Science Museum

The Science Museum is a significant museum in South Kensington, London, located on Exhibition Road. It was founded in 1857 and is now one of the city's most popular tourist destinations, with 3.3 million tourists each year. The Science Museum, like other publicly supported national museums in the UK, does not charge admission, however, visitors are encouraged to give a gift if they are able. Admission to temporary exhibitions may be charged. It is one of the Science Museum Group's five museums.

Palgrave Macmillan, a major academic publisher, released the official centennial history of the Science Museum on April 14, 2010. Science for the Nation: Perspectives on the History of the Science Museum is the first comprehensive history of the Science Museum since 1957. It is a collection of individual perspectives on various parts of the Science Museum's history by Science Museum personnel and external academic historians. The first five chapters trace the museum's history from the Brompton Boilers in the 1860s to the completion of the Wellcome Wing in 2000, albeit it is not a chronological history in the traditional sense. The next eight chapters deal with various aspects of the Museum's growth.

Location: Exhibition Road, London, England SW7 2

Website: sciencemuseum.org.uk