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	Encyclopedia: Science Museum (London) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kensington is an area to the west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
		London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England.
		A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Science-Museum-(London) (317 words)

	Science Museum (London) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1885, the Science Collections were renamed the Science Museum and in 1893 a separate Director was appointed.
		The museum is adjacent to the Natural History Museum and used to be connected to it by a public corridor, which is now closed.
		The closest London Underground station is South Kensington; a subway connects the museums to the station.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Science_Museum_(London) (796 words)

	inIVA: resource - Science Museum, London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The government's science and art department established the South Kensington Museum in 1857 from which the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum have subsequently developed.
		The displays in the museums comprised of art objects although the 'science collection', as it was known, included model apparatus, examples of materials, books and educational resources.
		Gradually assuming their identity, the science and art collections were housed separately in the Science Museum which was opened by King George V in 1928.
	www.iniva.org /archive/resource/1577 (1383 words)

	Orinda Group - Cultural Consultants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This week it was announced that after five years as the Director of the Science Museum, London, Dr. Lindsay Sharp would be resigning his post.
		The Science Museum has been in the news a great deal in recent months, and the majority of the articles have been complimentary, praising the museum for successfully reinventing itself through the retooling of its galleries, its commitment to a “green” facility and its affiliation with the innovative, adult-oriented Dana Centre.
		With so many science and natural history museums currently trying to re-envision themselves, the media had led me to believe that the Science Museum was a pioneer in its field, an example for other museums to follow.
	www.orindagroup.com /OGBlog/EX_A/exA[013]al_science_museum.htm (314 words)

	science_museum_london.doc
		The Science Museum IMAX Cinema is situated towards the back of the Museum.Visitors have to walk through several galleries to reach it.
		The Bfi London IMAX Cinema is a stand-alone cinema.
		The cinema houses 450 (Science Museum) and 477 (bfi London IMAX Cinema).
	www.wildchimpanzees.org /educators/html/science_museum_london.html (876 words)

	Science Museum -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		museum that is the headquarters of Britain's National Museum of Science and Industry and is one of the greatest museums of science and technology in the world.
		In its preserving of this primary evidence, the museum differs markedly from the library, with which it has often been compared, for the items housed in a museum are mainly unique and constitute the raw material of study and research.
		The museum is located in the South Kensington area of London, near the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9066290 (844 words)

	Research and curation - Natural History Museum
		The Natural History Museum is an international leader in the scientific study of the natural world.
		Our science describes the present diversity of nature, promotes understanding of the critical importance of its past, and develops knowledge that supports anticipation and management of the impact of human activity on the environment.
		More than 300 scientists work at the Museum to tackle a diverse range of global problems, such as threats to the Earth's biodiversity, the maintenance of delicate ecosystems, environmental pollution and disease.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /research-curation (153 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Tours open up science treasures
		The initiative is said to be a response to the growing fascination with the impact of science and technology.
		The Science Museum started life in the 19th Century, funded by the profits of the Great Exhibition of 1851, as part of Prince Albert's grand scheme to promote industrial technology - and it has been collecting artefacts of significance ever since.
		Visitors who take up what are likely to be some of the hottest tickets on the London museum circuit will wince as they marvel at the massive collection of medical instruments, many of them amassed by the philanthropist Henry Wellcome.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3622710.stm (723 words)

	Rife Information Forum, Europe
		During those fourteen years the microscope was lodged at the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science in London, where it had been reassembled, inspected and tested, and also seen by a number of people who had enquired about it.
		Some time after the microscope was given to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine there was an allegation that Dr Gonin had not bought the instrument but had leased it for a nominal sum, and that the payments due on the lease had not been maintained.
		The former curator of the Wellcome Museum, who met the people who saw the microscope in the late 1970s, says in more than one place that Siner took it back, at some unspecified date, but There is no record that Siner mentioned this during his visit although he did mention bringing the microscope to Britain.
	www.rife.de /mscope/mscope5.htm (4058 words)

	Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
		The Science Museum (UK) exists to promote public understanding of the history and contemporary practice of science, medicine, technology and industry.
		The Museum's world-renowned collections are constantly refreshed by active acquisition and occasional endowments such as the magnificent Wellcome Collection of the History of Medicine--one of the world's outstanding records of the emergence of modern scientific and industrial civilization.
		In this seminar, Ben Russell of the Science Museum looks at the factors affecting the use of the rotative steam engine in the cotton industry, and considers some of the alternatives that were available.
	www.fathom.com /partners/sm (275 words)

