Science Museum, London

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Science Museum

The Science Museum
Location within central London
Established	1857 (1857) (separate status formalised 1909)
Location	Exhibition Road, Kensington & Chelsea London, SW7 2DD United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°29′51″N 0°10′29″W
Visitors	2,817,852 (2025)
Director	Ian Blatchford
Public transit access	South Kensington Kensington Museums 360 Victoria & Albert Museum 14, 74, C1
Website	www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Science Museum Group
National Railway Museum Locomotion Museum Science & Media Science & Industry Science Museum Dana Research Centre and Library National Collections Centre

The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 2,817,852 visitors in 2025.

Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, the Science Museum does not charge visitors for admission, although visitors are requested to make a donation if they are able. Temporary exhibitions may incur an admission fee.

It is one of the five museums in the Science Museum Group.