Explore the history of science through our objects, their inventors — and the stories of how they changed the world.
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Our virtual doors remain open while the History of Science Museum is temporarily closed.
Scroll down to explore how you can enjoy our collections and stay in touch.
Take a Virtual Museum Tour
Take a look at our 360 degree virtual tour — you can:
leap 3 floors in a single click: move directly to any Gallery, floor or staircase
satisfy your curiosity: zoom in and out to take a closer look at your favourite objects
browse at your leisure: take as much time as you want — our Virtual Museum is open 24 hours, seven days a week.
From the Museum
Discovering Marconi
A spark of genius
Join us to celebrate Gugliemo Marconi (1874–1937): discover his life-long passion for wireless communincation and explore some of the inventions which changed the world.
As a registered charity, we make our Collections freely available for everyone to enjoy and offer a wide range of activities for our communities.
Thanks to your generosity — last year our visitors contributed £41,000 in donations — we have been able to support the Museum’s Collections and continue our public events and education programmes.
We are still taking care of the building and scientific objects while we are closed — and we are already planning new talks, exhibitions and learning workshops for when we re-open. That is why we continue to rely on visitors just like you to support us.
Object of the Month
Portraying the moon
If the beauty of the night sky takes your breath away, you’ll love John Russell’s Moon Pastel and Selenographia.
Best known as an eighteenth-century portrait painter, John Russell also dedicated 30 years of his life to astronomy including observing, charting and painting the moon.
Discover how Russell's devoted study led to this awe-inspiring pastel and the moon globe.
How it works
Take a look at these short films and see our experts bring to life a selection of working scientific instruments from the Museum's collection.
All these objects are on permanent display, although we would not normally handle or demonstrate them in public for conservation reasons.
