Science Museum

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An extraordinary collection bringing together a rich visual history of science, medicine, technology, engineering, transport and culture.

Over 40,000 images available for licensing

Bernal's model of the structure of a monatomic fluid, showing random close-packing. Made up of gold coloured balls with a dark grey background.

Science & Innovation

Groundbreaking discoveries and the evolution of scientific thinking.

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Technology & Industry

The machines, people and moments that shaped the modern world.

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Black and white photograph of a construction worker in the sky, building the Empire State Building. View of New York skyscrapers behind.
adjustable parturition chair, or birthing chair, German, 17th century. Full 3/4 view, grey background.

Medicine & Healthcare

From early medical practices to modern healthcare advancements.

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Society & Culture

How science has influenced everyday life and society.

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Black and white photograph of five women students stand watching as their domestic cooking class teacher kneels taking a pie baking out of the oven.
Iron oxide dendrites, light micrograph black gold yellow colour

Microscopy

The invisible world beneath the lens.

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History of Photography

The art, science and technology behind capturing images.

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Black and white photograph of two women war photographers kneeling on ground in uniform
Typical oil-field in the Gulf of Mexico. A diorama 3D model showing drilling rig and a finished well. In front of a diagram showing an oil-field's typical geological structure stands a full-size bit used for drilling wells.

Earth Science

The natural world and the science behind it.

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Space & Space Exploration

The people, technology and discoveries that took us beyond Earth.

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Mars Sojourner Full size replica
Black and white photograph of a woman on a tricycle, smiling, waving, wearing a white outfit and sunglasses

Transport

The vehicles and innovations that moved the world forward.

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Black and white photograph of woman making glass eyes, holding blow torch
Grinding wheel chick face, light micrograph colourful
Phrenological heads, lined up in rows front-facing
Black and white photograph of an electrical experiment
Black and white photograph of telephone exchange operators in gas masks
Black and white sepia photograph of two workers wearing inflated PPE suits in the wet granulating room at a pharmaceutical factory.
A brass cylinder tint exposure meter
Black and white photograph of three welsh miners, sat on ground on their lunch break
Collection of glass artificial eyes, French, 19th century on a blue background
3D Printed bionic arm laying on grey surface.
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band', vinyl LP record by The Beatles 1967
Black and white photograph of woman holding large and small Christmas crackers
Illustrated 1930s poster showing a woman in a sari is carrying a camera and watching a snake charmer, while a small girl stands nearby.
King Charles, then Prince of Wales, standing smiling in front of train at visit to the National Railway Museum, York, 2013
Black and white photograph of Salvador Dali reading his biography on the train, 1959.
Muhammad Ali looks down on London from the 600 ft GPO Tower, 1966
Black and white photograph of a kangaroo on a london street with circus companions.
Black and white photograph of holiday makers dancing, running and jumping along the sand at the beach.
Black and white photograph of a woman sitting under an early hairdryer
A small experimental camera with a lens, produced in 1834-1836, and a metal patent stamp, embossed: 'Patent Talbotype or Sun Pictures'