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Sep 18, 2024 · The Russian sociable Carriages were sometimes used for more action-packed entertainment by the upper class. The Hooded Mail Phaeton, is an example of a Phaeton likely designed for racing.It has sturdier grasshopper springs intended for vehicles that are driving fast on rougher country roads such as mail coaches.

Wonderlab encourages visitors to interact with the exhibits through vision, sound and cognitive skills.It is located on Level 3— disabled visitors receive concessionary prices for this gallery. Most of these areas are staffed by Explainers—our professional science communicators who provide personal guidance, explanations and demonstrations on gallery.

Oct 15, 2018 · Like many other infectious diseases, polio spreads from person-to-person through the ingestion of faecal matter, often in food and water. But while improvements in sanitation such as clean water and sewage systems led to the decline of diseases such as typhoid and cholera at the end of the 1800s, outbreaks of polio began to increase.

Experience Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar in captivating IMAX 70mm. Free entry Open daily, 10.00–18.00 Science Museum Exhibition Road

Jun 13, 2018 · The Victorian mental asylum has the reputation of a place of misery where inmates were locked up and left to the mercy of their keepers. But when the first large asylums were built in the early 1800s, they were part of a new, more humane attitude towards mental healthcare.

Immerse yourself in the big screen. Escape the hustle and bustle of the museum and settle in for an unforgettable experience in our IMAX cinema. Boasting a next-generation IMAX® Laser 4K projector along with our much-loved IMAX 70mm film projector, our cinema is a truly unique experience for all ...

Opening times The museum is open daily from 10.00–18.00 (except for 24-26 December). Last entry is 17.15. You are welcome to stay in the museum as long as you like, but an average visit lasts around two hours.

Discover the world’s oldest clock and watch collection in its new home at the Science Museum. The collection includes more than 600 watches, 90 clocks, 30 marine chronometers and a number of fine sundials and examples of hand engraving, mapping the history of …

Nov 1, 2023 · In 1495 a syphilis epidemic swept across Europe, some 150 years after the Black Death had killed many millions on the same continent. But ‘The Great Pox’ – what we now know as syphilis – evolved into a very different kind of plague.