Engineering

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English railway engineer and inventor, 1857

When the finest minds come together to harness the forces of nature the results can be truly awesome. On land, on sea or in the air, the very best engineering inhabits a zone where the boundaries of technology and beauty become blurred. Enter the zone.

Galleries

Exhibits in Making the Modern World

This unique, breathtaking gallery chronologically presents 150 of the most significant items from the Science Museum's collections from 1750 to 2000. Nowhere else in the world will you be able to see a display that shows so vividly the development of the modern industrial world.

 

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.

 

IMAX Films

Blast off to space to see the building of the International Space Station in breathtaking 3D.

 

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