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Science Museum Group

Description

Tracing its origins from the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Science Museum has pioneered interactive science interpretation for more than eight decades and is the most visited museum in the UK by school groups. Among key objects on display are Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 1 (c.1832), Alan Turing’s Pilot ACE computer (1950), and the Apollo 10 capsule that went into lunar orbit in 1969.

The Science Museum Group holds an international collection of objects and library, photographic and archive material relating to science, technology, medicine, transport, media and industry. From medieval anatomical votives to 1980s personal computers, it is incredibly varied. Each museum in the Group specialises in an area of the collection.

The Science Museum’s Research and Public History Department maintains a thriving research programme that promotes new ways of understanding the Science Museum's collections, audiences and exhibitions. It stages conferences, workshops and events and supports grant applications led by the museum and partner universities.

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

1851

Contact details

Science Museum
Exhibition Road
London
London
SW7 2DD
Website: https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/
Public email: research@sciencemuseum.ac.uk
  • @SmgResearch
  • sciencemuseumlondon

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  • Group

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  • Medicine tag
  • Nineteenth-century studies tag
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  • Public engagement tag
  • Science tag
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  • Victorian studies tag

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2023-10-30 17:28:21

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