The countdown to Christmas has begun and we’ve got the perfect launchpad for your festive shopping with the Science Museum 2025 Christmas gift guide.
Meet the staff members that make the Museum so unique and get the insider scoop on upcoming exhibitions, research projects and new objects.
At the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director Roger Highfield discovers how atoms wrangled by laser beams are powering a remarkable new kind of computer—one that ‘thinks’ in quantum probabilities, not binary certainties.
Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, whose work changed humanity’s view of itself and animals, has died aged 91.
From the importance of green urban spaces for our wellbeing to evocative depictions of industrialisation, this trail invites you to discover new ways to explore the art of science and nature.
Science Director Roger Highfield reports on a new discovery about the source of Earth’s water.
Wheat is the world’s leading source of dietary plant-based protein. Inspired by the Science Museum’s Future of Food exhibition, Science Director Roger Highfield asks: what role will wheat play in feeding a warming world?
At the UK Space Conference this week we announced Troy Elsworth, aged 12, as the winner of our national competition to design the mission patch for the first in-orbit test of plasma thrusters made by Magdrive, a UK space company.
By Chloë Abley
Discover out-of-this-world objects on our new trail in collaboration with Disney and Pixar’s Elio
This May half term, visitors to the Science Museum can ignite their curiosity about the cosmos with our Exploring Space trail, a collaboration with Disney and Pixar’s new film ‘Elio’ to celebrate its release in cinemas on 20 June.
As we get ready to close Exploring Space on 2 June to prepare for a new Space gallery this autumn, Deputy Keeper Doug Millard looks back at the history of this beloved gallery.
Follow this space trail and go on a journey of exploration and discovery around the Science Museum.
By Isidora Bojovic Bell
Against the clock: behind the scenes digitising timepieces and objects of horology
With the clocks due to change, we asked our photography team to share how they photographed the stunning timepieces in The Clockmakers’ Museum at the Science Museum. Lead photographer Isidora Bojovic Bell shares how the team documented the oldest clock and watch collection in the world.
To celebrate our Versailles exhibition, Science Director Roger Highfield discusses the reevaluation of Émilie Du Châtelet’s crucial contribution to modern science.