Best places: Science museums in United Kingdom

Classical 1832 building housing 18th-century anatomy specimens & visiting medical exhibitions.

Interactive exhibits of mechanical art and design with buttons, handles, lights and sound effects.

Fossils in local Wenlock limestone, plus colourful gems and crystals in an airy Edwardian building.

👍👍 Wow! This is really really unusual and nothing like we expected. Yes it's about crabs, but the information notice boards the challenging questions for kids to ask adults, the re-evaluation of knowledge and questioning perspective on global issues, the farming of horseshoe crabs for their blood the h...

Grisly history of surgery and medicine with gruesome instruments and preserved specimens.

Archaeological artefacts, art & natural history, plus visiting exhibitions in a grand setting.

Historic aviation research centre's collection of planes, wind tunnels, engines and other artefacts.

Science & technology museum offering interactive exhibits, plus a planetarium, IMAX theatre & cafes.

Interactive science, workshops and events, with a huge telescope in the astronomical observatory.

Restored windmill, built in the 1800s, with workings on display and kids' scientific discovery zone.

A vast treasury of science & invention, famous for its state-of-the-art interactive exhibits.

Cases filled with rocks, fossils and preserved creatures, including some donated by Charles Darwin.

Themed galleries displaying rockets, satellites & interactive exhibitions about space travel.

Educational observatory museum with science exhibits, the Lovell Radio Telescope, plus outdoor cafe.

Interactive science centre with climbing & robot attractions, plus temporary exhibits & demos.

Family-friendly attraction that aims to teach people about science and motivate them to learn more.

State-of-the-art projections and visualisations of the solar system, using both real images and CGI.

Museum examining history and social consequences of naval warfare with interactive displays.

Purpose-built, modern museum showing Roman bath house remains, plus access to a 13th-century priory.

Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations.