Science Museum, London

Science Museum
	The Science Museum
	Location within central London
Established	1857; (separate status formalised 1909);
Location	Exhibition Road,; Kensington & Chelsea London, SW7 2DD; United Kingdom;
Coordinates	51°29′51″N 0°10′29″W
Visitors	955,873 (2021); * Ranked 9th nationally;
Director	Ian Blatchford
Public transit access	South Kensington; Kensington Museums 360; Victoria & Albert Museum 14, 74, 414, C1;
Website	www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Science Museum Group
	National Railway Museum National Railway Museum Shildon; ; Science & Media; Science & Industry; Science Museum Dana Research Centre and Library; National Collections Centre; ;

The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually in 2019.

Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, the Science Museum does not charge visitors for admission, although visitors are requested to make a donation if they are able. Temporary exhibitions may incur an admission fee.

It is one of the five museums in the Science Museum Group.

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