Science Museum

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Crosswords: Science Museum

Specialty definitions using "science museum": Difference Engine ♦ Turing tar-pit. (references)

A large number of museums are often referred to with this catch-all title, including:

• The Science Museum in London. Unlike most other "science museums", the Science Museum is primarily a museum and not a demonstration exhibit. It includes such items as one of the first steam engines, Stephenson's Rocket, the original models of DNA and heme, the first MRI, jet engine and other famous items. Entrance is free.

• The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. This museum was formerly known as the Rosenwald Museum and is the sole remaining structure of the World Columbian Exposition. It is located on Chicago's south lakefront east of the University of Chicago campus. Special exhibits include an operating coal mine, a space museum and Omni Max theatre, a railroad museum and a Nazi submarine. Entrance fee required.

• The Museon in The Hague.

• The Ontario Science Center in Toronto.

See also: List of museums

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Science Museum (London)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Science Museum in South Kensington, London, is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. The museum is a major London tourist attraction.

Originally founded in 1857 as the South Kensington Museum, together with what is now the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum now holds a collection of over 300,000 items, including such famous items as Stephenson's Rocket, the first jet engine, Francis Crick's model of DNA, some of the earliest remaining steam engines, a working example of Charles Babbage's Difference engine, and the first prototype of the 10,000-year Clock of the Long Now. It also contains hundreds of interactive exhibits. A recent addition is the IMAX Theatre showing science and nature documentaries, some of them in 3-D. Entrance has been free since December 1, 2001.

The museum is adjacent to the Natural History Museum and connected to it by a public corridor. The closest London Underground station is South Kensington.

External links

• Science Museum web site
• National Museum of Science and Industry web site