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A major permanent gallery on the second floor of the Science Museum, open on 25th October 2014, Information Age: Six Networks That Changed Our World is the biggest and most ambitious gallery within the museum and features over 800 objects. Divided into six zones, each representing a different information and communication technology network, Information Age includes many remarkable objects and tells the stories behind them. Here you'll find Thomson's original galvanometer used to receive the first telegraph messages sent across the Atlantic between President Buchanan and Queen Victoria in 1858; the original Marconi radio transmitter that made the first public broadcast in 1922 with the famous words 'This is 2LO calling', announcing the arrival of the BBC and the birth of British broadcasting; and two of the world's fastest supercomputers from the 1960s.
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97 Cromwell Road, SW7 | 8 minutes from Information Age
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27 - 33 Harrington Gardens, SW7 | 9 minutes from Information Age
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202-220 Cromwell Road, SW5 | 16 minutes from Information Age
This clean, comfortable modern hotel made up of six Victorian houses is a short walk from Earls Court Tube station from where the Piccadilly line can ... More

London > Attractions > Museums
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | Same location as Information Age
The Science Museum in South Kensington houses one of the most comprehensive collections looking at the development of science and industry, and it is all done ... More

London > Attractions > Museums
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 | Same location as Information Age
Wonderlab: The Statoil Gallery is the Science Museum 's most ambitious interactive gallery to date. Open from October 2016, the £6 million gallery ... More

London > Attractions > Museums
Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 1 minute from Information Age
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London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 | Same location as Information Age
The Science Museum 's new gallery, Mathematics: The Winton Gallery , puts the spotlight on a subject often perceived as dry, complex ... More

London > Attractions > Sights
V&A Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 | 3 minutes from Information Age
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London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 6 minutes from Information Age
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London > Entertainment > Cinemas
Exhibition Road, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, London SW7 | Same location as Information Age
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London > Entertainment > Classical Music
Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Information Age
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London > Entertainment > Cinemas
Institut Francais Cultural Centre, 17 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes from Information Age
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London > Shopping > Delicatessens
24-25 Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes from Information Age
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London > Shopping > Florists
Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 5 minutes from Information Age
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17 Bute Street, South Kensington, London SW7 | 5 minutes from Information Age
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London > Restaurants > British restaurants
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 | 1 minute from Information Age
The Natural History Museum invites visitors to dine with the dinosaurs at its new restaurant, T.rex Grill. Located in the museum's Fossil Way, the new ... More

London > Restaurants > Eastern European restaurants
55 Prince's Gate, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Information Age
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London > Restaurants > British restaurants
3 Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Information Age
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London > Education > Evening Classes
165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, South Kensington, London SW7 | 2 minutes from Information Age
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London > Education > Evening Classes
23 Kensington Square, Kensington, London W8 | 12 minutes from Information Age
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London > Education > Other Attractions
Hyde Park, Hyde Park, London W2 | 16 minutes from Information Age
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London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
63-81 Pelham Street, South Kensington, London SW7 | 7 minutes from Information Age
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London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
104 Draycott Avenue, SW3 | 9 minutes from Information Age
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London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
40 Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge, London SW1X | 13 minutes from Information Age
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35 Walton Street, South Kensington, Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 9 minutes from Information Age
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148 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, South Kensington, London SW5 | 10 minutes from Information Age
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17 Mossop Street, Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 10 minutes from Information Age
Affectionately referred to as "the Cod", this Knightsbridge boozer-come-gastropub has acquired a reputation for serving high quality, modern food in no-fuss, sleek surroundings. If you do ... More
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London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
92 Old Brompton Road, SW7 | 6 minutes from Information Age
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London > Nightlife > Wine Bars
100 Draycott Avenue, SW3 | 9 minutes from Information Age
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Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 1 minute from Information Age
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Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Information Age
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South Kensington Campus, South Kensington, London SW7 | 5 minutes from Information Age
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