We are huge fan of the Science Museum. We are a family with young children always looking for activities to let energy spread. It is known that when children are being interactive that they are learning. The Wonderlab at the Science Museum is like a large scientific playground, where kids can play and learn at the same time.
Wonderlab Science Museum: where you can really touch the science
The main Hall of the Science Museum
Open in October 2016 and located at the third floor of the Science Museum, Wonderlab is the new Statoil gallery for children, rich of try-it-yourself science experiences. Consider to spend here at least half of the day, but if it’s your first time at the Science Museum (you can read more about it in this post), so consider a whole day for both.
the fun mirrors
There are seven zones at the ‘lab’, for each physical phenomenon of Nature: Matter, Sound, Maths, Electricity, Forces, Light and Space.
Tesselation wall
There are many live experiments during the day at the chemistry bar. We really enjoyed the nitrogen one!
Experiment session at the Wonderlab Science Museum
There is also an area with tables and wood blocks for a quieter moment.
Playing with wood blocks
There are from theremin bollards to metal prongs, but the highlight for a four-year-old visitor is the giant friction slides!
Slides at Wonderlab at Science Museum
You can see our full tour of the Science Museum here:
WONDERLAB COST
Entry to the Science Museum is free, but charges apply for Wonderlab: 10£ for a dailly pass, 15£ for an annual pass.
The Science Museum is open seven days a week from 10am to 6pm.
Wheelchair and buggy user-friendly.
Last but not least: Wonderlab offers Birthday Party packages, School Visits – for more detailed information contact them directly. We highly recommend it for a family day out, suitable for ages
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We haven’t been to London for at least a couple of years now. I think it’s about time we scheduled a visit and the Science museum on our list! We’ve been before but it would be nice to go again.
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Yes, it definitely deserves a visit!!
We love visiting the Science museum and my kids spend so much time with all the interactive activities. I kinda like how some complex topics are explained to children.
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I wish I would have had such things when I was little 🙂
That looks absolutely brilliant. The Science Museum was a huge favourite with my older two before we moved abroad. Now we are back for a while, I have been meaning to take my youngest. Thanks so much for joining in with #CulturedKids
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Both my kids and we adults as well enjoyed it!
Wonderlab sounds fantastic, my teens were too old when it opened. Playing and learning is so important for all ages. Thank you for linking up to #CulturedKids
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Thank you Catherine!!
This looks great. We’re heading to London at half term and I’m adding this to our list!
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It’s very interactive and if the weather is bad is just perfect!
We love Wonderlab, we’ve taken kids between the ages of 3 and 15 and they’ve all really enjoyed it! Their family membership is quite reasonable too, if you’re going to visit more than once a year or so #culturedkids
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Yes absolutely, the annual membership is very accessible
I cannot believe we missed this when we went to the science museum – we must go back soon as it looks so much fun
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There is so much to see at the Science Museum, but I think especially for children, this is the best part 🙂
Ah the Science Musuem is so fun! The Wonderlab looks amazing – I have a feeling my little boy would love the friction slides too.
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Thank you Holly! yes the slides are the best attraction for children
Wow! I’ve never been there! The experiment session is very nice!
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We actually loved particularly that part, I have never seen the children so quiet for so long 🙂
I’d add The Museum of London; I visited it last October, it was full of kids and it seemed to me that they had a lot of fun!
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Yes you are right, there is also a soft play area 🙂
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We want to go the the Museum of London. I tried a couple of weeks ago but we weren’t out of time. it’s far from where we live 🙁 but I have heard has great things for kids