	Museum Hawk: London Science Museum - The Car Connection
		As noted at the end of my recent Letter from London (TCC 12/6/04), there seems to be a dearth of car museums in the London area, if not in all of Great Britain.
		However, the Science Museum, a part of the U.K.'s National Museum of Science and Industry and located in a cluster of public museums in London's West End, has a large exhibit hall devoted to the evolution of transportation.
		The final significant bit of British motoring history displayed at the Science Museum is the low-priced sports roadster, in this case a 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I, known in U.K. as the "frogeye" model and in the U.S. as bug-eyed.
	www.thecarconnection.com /Enthusiasts/Classics_Corner/Museum_Hawk_London_Science_Museum.S215.A7833.html (1157 words)

	Science Museum, London
		Every collection is displayed in a seperate part of the museum and there are maps to find your way around the museum.
		In the museum a special area is reserved for children.
		London Pass, offering you free access to many museums and attractions in London.
	www.londonpagesonline.com /museums/science_museum (646 words)

	History of the 1903 Wright Flyer at WSU Special Collections & Archives
		The Royal Aeronautical Society dined beneath the Flyer at the Science Museum in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of powered flight in December 1928.
		The Science Museum building in London in 1928, the year of its opening which is also the year of Orville Wright's nearly permanent loan of the Flyer.
		Archival evidence suggests that as early as 1924, he was considered transfering the machine to the Science Museum in London.
	www.libraries.wright.edu /special/1903/history.htm (872 words)

	The Science Museum, London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Whatever it is, it is sure to be covered by the Science Museum whether it is 18th century developments in agriculture, 20th century space flight or the science of sport.
		Amongst the many scientific subjects covered by the museum's display are weather, chemistry, weighing and measuring, marine engineering, flight, geophysics, medicine and telecommunications.
		The Science Museum really does provide and enthralling day out for children and adults alike and is not to be missed.
	london.allinfo-about.com /features/science.html (468 words)

	Robert Graumans Industrial Revolution Tour
		He advertised that he was able to bore a cylinder up to 72" in bore to an accuracy better than the thickness of a 6 pence (~0.080") on a new mill he had invented.
		They were building a major display on half the main floor of the museum, but it was due to open "in the Spring of 2000".
		Large areas of the museum have been dumbed down to cater to school tours, as have many other major museums I have toured in the last few years.
	www.pacificsun.ca /~robert/indrev/trip1.htm (2113 words)

	Science Museum, London
		Ansae was delighted when it had the opportunity to work with the Science Museum, London, on exhibits within the new Wellcome Wing.
		Targeted at children under 7 years old, the museum wanted to educate through the innovative and creative use of interactive games.
		Puppeteer allowed the museum to add interest, life and drama to the game by the judicious use of lighting, sound and touch.
	www.ipuppeteer.com /solutions/wellcome.html (337 words)

	Waking The Dead - Science Museum's Dana Centre Holds Séance - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK ...
		The Dana Centre is the Science Museum's adults-only venue where contemporary and controversial scientific issues are explored.
		The séance is part of a unique one-off event, The Fear Factor: Exploring the Paranormal, being held at the Dana Centre, the Science Museum’s adults-only venue where contemporary and controversial scientific issues are explored.
		The Fear Factor is a joint event organized by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the European Dana Alliance for the Brain and the Science Museum.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh_gfx_en/ART24186.html (873 words)

	The Franklin Institute - Online Museum Educators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the 2001-2002 year, The Franklin Institute Science Museum and the Science Museum, London invited sixteen teachers to participate in a collaborative exploration of this idea.
		The Online Museum Educators—whose activity is made possible by support from Unisys—participated in online conversations throughout the resource development process, sharing their diverse perspectives on community science issues and offering support to one another.
		Science Museum, London invited teachers into the collections interpretation process.
	www.fi.edu /educators.html (587 words)

	British Medical Journal: Interactive science - The Wellcome Wing, Science Museum, London
		There are about eight smaller discs around the edge of the large discs, to which the public can turn to cast their vote on whether men should be allowed to give birth and on other similar questions.
		As someone who is not particularly interested in science, I went to this new wing partly to see the architecture, and I was amazed.
		I learnt plenty of science and was kept occupied by the interactive and virtual experiences.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0999/is_7259_321/ai_65130582 (569 words)

