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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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"In-space manufacturing is something that is happening now," says Libby Jackson, head of space at the Science Museum.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

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

The research is part of a larger initiative on McFaddin Beach fossils started in 2018 by William Godwin, curator at the Sam Houston State University Natural Science Museum and a co-author of the study.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

Juan Carlos Senar, who is head of research at the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona, started studying the city's Monk Parakeets out of curiosity.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

Michael T. Wright, curator of mechanical engineering at London’s Science Museum, spent more than twenty years seeking a solution and in 2006 completed building a working model of how he believed the device worked.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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