Key Stage 4: Space and the Universe
Object-rich galleries
This unique, breathtaking gallery chronologically presents 150 of the most significant items from the Science Museum's collections from 1750 to 2000.
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.
Special exhibitions
Artist Matthew Luck Galpin uses his blacksmithing skills to rework meteorites by heating, hammering, grinding and polishing them into mirrors, his ‘Anvilled Stars.’
Explore how astronomy has changed the way we see our universe - and ourselves - through this object-rich exhibition.
As the world’s population explodes, we have to ask… do we fight for fresh water now or wait for a global food crisis?