The results are in!
Nearly 50,000 people voted and the results are extremely revealing. Visitors voted overwhelmingly for the discoveries and inventions that helped transform the way we see, treat and understand our bodies.
The X-ray Machine took top place, followed by Penicillin and the DNA Double Helix.
For 100 years the Science Museum has been making sense of the science that shapes all our lives.
Join us as we celebrate our Centenary year. Find out about our special lectures, new exhibitions and events and be amazed by our plans for the Museum of the Future...
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Stephenson's Rocket
It's the most famous steam locomotive in the world... but what makes it so special?
Electric Telegraph
Using only 20 letters, how did this odd-looking machine make the world a smaller place?
X-ray Machine
Looking inside the body was tricky before the discovery of X-rays. What did it mean for medicine?
Model T Ford
Motoring for the masses begins. Imagine swapping your horse for this handsome creature...
V2 Rocket Engine
The Nazis built it to fire missiles at London. So why have we chosen a weapon of war to celebrate our centenary?
Pilot ACE Computer
In a world where computers could only do one thing, how slow could you bear to go?
DNA Double Helix
Imagine how you'd feel if you thought you had discovered the secret of life...
Apollo 10 Capsule
How far? How fast? How on Earth? Forty years later we ask: would I have been as brave?
Memories
What does the Science Museum mean to you?
Share your favourite memories of the Museum and read what some famous friends have to say...
Museum of the future
What will you be doing in the Science Museum in 2015? We reveal our exciting plans for some amazing new experiences...
What's on
The Science Museum is 100 years old! Come along and join in our year of celebrations with some amazing events, concerts, lectures and new exhibitions.
About our centenary
See how much the world has changed in just 100 years, with our mini history of the Science Museum and the world of science...
Centenary appeal
Support the Centenary Appeal today and help inspire the great minds of tomorrow.
