Current Displays and Exhibitions

Take a look at the special exhibitions and displays — and explore our online Galleries

Imagining AI (9-25 September)

Humans have always loved automated machines which could move like us.

But who first imagined a machine which could think like us?

Discover the story of early computer pioneers Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace in their own words, through notebooks and manuscripts.

9-25 September
Basement Gallery

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Making Waves: Marconi's Radio Revolution

Guglielmo Marconi had a simple vision — to connect the world through wireless technology.

Much of the technology we use today — mobile phones, wifi, GPS, and Bluetooth — can trace its origins back to Marconi’s ideas and devices.

Explore how Marconi’s hands-on science experiments revolutionised the way the whole world stays connected.

From April 2022
Basement Gallery

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Between Earth & Air: The Marconi Collection

Between Earth & Air by artist Hermeet Gill tells hidden stories about ten iconic objects from the Marconi Collection, framed by wave images visualising the development of radio from Marconi to the present day.

From June 2022
Online artwork

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Mirror of the Stars

Pick up an astrolabe and you hold the universe in your hand.

Join our curators Dr Federica Gigante and Mathilde Daussy-Renaudin to explore how astrolabes mirrored the traditional view of the Earth at the centre of our moving universe.

From 21 October 2021
Online

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The Art of Science: the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

This stunning artwork celebrates the remarkable story of the Oxford University researchers who developed the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Experience the sculpture — and add your voice to our living-history display.

From May 2021
Entrance Gallery

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Alice in Typhoidland: the past and present of typhoid

Explore the long history and cutting edge research behind typhoid vaccination and rollout.

From 21 January 2020
Basement Gallery

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Young Producers: 'Prayer'

During 2019, the Young Producers voluntary group at the History of Science Museum worked with the collection of scientific instruments from the Islamic World to create a new display themed around prayer.

From September 2019
Top Gallery

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