Science Museum Library And Archives

The Science Museum Library and Archives is one of the world’s leading research repositories for the history of science and technology. Anyone can access the collections.

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Our collections include:

Archives of some of the most famous and influential individuals and companies in the fields of science, medicine, engineering and industry.

Original printed works include books, journals, patents, trade literature, directories and maps. These chart the world-wide development of science, engineering and medicine from the fifteenth to the twentieth-first centuries.

A world-class collection of books and journals on the history and biography of science, technology and medicine, and their social impact.

Digital collections include journals, indexes and other full-text electronic resources such as JSTOR, Oxford reference resources and the Times Digital Archive. These are available in both reading rooms (London and Wroughton).