Science Museum

British

noun

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

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That decision was supported by Dr Libby Jackson, who is head of space at the Science Museum in London and worked at Europe's control centre for the ISS.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 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

Earlier this year, Skirnewskaja and her colleagues conducted a virtual demonstration with virtual reality headsets loaded with the LiDAR data of the system at the Science Museum in London.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

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

They’ll be shipped across the country at the end of this month, and on April first there’s to be a special ceremony at the Science Museum in London.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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