Stop 1: Making the Modern World gallery
Your trip down gaming memory lane will bring you to the Making the Modern World gallery on Level 0, where you will stumble upon another familiar classic- the Nintendo Game Boy.
Released in 1989 the Game Boy went on to dominate the handheld console market throughout the nineties. Despite being released in black and white it attracted ardent fans with its library of quality games such as Tetris and Super Mario Land, and in 1996 the console was further popularised by the Pokémon fever.
Incredibly, a Game Boy has been to space! In 1993 Russian astronaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov blasted off into space onboard his Soyuz TM-17 rocket with his trusty Game Boy and Tetris game pack. He confessed later that ‘in rare minutes of leisure, I enjoyed playing Game Boy.’
Stop 2: Information Age gallery
Head up to the Information Age gallery on Level 2 which celebrates more than 200 years of innovation in information and communication technologies.
Here you can see the Sony PlayStation 3, which was marketed as not just a games console, but also a home entertainment device. It was the first games console to include a Blu-Ray player as standard, and it enabled users to stream television shows and films.
The PlayStation 3 was first launched in Japan in 2006, but following manufacturing problems the European release was delayed until March 2007.
Stop 3: Power Up
Ready player one? A gaming tour of the Science Museum wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Power Up, our gaming hands-on experience. Make your way to Level -1 to play against friends in multiplayer showdowns, rediscover your childhood favourites and test out some of the latest next-gen virtual reality technologies on over 150 consoles from the last fifty years.
Where to eat
Refuel at The Diner, where you can grab a stone-baked sourdough pizza fresh off the oven, but also salads, hot drinks and desserts.
Try at home
If you can’t make it to the museum this time, take a look at our selection of online games and create your own robot and help it overcome future world problems in My Robot Mission AR, spring your way through thirty obstacle-filled levels in Launchball, or venture into the dark and get the lights back on in Total Darkness.
If you’re a fan of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you can create your own Science Museum by adding objects from our collection into the game.
The Science Museum is open every day, 10.00–18.00 (last entry 17.15). Head to our website to pre-book your free tickets.
Free WiFi is available throughout the museum.