The Science Museum Group cares for an astonishingly diverse and internationally significant collection of 7.3 million items from science, technology, engineering, medicine, transport and media.
Thousands of our collection items are on long-term loan to museums and heritage organisations, or feature in our touring exhibitions, enabling a wide range of audiences in the UK and beyond to access and be inspired by this unique collection.
Following an extensive programme of work across our six sites, we will resume accepting object loan requests in October 2025 for display from October 2026 onwards.
In line with many national museums, a minimum notice period of 12 months is required for both national and international loan requests. All new loan requests will be considered by the Loans Committee, which meets four times a year. Further detail can be found in Information for Borrowers.