Foundation Stage
We provide a rich environment for exploration and wonder in the early years.
Mix and match elements from the list below to meet the needs of your group. Think about the pace of your visit and combine the activity of the hands-on galleries and the excitement of shows and drama with exploring real things in our object rich galleries.
Hands-on galleries
Pattern Pod is a hands-on gallery that was created especially for children from 5–8 years of age and their parents.
The Garden is an interactive gallery created especially for our very youngest visitors.
Object-rich galleries
Explore the world of materials, from the leading edge of scientific innovation to new insights into everyday objects. Walk on a glass bridge; see a steel wedding dress or visit the atomic disco with its giant molecular models.
This unique, breathtaking gallery chronologically presents 150 of the most significant items from the Science Museum's collections from 1750 to 2000. Nowhere else in the world will you be able to see a display that shows so vividly the development of the modern industrial world.
See the extraordinary range of labour-saving devices in this intriguing technological guide to the development of the modern home. Look at the array of gizmos and gadgets, test your skill at identifying mystery objects and attempt to outwit the burglar alarm.
Events
Our drama characters quite literally bring science and technology to life.
An engaging and interactive storytelling session exploring forces and motion through an adaptation of the popular traditional folk story, The Enormous Turnip.
An storytelling session and participatory workshop exploring materials through an adaptation of the popular traditional folk story.