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Science Museum

The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in , London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually in 2019.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: science museum in London, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Science Museum, London” and “The Science Museum”
  • Address: London
  • Roof shape: saltbox
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Natural History Museum and Royal Albert Hall.

Museum
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The in is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in , the others being the Science Museum and the . is situated 350 feet south of Science Museum.

Theater building
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The is a concert hall on the northern edge of , , England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. is situated 1,300 feet north of Science Museum.

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The Queen's Tower is a 287-foot topped with a copper-covered dome. It is situated in the Campus of Imperial College London, , just north of the Imperial College Road. is situated 380 feet northwest of Science Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kensington and Brompton.

Suburb
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is a district at the West End of in the . Historically it settled on part of the scattered village of .

Suburb
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, sometimes called Old , is an area in the in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of in the county of .

Suburb
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is a residential and retail district in , south of . It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the .

Science Museum

Latitude
51.4974° or 51° 29′ 51″ north
Longitude
-0.17623° or 0° 10′ 34″ west
Levels
3
Open location code
9C3XFRWF+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27765411
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­saltbox
Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q674773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Science Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف العلوم”
  • Armenian: “Լոնդոնի գիտության թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Zientzia Museoa”
  • Bengali: “সায়েন্স মিউজিয়াম, লন্ডন”
  • Bulgarian: “Музей на науката”
  • Catalan: “Science Museum de Londres”
  • Chinese: “科学博物馆”
  • Croatian: “Muzej znanosti u Londonu”
  • Croatian: “Muzej znanosti”
  • Czech: “Science Museum”
  • Czech: “Vědecké muzeum”
  • Danish: “Science Museum”
  • Dutch: “Science Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Scienca Muzeo de Londono”
  • Estonian: “Londoni Teadusmuuseum”
  • Estonian: “Science Museum”
  • Finnish: “Science Museum”
  • French: “Musée de la science”
  • French: “Science Museum de Londres”
  • Georgian: “მეცნიერების მუზეუმი (ლონდონი)”
  • Georgian: “მეცნიერების მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Science Museum”
  • German: “Wissenschaftsmuseum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Επιστήμης του Λονδίνου”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Επιστημών, Λονδίνο”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון המדע”
  • Hungarian: “London Science Museum”
  • Icelandic: “Vísindasafnið í London”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Sains, London”
  • Irish: “Músaem Eolaíocht, Londain”
  • Irish: “Músaem Eolaíocht”
  • Italian: “Museo della scienza”
  • Japanese: “サイエンス・ミュージアム”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン科学博物館”
  • Korean: “과학박물관”
  • Lithuanian: “Londono mokslo muziejus”
  • Macedonian: “Научен музеј”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Science Museum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Science Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Science Museum”
  • Persian: “موزه علوم لندن”
  • Persian: “موزه علوم”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Nauki w Londynie”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Ciência (Londres)”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Ciência”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Științei din Londra”
  • Russian: “Музей науки”
  • Serbian: “Музеј науке у Лондону”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Science Museum”
  • Slovenian: “Science Museum”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Ciencias de Londres”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Ciencias”
  • Swedish: “Science Museum”
  • Tamil: “அறிவியல் அருங்காட்சியகம், இலண்டன்”
  • Tamil: “அறிவியல் அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Turkish: “Londra Bilim Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей науки (Лондон)”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей науки”
  • Urdu: “سائنس میوزیم، لندن”
  • Uzbek: “Ilm-fan va sanoat milliy muzeyi”
  • Uzbek: “Ilm-Fan Va Sanoat Milliy Muzeyi”
  • Uzbek: “London ilm-fan muzeyi”
  • Uzbek: “London Ilm-Fan Muzeyi”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Khoa học, Luân Đôn”
  • Welsh: “Yr Amgueddfa Wyddoniaeth”
  • Yiddish: “וויסנשאפט מוזיי”

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