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These rides are 20-minute science-themed adventures aboard a state-of-the-art motion simulator. Film projection and digital sound are used to create a multisensory environment.

This gallery contains a wacky variety of household gadgets and gizmos, from washing machines to burglar alarms.

The Apollo 10 Command Module, which went around the moon in May 1969, is on display, as is a replica of the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon from the original in July 1969.

This immaculate steam engine can sometimes be seen up and running. It’s just one exhibit in the East Hall’s Power gallery, which includes one of James Watt’s original 1788 rotative steam engines.

Puffing Billy is the world’s oldest remaining steam locomotive. It was built in England in 1813 and used to transport coal. George Stephenson’s famous 1829Rocket, the first locomotive engine to pull passenger carriages, is also on display.

The computing and mathematics galleries on the second floor display a model of the Difference Engine No 2. Designed by Charles Babbage (1791–1871), it was the forerunner of the modern computer.

Health Matters is a multimedia look at medicine. Aids, cancer and heart disease are reviewed, by patients, doctors and alternative practitioners. Take a look atE. coli bacteria, a modern killer.

A radio and sound studio on the third floor houses all the equipment used in broadcasting. Using computers, children over 12 can mix sounds and play them back.

The cinema shows 2D and 3D films on a screen higher than four double-decker buses. An impressive six-channel surround sound system will totally immerse you in the action.

This futuristic gallery in the Wellcome Wing looks at digital sound and vision. Networking People shows how digital networks can be used in our daily lives. Artificial intelligence is also explored.