	Science Museum, London: Attraction near Hyde Park 1m (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Science Museum is one of the UK's top 10 attractions receiving over 1.5 million visitors.
		These hotels are located in the areas around Science Museum of City of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, with the cheapest hotel near Science Museum being the Cromwell Crown Hotel (0.5m in Kensington & Chelsea) costing from about £22.5 per night.
		London's most contemporary accommodation, the QueensGate in South Kensington, offers 26 bedrooms and is not only spacious and stylish, but also affords views over the Natural History Museum.
	www.uk-tourist-attractions.co.uk /Attractions/History/Museums/Science_Museum.cfm (303 words)

	Elizabethan Artefacts Stolen From London Science Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
		Jon Tucker, Head of Science Museum, said: "This is a very distressing loss to the museum as these objects are of great historical significance and irreplaceable."
		The Wellcome Museum of the History of Medicine, from which the items were stolen.
		The crystal and the statement were part of the Wellcome Museum of the History of Medicine within the Science Museum, to where they were transferred in 1976.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh_gfx_en/ART25176.html (636 words)

	Science Museum on AboutBritain.com
		The Museum is closed from 24 to 26 December.
		Situated opposite the Victoria and Albert Museum and a short stroll away from Harrods and the boutiques of Kensington, the Rembrandt enjoys the timeless traditional qualities of a country house - right in the heart of London.
		Ideally situated for the Royal Albert Hall, Earls Court and the Natural History and Science Museums, Grosvenor Kensington is at London's cultural heart.
	www.aboutbritain.com /ScienceMuseum.htm (785 words)

	online exhibits
		Science, art, celebrity and nostalgia in flboards old and new.
		Museum of the History of Science, Florence, The British Museum, and Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
		The application of mathematical science in the context of the battlefield.
	www.mhs.ox.ac.uk /exhibits (267 words)

	Science Museum, London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Science Museum is free, which probably explains a lot.
		However if you want to wander past miles and miles of glass cases in the hopes of eventually stumbling across something that might be interesting then the Science Museum will let you do it all day.
		Some of the exhibits are very shabby with notices that use typefaces that are museum pieces in themselves.
	johnnyspring.tripod.com /cheapdaysout/id14.html (381 words)

	Science Museum London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Science Museum Library is a research library, open to the general public for reference.
		...Science Museum, London National Museum of Photography.....Film and Television National Railway Museum Science Museum, Wroughton Science & Society.....Locomotion - The National Railway...
		A museum was founded in 1857 under Bennett Woodcroft from the collection of the Royal...
	www.museumhelp.com /science-museum-london (391 words)

	Aliens at the London Science Museum \| Cosmic Variance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Reporting on a new exhibit at the Science Museum in London, The Guardian has a fun article about the question of extraterrestrial life, its probabilities, its possible forms, and its role in books, film and television.
		Science and the Media :: aliens, extraterrestrials
		You neglected to point out the obvious fact that even laser beams, no matter how focused they are, still follows the inverse square law.
	cosmicvariance.com /2005/08/29/aliens-at-the-london-science-museum (647 words)

	Museums in London. The Science Museum. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Science Museum, part of the National Museum of Science and Industry, was originally part of the South Kensington Museum, which included art collections and collections of scientific interest from Marlborough House and the Great Exhibition of 1851.
		The museum boasts an unrivalled collection of artefacts from the Industrial Revolution and a significant collection of medical artefacts from all periods and cultures.
		Buses C1, 14 and 74 stop near the Museums on Cromwell Road.The Victoria and Albert Museum is opposite and opens onto Exhibition Road and Cromwell Road.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /museumstudies/websites04/henry/thesciencemuseum.htm (297 words)

	Bond Flies with Vertigo at London Science Museum
		London's Science Museum today unveiled its new Bond, James Bond exhibition, exploring the science and art of the Bond films with a collection of original 007 objects‚ images‚ concept drawings‚ storyboards, and costume designs.
		The vehicles had to be ready and all access equipment cleared away, ready for the general museum areas to be open to the public at 9am Monday morning.
		He worked with the Science Museum's structural engineer Nat Barnett to establish where the load could be spread without over-stressing the building.
	livedesignonline.com /news/lighting_bond_flies_vertigo (600 words)

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