Post-16
Our galleries and events are relevant to a range of post-16 courses. Mix and match from the list below to create a visit itinerary that will support, enrich and extend your students' classroom learning.
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.
Unravel the connection between apricot tins and kidney machines,in this provocative exhibition on developments in twentieth century medicine.
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.
The Marine Engineering display tells the story of the development of marine propulsion, from paddlewheels to boilers. You can even step onto a reconstruction of a ship's bridge.
Small exhibition exploring some of the stories, tools and puzzles that have engaged British psychologists during the twentieth century.
See more than 5000 objects from around the world illustrating the history of medicine in western and non-western cultures.
See the extraordinary range of labour-saving devices in this intriguing technological guide to the development of the modern home.
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.
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
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
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.
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.