Key Stage 3: Materials
Hands-on galleries
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...
Explore the world of materials, from the leading edge of scientific innovation to new insights into everyday objects.
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.
The Mathematics Gallery exhibits mathematical instruments and models from the seventeenth century to present day.
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.
This history of the telegraph, telephone and radio is illustrated with many original objects and hands-on displays.
Marvel at the elegance and ingenuity of timekeeping instruments in this rich collection of more than 500 timepieces.