Events
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Roaring rockets, amazing astronauts and smelly space poo.
From biofuels to fuel-cell technology, discover the latest zero-emission vehicles at the Science Museum. Come along to see cars, motorbikes and even rickshaws that have been designed and developed to reduce their environmental impact.
Come and have a go with the latest technology that could one day turn your house into a hi-tech personal factory.
Check out the next generation of solar-powered speedsters at this Antenna Live event.
Discover how Mother Nature is lending scientists a helping hand.
Come and see the latest rowing technology being used by the Great Britain rowing team as they prepare for the 2008 Olympics.
Come and see the latest bike technology that's helping cyclists to ride faster than ever before.
What does it take to build a world-record-breaking 1000 mph car?
Can a racing car be eco-friendly? Yes! Come and check out the latest in renewable racing, including a car with tyres made out of potato.
Come and meet Roboswift, a unique robotic micro aeroplane.
How do you study the movement of a massive ocean? Come and meet researchers from the National Oceanography Centre to find out.
Find out about the cutting-edge technology improving elite athletes' training, helping them perform better than ever before. Give the kit a test run and see if it will help future athletes go for gold
Reach for the stars with a brand new virtual telescope.
Check out some of the world’s speediest bicycles.
Try out trainers designed for future Olympic champions.
Can new tools and technology train surgeons to carry out trickier operations than ever before? Discover the latest teaching tools that will ensure the next generation of doctors make the cut.
In 1930 flying sensation Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Find out about her life and see the actual plane she used to make her epic flight.
Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel at your service... Meet the famous British engineer who designed one of the finest ships, the Great Eastern.
Join the one-and-only Albert Einstein for a mystery mind tour of the science behind time, space and the weighty issue of gravity.
What would you like to ask Gene Cernan, the last man to step on the Moon in 1972?
Can you imagine the terrible stink in the days when the River Thames was practically an open sewer?
Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic, is a hundred years old.
Hear the story of brave nurse and heroine of the Crimean War Mary Seacole.
Come and meet Michael Faraday and let him tell you all about his cutting-edge electric experiments.
Encounter Nancy the Waterseller as she tells you her story of why she has to sell water to the people of London during the early 1900s.
Ha ha! No it’s not funny, it’s not a laughing matter! Allow Robert Liston to take you through his strange surgical journey.
Now, thanks to advances in modern medicine, and the Science Museum, you can meet the world’s first pregnant man...
Due to the popularity of the first Science Museum Lates we are planning on holding Lates on a monthly basis throughout 2009.
Please fasten your seatbelt and prepare for take off!
Highlights of the Museum’s Collection: From Steam Power to Space Nappies!
Come along to this fun family interactive gallery tour! Uncover some of science’s Black American inventors whose bright ideas and burning ambition have helped to shape our lives today.
Roaring rockets, amazing astronauts and smelly space poo.
Ever wondered what Astronauts eat in Space?
3, 2, 1 blast off!
Families will go head to head in our Kids Vs Parents Spy Day.
Galleries, games, demo's and daring stunts! All this and more, in this interactive family show!
Science Museum Director and climate change expert Prof. Chris Rapley presents a public talk on climate change and the future
A creative writing workshop with novelist Tony White, Science Museum writer in residence for summer 2008.