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. Displays include Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth, the first British jet and a unique collection of aero engines.
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.
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. It includes displays on Marine Engineering and Docks and Diving.
Trace the story of the space rocket. Learn about the satellites orbiting Earth. Find out how we are probing the rest of the Solar System and beyond. In this gallery you too will be exploring space.