Engineers from far and wide gathered in the Science Museum on 6 February for the announcement of the 2024 winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Jane Sutton reveals more about the 2024 Laureates and their engineering innovations.
From iconic galleries like Exploring Space to award-winning newer additions to the museum like Mathematics: The Winton Gallery our galleries make the museum an inspiring place to explore. We also open temporary exhibitions throughout the year covering a range of topics from science and technology to history and photography.
A new exhibition featuring glorious clockwork treasures beloved by Chinese emperors is now open at the Science Museum.
On Tuesday 7 November we revealed a large-scale virtual model of a human heart in the Engineers gallery.
To mark the upcoming opening of our new exhibition Turn It Up: The power of music on 19 October, we asked people to submit the songs that make them smile for World Smile Day on 6 October.
Congratulations to more than 100 technicians who have collectively been awarded The Royal Society Hauksbee 2023 award.
After five successful seasons as a temporary event, the Science Museum permanently welcomed back Power Up, our hands-on gaming experience, on Thursday 27 July 2023.
Discover new favourite authors and whole new worlds by entering our giveaway by Monday 10 July to be in with a chance to win seven science fiction books.
On Friday 23 June the Science Museum opened a free, first-of-its-kind gallery dedicated to world-changing engineering innovations and the fascinating range of people behind them.
Here are the nominees for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2023 science fiction book of the year…
On 11 May 1997 – more than 25 years ago – a computer beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov. How has our world changed since then? And what does it mean when computers win against people?
May the 4th be with you! To celebrate Star Wars Day, curator Dr. Glyn Morgan discusses the scientific possibilities of the epic story from a galaxy far, far away…
Dr. Glyn Morgan explores how cutting-edge science and fiction interplay for the inspiration of creative thinking featured within the book, Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN.