Galleries
Imagine what it was like to be a diver in this exhibition of diving suits and apparatus up to the 1960s. Part of the Ships and Marine Engineering galleries, Docks and Diving also includes eighteenth to twentieth century dockyard models.
Share the dreams of the flight pioneers: see the development of aviation from its tentative beginnings to the modern era of mass air travel.
Have you ever watched the Red Arrows and been itching to get you hand on the controls?
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.
Fly in the cockpit of a Red Arrows jet in our 3D flight simulation theatre.
The Ships gallery houses an unusually large and fine collection of models, including the first steam engine to power a vessel: William Symington's marine engine of 1788.
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.