What is Science Museum (London)?
{{Infobox museum |name = Science Museum |image = Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 - geograph.org.uk - 1125595.jpg |caption = The Science Museum |alt = |map_type = United Kingdom Central London |map_caption = Location within central London |coordinates = {{coord|51.4975|-0.174722|type:landmark_region:GB-LND|display=inline}} |established = {{Start date and age|1857|df=yes}} <br />{{small|(separate status formalised 1909)}} |location = [[Exhibition Road]],<br /> [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington & Chelsea]] [[London]], {{postcode|SW|7}}<br />United Kingdom |visitors = 3,251,000 (2017)<ref name=ALVA>{{cite web |url=http://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=608 |title=2017 Visitor Figures |publisher=Association of Leading Visitor Attractions |accessdate=22 March 2018}}</ref><br/>[[Most visited museums in the United Kingdom|Ranked 6th nationally]] |director = [[Ian Blatchford]] |publictransit = {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{lus|South Kensington}} |website = [http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk sciencemuseum.org.uk] |network = NMSI }} [[File:Old bess steam engine 1777.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Old Bess'', the oldest surviving beam engine, built by [[Matthew Boulton]] & [[James Watt]] in 1777.]] [[File:Stephenson's Rocket.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stephenson's ''Rocket'']] The '''Science Museum''' is one of the three large [[museum]]s on Exhibition Road, [[London]]. It is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. The museum is a big tourist attraction in London. The science museum is a great place. It has been free to enter the Science Museum since 1 December 2001. This is because it is paid for by the [[government]]. People may have to pay to enter the [[wikt:temporary|temporary]] [[exhibition]]s. ==Start and history== [[Bennet Woodcroft]] started a museum in 1857. He used items from the [[Royal Society of Arts]] and the [[Great Exhibition]]. It included some [[machine]]ry which became the ''Museum of [[Patent]]s'' in 1858, and the ''Patent Office Museum'' in 1863. In 1883, the