See you soon

Our opening hours are Wednesday–Sunday, 10.00–17.00.

Some experiences may close earlier.

The museum is closed on 24, 25 and 26 December.

OPEN

• Great Hall
• Great Hall café (see food and drink section below)
• Highlights exhibition
• Shop
• Picnic area in the courtyard by Countess of York
• Lockers, toilets and baby changing areas
• Station Hall, with one-way system
• South Yard, including picnic area
• Outdoor play area
• Under-5s play area in Great Hall
• Mallard Experience
• Miniature railway
• Model railway
• Road Train

CLOSED

• North Shed
• Steam rides
• The Depot
• Cab access
• Shinkansen interior access
• Search Engine
• The Works/Workshop
• Thomas ride-ons 
• Great Hall shop
• Info points in Great Hall 
• Countess of York
• Live shows
• Viewing balcony
• Flying Scotsman exhibition 

To ensure you have the space you need to explore the museum safely and confidently, all visitors are now required to book free tickets in advance.  

Please note, tickets are currently released two weeks in advance. 

If your plans change, please contact the booking team on 0800 047 8124 or email us at info@ScienceMuseumGroup.ac.uk to exchange or return your ticket.

We will be offering you a very warm welcome as always, but we have put some new measures in place to ensure you can enjoy the museum safely:

• All visitors must book free, timed tickets in advance so that we can manage the number of people in the museum

• Please wear a face covering in the museum 

• Self-guided routes and social distancing guidelines will be in place across the museum with clear signage in place to help visitors have a relaxed visit  

• Protective screens will be installed at all ticket desks and information points  

• Hand sanitiser stations will be located throughout the museum  

• Enhanced cleaning regimes throughout the museum, including toilets, high-touch areas and our interactive galleries  

• Tickets will be scanned by contactless e-scanners  

• Contactless payment is encouraged where possible   

• Before your visit you’ll receive an email with helpful information about how to have a safe and enjoyable day out at the museum 

Please note the Great Hall café is closed on Sunday 6 December.

The Station Hall café is open on weekends only.

The Great Hall café offers a full menu including pastries, sandwiches, salads, homemade pizza, homemade sausage rolls, homemade cakes and traybakes, hot and cold drinks and plenty more.

We have pre-bookable Lunch Bags and Kids Bags available to purchase when you book your ticket online. You will be able to select from a sandwich or salad when booking, and the additional contents (fruit, drinks etc) can be selected on the day of your visit.

Download the menu (PDF).

If you have any allergies or dietary requirements you can let us know during the booking process.

Pre-booking enables you to skip the queue on the day of your visit, these can be collected from Great Hall café.

Lunch bag, £12.50

Choose either a sandwich or salad:

• Cheddar Ploughman’s on white or brown with local chutney
• Ham salad on white or brown
• Chicken Caesar salad
• Moroccan squash, feta and red quinoa salad

• Home-made chocolate brownie
• Tyrrell’s crisps, from a selection on the day, typically: lightly salted, sea salt and vinegar or cheese and chive
• Piece of fruit (from a selection on the day)
• Drink, from a selection on the day, all 500ml—still or sparkling life water, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite Zero, orange Fanta Zero

Kid's bag, £5.95

Sandwich (pick one):

• Ham
• Cheese

• Tunnock’s tea cake
• Pop chips, from a selection on the day, typically: sea salt, salt and vinegar, barbecue
• Piece of fruit (from a selection on the day)
• Fruit juice (from a selection on the day – apple / orange)

Download our admission guidelines in full.

WiFi is available throughout the museum—look for the network 'Free Museum Wi-Fi'.

Visitors are permitted to use hand-held cameras in the museum for private and non-commercial purposes, but must not:

• Use cameras in any areas where video or photography is restricted—this will always be clearly indicated
• Make any recording or take any photograph of any person without that person’s permission

Non-private or commercial use of cameras/recording devices and the use of tripods or lighting is only allowed by prior arrangement.