Science Museum
The Science Museum stands as a landmark of invention and inquiry on Exhibition Road, with a history tied to the great exhibitions that helped shape this triplet of South Kensington’s museums. The building we see today traces its origins to 1857, evolving from collections gathered by the Royal Society of Arts and items from the Great Exhibition, and it became an independent Science Museum on 26 June 1909. The current East Block, designed by Sir Richard Allison, opened to the public in stages from 1919 to 1928, reflecting early 20th‑century ambitions to house a national science collection under one roof. In its long life, the museum absorbed the earlier Patent Office Museum’s machinery collection—an inheritance that fed the modern displays you encounter across its galleries. …
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