Key Stage 3 (11-14)
"The best school trip ever!"
Combine the thrill of our shows, IMAX films and drama characters with the excitement of hands-on galleries and the wonder of exploring our object-rich galleries.
Hands-on galleries
Will your ideas today change the world tomorrow? Discover the importance of energy in this fascinating gallery.
Launchpad - the Science Museum's most popular gallery. Explore science and technology first-hand with 50 hands-on exhibits and shows.
Object-rich galleries
Step into a whole new world and explore the science of our changing climate...
The Antenna gallery brings you science news from every angle – from headline grabbing gadgets to hot topics.
Explore the world of materials, from the leading edge of scientific innovation to new insights into everyday objects.
Watch the video on Babbage's ingenious machine, or learn about the mathematical instruments used before the invention of computers.
The ingenious use of steam to generate power helped Britain become the world’s first industrial nation.
Share the dreams of the flight pioneers: see the development of aviation from its tentative beginnings to the modern era of mass air travel.
Find out how it felt to be a doctor or patient at different times in history, or in different cultures.
Decide whether new technological developments - such as space tourism to male pregnancy - should or should not go ahead.
This unique, breathtaking gallery chronologically presents 150 of the most significant items from the Science Museum's collections from 1750 to 2000.
See the extraordinary range of labour-saving devices in this intriguing technological guide to the development of the modern home.
Trace the story of the space rocket. Find out how we are probing the rest of the Solar System and beyond. In this gallery you too will be exploring space.
The ingenious use of steam to generate power helped Britain become the world’s first industrial nation. The steam engines in this gallery range from the earliest type used to the turbines that still generate power today.
Step inside James Watt’s extraordinary workshop to discover more about the first hero of Britain’s Industrial Revolution.
What makes you, you? Who am I? investigates everyone’s favourite subject – themselves.
Special exhibitions
Explore how astronomy has changed the way we see our universe - and ourselves - through this object-rich exhibition.
IMAX 3D Cinema
Dive into this magical 3D adventure and swim with some of the planet's most colourful creatures.
Prepare to embark on a prehistoric underwater adventure in IMAX 3D!
Meet orphaned orangutans and elephants, and the people who rescue them.
Experience the awesome spectacle of earthquakes and volcanoes on a quest to understand Earth's most destructive forces. Showing only upon request for education groups.
Journey through distant galaxies on this mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
See inside yourself as you explore the human body on our giant screen. Showing only upon request for education groups.
Blast off to space to see the building of the International Space Station in breathtaking 3D.
Plunge into the ocean and be part of an epic underwater struggle in Wild Ocean 3D.
Events
Book an action-packed Science Show as part of your Launchpad visit.
See, for the first time ever in 3D, what its like to fly 'in cockpit' with the world famous Red Arrows aerobatic team.
Feel the impact of a Saturn V rocket launch, take a trip on the lunar rover and discover the smell of space in our Force Field 4D effects theatre.
Find out about living and working in space with our costumed character portraying Gene Cernan, NASA astronaut and last man on the Moon.
Find out about how George Stephenson became the ‘father of the railways’ and the story behind Rocket becoming the most famous steam locomotive in the world.
A lively and participatory show that provokes students to think about the ethical implications of who has access to genetic information.
Quiz Sir Isaac Newton about how an apple changed the world and how his scientific discoveries - from gravity to light - have changed our lives.
This dynamic and gross show looks at food groups, balanced diets and digestion by following the journey of food through the human body. See videos of your insides and find out why your poo is brown.
What do you look like in another dimension? In this event students can have their photograph taken and explore what their faces look like in 3D.
Come and meet Michael Faraday and let him tell you all about his cutting-edge electric experiments.
Discover what happens to Plasticine Pete when plunged into liquid nitrogen and find out how to use a banana as a hammer.
Hear the story of Yuri Gagarin, the first human into space.
Our popular Launchpad gallery is reserved for different age groups on different days. Find out when you can request places for your Key Stage 3 group.