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Ingenious Tours of Science Museum Stores

Posted by michael on from the spelunking dept.

JamesD_UK writes "The Science Museum in London has now opened up its storerooms in west London to visitors. A number of guided tours, available on a first-come, first-served basis, have been arranged throughout 2004 and 2005 on topics ranging from mechanical engineering to cosmetics. The stores contain some 170,000 objects, compared with the museum's display of 15,000 objects."

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  1. This is welcome news by gdav · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Science Museum has recently suffered a bit from showy makeovers that actually reduce the display space for its collection. I'd welcome the chance to see the actual objects, including the larger transport-related stuff, which has mostly disappeared.