Science Museum charges

Have received the following email:

Dear Geoff,

Families might soon be priced out of visiting the popular children’s “Launchpad” galleries at the Science Museum in London. The galleries are being ‘re-launched’ at the end of the summer with a hefty entrance charge and a new oil company sponsor.

38 Degrees member Drew, a science student, thinks that the Launchpad should stay free and not answer to big business so he’s started a campaign to stop the plans.

The Launchpad has been free to enter for years. How many future scientists and engineers would we lose if children didn’t have free access to this inspiring place? The changes aren’t due to start till the end of summer. If enough of us demand that museum bosses drop their plans, we could persuade them to keep the exhibits free for all children.

If you think that the science museum should be for everyone, please sign the petition. It takes about a minute:


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Here’s what Drew says:

“As big fans of science education, we are deeply saddened to hear that the popular Launchpad gallery is to be relaunched not just with sponsorship from an oil company, but an entrance charge too.

As research at King’s College and the Wellcome Trust emphasise, the British public are keen consumers of our amazing scientific culture, but also there are worrying divides in terms of which economic groups are most likely to engage. Price tags on science museum galleries will only exacerbate such social division."

Click here to sign his petition now:

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That's a shame will sign it now, I am sending Grace off Monday morning with her friends and a couple of parents to the museum, will be sad day they charge us out of sending the kids in the summer holidays, this week they went to the natural history and had a great time.

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Remember these museums were part of our school outings after GCE's were over.

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We went last year of primary school. After olevels finished everyone disappeared into jobs or holidays, no hanging around for organised school trips.

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Don't stop there.
What about the cost of open top bus fares?
They're educational but cost an arm and a leg.
We did one of the 'tours' and got off at the museum, 2adults and 2kids was about £100 and that was about 12 years ago.

It would have been cheaper driving my Range Rover around and paying the parking fees.

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I don't disagree but they are not quite the national treasures our museums are, and you can get a tour walking for far less.

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The open top bus tours are as synonymous with London as The Queen.
Some people can't walk that far so aren't that lucky, anyway I doubt the walking tours are nowhere near as far as the bus tours.

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True but they don't house the treasures the museums do. We've often gone to the museums never done a tour bus. So for us museums everytime.

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London is its own worst enemy as far as out pricing itself.

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A lot of places are, we were looking where Grace might go during the holidays, some places cost over a hundred pounds for a family visit ! Looks like it'll be a lot of parks and picnics.