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Science Museum

British  

noun

  1. a museum in London, originating from 1852 and given its present name and site in 1899: contains collections relating to the history of science, technology, and industry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His expertise has since been sought by major institutions such as Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History, the University of Texas' Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, and the Tellus Science Museum.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

A watch made for Marie Antoinette is to go on display for the first time in the UK, at London's Science Museum.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

The Bradbury Science Museum there features a short film called “Racing Toward Dawn,” an allusion to the dawn of the atomic era.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

A photograph on display at The Bradbury Science Museum shows the first atomic bomb test On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45am, at Trinity Site in New Mexico, U.S.A.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023

If Alex was going to reach the Science Museum in London in the fifty-nine minutes left to him, he had to be on it.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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