Subjects
Art
Art in the Science Museum? Have we lost the plot? Not at all. Come and discover how the once opposing worlds of art and science have finally been united in a spell-binding blend of inspiration and innovation. It’s art, Jim, but not as we know it...
Chemistry and Materials
"Wanted: Beer tester for home of the future. Steel wedding dress and cardboard chair optional. Glass bridge and plastic car a must." Check out the wild and wacky ways that materials science and chemistry is turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Communications and Computing
Is that a dict-a-phone in your pocket or have you just been to the Science Museum? Come and discover what the world was like when phones were phones, computers were car-sized and blogs were something you put on the fire.
Current Science
Who are you? Where are you going? And will you recognise yourself when you get there? As the pace of change picks up, can you really afford to leave one foot in the past? Do yourself a favour and find out what the future holds for us all.
Energy
They huffed and they puffed and sparked and they arced and they changed the world forever. Think energy is all about sports drinks and chocolate bars? Come and find out just how wrong you can be.
Engineering
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.
Environment
It's two in the morning and the birds are singing, the ice caps are melting and the bluebells are blooming - in January. The beginning of the end or time to make like a Mediterranean? The environment: there's no getting away from it.
Everyday Things
What's a video recorder, grandma? From hand-cranked washing machines to three-channel televisions, we've got a freakshow’s worth of yesterday's must-have gadgets. Catch them now: it might just be your last chance to see them in captivity.
Medicine and Biology
Are you addicted to aspirin? Could you survive without cough mixture? How would you cope with the common cold if neither of these necessities existed? Come and learn the shocking truth about what life was like before it stopped being a game of chance.
Physics and Maths
The Science Museum: we love geeks. Come and discover the maths and science behind satellite navigation, WAP phones, MP3 players and all sorts of other old and new technologies. Oh, and we’ve got the famous Launchpad gallery – physics made phenomenal.
Space
The Moon landing: humanity's finest achievement or the greatest non-event in our collective history? Enter a realm where science fiction meets science fact and dreamers pushed weapons of war into outer space.
