Science Museum

Don't bother with the Secret Agent section, its a joke.

Wow -- I can't believe there aren't already loads of glowing reviews on this museum! We've been to science museums all over the U.S. and Europe and I'd say this is one of the best.

The museum is massive, with sections dedicated to aeronautics, medicine, space, computers, etc. Some of the displays are a bit dated (especially in the space section) but others are very descriptive and often include interactive exhibits. There are two hands-on children's sections in the basement...the one for little kids (up to age 5) is very well supervised and features a water experiment area that attracts quite a crowd. At the other end of the building you'll find the hands-on stuff for kids and grown-ups, with most experiments centred on motion and perception.

You could really spend the whole day just in this one museum. If it turns out that you disagree with our enthusiastic review, the Natural History and Victoria & Albert Museum are right next door. All three of the museums are worth a visit in their own right, and are free of charge.

FYI: There is a tube station right at the corner of the three museums. If you end up driving in, choose the metered parking on the road leading up to the science museum...£12.00 for four hours...the opposite side of the museum only offers 2 hour parking.

Me and my fiance were very disappointed with this museum. It was very difficult to navigate around the floors and find your way around the place. There were several large empty spaces with no exhibits and the musuem is mainly ful of cafes, shops and attractions that you have to pay for. Many of the exhibits and interactive stations were either too crowded or not working or so poorly lit that you could not read about what you were looking at. We have traveled the world and visted many wonderful musuems ...this has to be one of the most disappointing and poorly organised musuems I have ever visited. The IMAX cinema was even worse and poor value for money with the only decent bit of 3D film being the credits at the end of the movie .... do not pay to see this.