The National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI) is a collection of British museums, comprising:

• The National Railway Museum in York.
• The Science Museum in London.
• The National Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
• The Locomotion Museum in Shildon, County Durham.

The museum is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Developments

It was announced on 9 March 2006 that Martin Earwicker has been appointed as the new Director of NMSI.

An ambitious new project, Inspired, which will open up to the public the 92% of the Science Museum collections which are currently hidden away, is currently being developed at Science Museum Swindon in Wroughton near Swindon, Wiltshire.

References

• Inspired

External links

• NMSI main website
• Science Museum, London
• National Media Museum
• National Railway Museum
• Science Museum Swindon
• The official NMSI print website containing over 40,000 images from the various museum collections