation ships
between photography,
science, art and technology.

. The Energy Hall
Dedicated to steam power, this gallery
includes the still-operational Harle Syke
Mill Engine (1903).
Stairs to lower
leveld m
Key to Floorplan
Basement
Ground floor
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
Exploring Space Main entrance
Closed for renovation Rockets, satellites, space
Wellcome Wing probes, landers and more.

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