Science Museum
Exhibition Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7 2DD
Telephone: 0870 870 4868
 
Location Map of Science Museum
 
Home to one of the world's most magnificent collections of science, industry, technology and medicine, the Science Museum is one of London's most hands-on and interactive museums. Funded by the profits of the Great Exhibition of 1851, it started life in the 19th century as part of Prince Albert's grand scheme to promote industrial technology.

Today, it occupies a purpose-built gallery and contains some 300,000 objects, covering the entire history of Western science, technology and medicine. Visitors are invited to learn about forces and motion in Launch Pad and discover how aircraft are built in Flight Lab. The Wellcome Wing allows visitors to morph their faces to look older or younger, manipulate their voices and create digital music, or be sucked into the 3D world of the stunning IMAX cinema. The scientific questions of the day are hotly debated in Antenna.
 
What's On at Science Museum
 
The Science of Survival
5th April 2008 - 2nd November 2008
Kids in classrooms today are the ones who'll inherit the...
Visiting Science Museum
 
 
Opening Times
Daily 10:00-17:45
 
Ticket Prices
Free, special exhibitions prices vary
 
Travel
 
Underground Stations
South Kensington Tube (5 minutes)
Gloucester Road Tube (9 minutes)
Railway Stations
West Brompton Railway Station (26 minutes)
Victoria Railway Station (31 minutes)
 
 
 
Car Parking
 
Union Car Parks (5 minutes)
Q-Park Kingston House (8 minutes)
 
 
Alternative Museums Near Science Museum
 
 
London Sights and Attractions
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
2 minutes distance from Science Museum
Interactive, life and earth science museum. An 8-metre long giant squid, a walrus from Hudson Bay overstuffed by a London taxidermist in the 1880s, the skeleton ...More...
 
London Sights and Attractions
Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum
Cromwell Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
3 minutes distance from Science Museum
Museum of decorative and applied arts. With over 145 galleries to explore and over 4 million items, the V & A is one of the ...More...
 
 
Local Sights and Attractions Near Science Museum
 
 
London Sights and Attractions
Brompton Oratory
Brompton Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
5 minutes distance from Science Museum
Flamboyant, High Renaissance, Early Baroque Catholic church. Built in 1884, in the Italianate Baroque style, the Brompton Oratory is an exact imitation of the Gesu Church ...More...
 
London Sights and Attractions
Albert Memorial
Kensington Gardens (opposite Royal Albert Hall), Westminster,  London,  W2
9 minutes distance from Science Museum
180ft Victorian bronze gilt statue in Kensington Gardens. This tribute to Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert was erected following his death through typhoid at the age ...More...
 
 
Local Event Near Science Museum
 
 
London Event
The Science of Survival
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
0 minutes distance from Science Museum
Kids in classrooms today are the ones who'll inherit the planet in fifty years' time - educating them about the problems that come with it...More...
 
 
Local Hotels Near Science Museum
 
 
London Hotels
Gallery Hotel
8-10 Queensberry Place, South Kensington,  SW7
5 minutes distance from Science Museum
The Gallery is housed in a beautiful Victorian building that offers excellent standards of comfort to its guests. The mahogany panelled reception, bar and lounge ...More...
 
London Hotels
The Rembrandt
11 Thurloe Place London, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
6 minutes distance from Science Museum
The location of this hotel cannot be beaten. It’s a direct journey from Heathrow on the Piccadilly line and, waking up the next day, you ...More...
 
 
Local Event Near Science Museum
 
 
London Event
Rollerstroll
East Serpentine,  Hyde Park, Westminster,  London,  W1J
26 minutes distance from Science Museum
Every Sunday, meet on the east side of the Serpentine in Hyde Park for Rollerstroll, London's largest mass skating event. This big, very chilled skating ...More...
 
London Event
BUPA Great Capital Run
Hyde Park, Westminster,  London,  W2
19 minutes distance from Science Museum
Another addition to the proliferation of London running events (perhaps a testament to Londoners' increasing obsession with health) comes to Hyde Park. This one has ...More...
 
 
Local Shopping Near Science Museum
 
 
London Shopping
Gilding the Lily
Old Brompton Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
5 minutes distance from Science Museum
Superior florist directly opposite South Kensington Tube Station. They sell flowers to the great and good of this area and as you might expect, this ...More...
 
London Shopping
Few and Far
242 Brompton Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW3
6 minutes distance from Science Museum
A knack for knowing what people want - and retailing it in an appealing way - is clearly in the Conran blood. Priscilla Carluccio - ...More...
 
 
Local Dining Near Science Museum
 
 
London Dining
Oddono's
14 Bute Street, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
6 minutes distance from Science Museum
Italian ice cream as only the Italians know how. This ice cream parlour is hotly tipped by celebrity chefs, Gordon Ramsay and Italian chef Theo ...More...
 
London Dining
Racine
239 Brompton Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW3
6 minutes distance from Science Museum
A comfortable Brasserie that offers London's most daringly retro French dining experience, from the beautifully presented fruits de mer to the slightly snooty staff. The ...More...
 
 
Local Education Near Science Museum
 
 
London Education
Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore, Westminster,  London,  SW7
7 minutes distance from Science Museum
This is one of London's most prestigious art colleges and the world's only wholly postgraduate university of art and design. You will need at least ...More...
 
London Education
Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road, Westminster,  London,  SW7
4 minutes distance from Science Museum
The music school where Gustav Hoilst, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Benjamin Britten, James Galway, Joan Sutherland and Ralph Vaughan Williams learnt their trades also hosts a ...More...
 
 
Local Leisure Near Science Museum
 
 
London Leisure
G-Spa
63-81 Pelham Street, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
7 minutes distance from Science Museum
Downstairs from LA Fitness (keep going past the people who look like they're about to die on the running machines) you'll find G-Spa. A world ...More...
 
London Leisure
The Serpentine Lido
Hyde Park, Westminster,  London,  W2
12 minutes distance from Science Museum
A hugely popular swimming venue, every summer Hyde Park's lovely lake invites London folk to plunge into its watery depths. It's a great option ...More...
 
 
Local Pubs Near Science Museum
 
 
London Pubs
The Anglesea Arms
15 Selwood Terrace, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
12 minutes distance from Science Museum
This popular old fashioned British pub may be slightly off the main drag but for young locals it's a well-known watering hole. The outside terrace ...More...
 
London Pubs
Duke of Clarence
148 Old Brompton Road, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW5
13 minutes distance from Science Museum
In the cluster of pubs, restaurants and nightlife offerings that include Nam Long's, the Star of India and Eclipse, the Duke of Clarence is a ...More...
 
 
Local Nightlife Near Science Museum
 
 
London Nightlife
Boujis
43 Thurloe Street, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
4 minutes distance from Science Museum
Private members club with a regular pack of paparazzi parked outside waiting for royals to exit after one too many vodka red bulls. Its popularity ...More...
 
 
Local Business Near Science Museum
 
 
London Business
Millennium Conference Centre
4-18 Harrington Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW74LH
1 minutes distance from Science Museum
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London Business
NH Harrington Hall
5-25 Harrington Gardens, South Kensigton, Kensington and Chelsea,  London,  SW7
1 minutes distance from Science Museum
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