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The Science Museum is a free-admission museum on South Kensington's Exhibition Road, founded in 1857 by Bennet Woodcroft and the Royal Society of Arts as the South Kensington Museum. Today, its former collections are split between the museum and the adjacent Victoria and Albert Museum, with museum collections focusing on STEM research and concepts. More than 3.3 million visitors explore the museum's permanent galleries each year, which are focused on topics like outer space exploration, modern aviation, and medicine and biological research. Unique artifacts on display include the oldest surviving James Watt beam engine, the historic transatlantic flight plane Vickers Vimy, and the preserved Apollo 10 Command Module Charlie Brown, which orbited the moon over 30 times in 1969. Though the museum's permanent galleries are free to enter throughout the week, a ticketed upcharge is required for certain traveling and temporary special exhibitions.
Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD, United Kingdom, Phone: +44-33-32-41-40-00
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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