Science and Innovation Park

Science and Innovation Park The Park is a multi-purpose site available for commercial hire. At its heart is the National Collections Centre, home to the Science Museum Group Collection.

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Looking for a fascinating day out? Step inside the Hawking Building at the Science and Innovation Park for a guided tour...
22/05/2026

Looking for a fascinating day out?

Step inside the Hawking Building at the Science and Innovation Park for a guided tour through one of the UK’s most extraordinary collections stores 🚀

Walk among thousands of incredible objects - from space technology and vintage vehicles to sci-fi icons and record-breaking inventions.

Led by our expert guides, these tours are your chance to explore the amazing objects cared for by the Science Museum Group.

🎟️ Book your tour: https://www.scienceinnovationpark.org.uk/visit-us/public-guided-tours

A look back at just a few of the incredible objects from the Science Museum Group Collection arriving at their new home ...
18/05/2026

A look back at just a few of the incredible objects from the Science Museum Group Collection arriving at their new home here at the Science and Innovation Park.

This summer, our guided tours continue, offering a chance to go behind the scenes of a working museum store. On a tour of the Hawking Building, you’ll discover where our objects are cared for, conserved, researched and prepared for display across our five national museums, as well as for loans to institutions in the UK and around the world.

After a sold out run of tours, June and July dates are available to book now.

📸 The Glasgow Tramcar arriving at the Science and Innovation Park.

📸 The Vickers Tango 1 submersible being carefully moved into its new home.

📸 The Red Label Bentley arriving at the Hawking Building.

05/03/2026

Are you a Swindon based business interested in attending Swindon Borough Council's next Let's Talk Business event?

Companies of all sizes are welcome to join and hear how Swindon Borough Council are working towards a more sustainable future for Swindon.

We'll be hosting it on-site here at the Science and Innovation Park on Tuesday 10 March from 11.00.

Find out more and reserve your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-talk-business-decarbonisation-tickets-1981431071674

Some storage solutions just make sense! This statue is of Nipper the dog, who was born in Bristol in 1884. By listening ...
18/02/2026

Some storage solutions just make sense!

This statue is of Nipper the dog, who was born in Bristol in 1884. By listening to his owner’s music, Nipper inspired the painting ‘His Master’s Voice’, which would later become an entertainment trademark, most famously used by the international music and entertainment retailer, HMV.

When deciding where to store this model in the Hawking Building, which is home to around 80% of the Science Museum Group Collection, it only felt right to put him next to a gramophone.

📸 Model of ‘Nipper’, the dog from the HMV advertisement ‘His Master’s Voice’, copy of c. 1930 original.

Unique space in our hangars and on the land adjacent is now available for commercial hire at the Science and Innovation ...
05/02/2026

Unique space in our hangars and on the land adjacent is now available for commercial hire at the Science and Innovation Park.

Private and fully secure, the dynamic location is available for a wide range of business needs and comes with the support of a dedicated site liaison.

Whether it’s for a short-term project or something longer term, our team is available to discuss your bespoke requirements. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4keiHO4

We're partnering with the Festival of Tomorrow in February on a series of special evening events exploring topics from t...
26/01/2026

We're partnering with the Festival of Tomorrow in February on a series of special evening events exploring topics from the Moon and lab-grown meat, to robots in your home and Eurovision's surprising role in TV innovation.

Book tickets to be with us in-person at the Hawking Building or secure your spot to join online. In-person guests can join specially curated tours of our collection at each event.

Tickets are now on sale for public guided tours of the Hawking Building at the Science and Innovation Park 🎟 On a behind...
22/01/2026

Tickets are now on sale for public guided tours of the Hawking Building at the Science and Innovation Park 🎟

On a behind-the-scenes tour, you'll encounter hundreds of historic objects from the Science Museum Group Collection – from objects that explored the stratosphere to machines that plumbed the depths of our oceans.

Tours will run seven days a week from Monday 2 March, allowing us to welcome many more visitors to experience this one-of-a-kind journey through the collection.

If you have followed along with our 12 Days of the Collection series, thank you! We are excited to step into 2026 and c...
05/01/2026

If you have followed along with our 12 Days of the Collection series, thank you!

We are excited to step into 2026 and continue with our work to care for the Science Museum Group Collection and to welcome many more people to go behind the scenes of it inside the Hawking Building at the Science and Innovation Park this year.

To round things off, we thought we’d leave you with some of the spectacular photos taken at some of our largest object moves so far.

📸 Red Label 3 litre touring Bentley

📸Vickers Tango 1 submersible

📸 Black Arrow rocket being moved into the Hawking Building

12 Days of the Collection — Day 11 📘On the eleventh day of Christmas, we delve into the work of our Library and Archives...
04/01/2026

12 Days of the Collection — Day 11 📘

On the eleventh day of Christmas, we delve into the work of our Library and Archives team at the Park, who have developed specialist equipment to care for some of the more vulnerable objects in our collection.

Bespoke boxes have been made for very special books that need an extra layer of protection to help them buffer against fluctuations in humidity and temperature – which can be really damaging for these objects. Carefully designed boxes also protect against dust and dissociation (where bindings or text blocks have loosened over time).

Find out more about how we care for the collection: https://bit.ly/3MT1yNo

📸 The Story of the Solar System by G F Chamber

12 Days of the Collection — Day 10 ⚙️We’re proud to work with brilliant creative people such as engineering artist James...
03/01/2026

12 Days of the Collection — Day 10 ⚙️

We’re proud to work with brilliant creative people such as engineering artist James Capper whose studio is on-site at the Science and Innovation Park.

His striking ATLAS PROTOTYPE sculpture, an articulated hydraulic arm standing atop a solid carved concrete block, continues to be at the centre of the Engineers gallery at the Science Museum The free object gallery celebrates engineers and how they shape the world we live in – learn more about it: https://bit.ly/3KX8uIR

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