School trips to the Science Museum
It’s September again and for students all over it’s time to think ahead to the new academic year. We in the Learning Support Team have also shined our shoes and restocked our pencil cases ready to...
View ArticleFirst News Takeover Challenge
My name is Edward Cecil and I recently won the First News Takeover Challenge competition at the Science Museum. To enter, I had to send in a video saying why I wanted the job and I said that I wanted...
View ArticleVisitor Letters – Loughborough School
We love receiving letters from our visitors and we always try our best to write back as soon as possible. Earlier in the year Loughborough School visited the museum to see the Feel the Force science...
View ArticleVisitor Inventions – Future Fashion
As it’s London Fashion Week, we take a look at the future fashion creations from visitors to our Launchpad gallery. You may be forgiven to think that this season’s must-have fashion are found on the...
View ArticleA Day In The Life Of An Explainer
Hello, I’m Sarah, one of the Explainers here at the Science Museum and I’m here to tell you about a day in my life as an Explainer. The first thing to say is that there is no such thing as a typical...
View ArticleEquations in Action
In Launchpad, if there’s one scientist we can’t get enough of, it’s Sir Isaac Newton. Although he lived around 300 years ago, the influence of his brilliant ideas still pervade many of our interactive...
View ArticleExplainer Vines
Eddie, a Science Museum Explainer, on demonstrating science in six seconds. Are you following the Science Museum Learning team on Twitter? We share lots of interesting facts, ideas and suggestions for...
View ArticleLaunchpad throughout the ages
As the Science Museum prepares to begin building an ambitious new Interactive gallery, we wave a fond farewell to Launchpad. Simon, an Explainer at the Museum, reflects on working in the gallery. “Wow!...
View ArticleBuilding Bridges: seeing the science in our lives
On the evening of Wednesday 13 July, the Science Museum opened its doors to the friends and family of those taking part in our Building Bridges project. For the project, we have been working with year...
View ArticleScience Museum Anniversary
On this Day in 1909 the Science Museum officially became an independent institution. In celebration of our birthday we’ve asked staff to share their favourite objects from across the museum. Our staff...
View Article5 cool things to do in Wonderlab
When you step into Wonderlab, you enter the most exciting science playground in the world. From sound to forces, electricity to chemistry, our 50 interactive experiences aim to stimulate your curiosity...
View ArticleTop 5 things to see at the Science Museum for your under 7s
Stop 1: Tim Peake’s Spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19M descent module in the Exploring Space gallery. The first stop on our tour is the Exploring Space gallery. After a mind-boggling national tour, attracting...
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