8 HP Petrol-Electric Car
1927
Hawking Building Freestanding Grid
The freestanding grid in the Hawking Building is home to some of the largest objects from the Science Museum Group Collection.
Standing over 5 metres, the tallest object on the grid is the Glasgow Tram (1962-256), which served the people of Glasgow for over 60 years. The grid contains a myriad of different vehicles from carriages to buses and historic fire engines, a Blue Peter RNLI lifeboat (1976-56) and the world’s fastest milk float. Also on the grid are incredible telescopes, from a 17th century example to the space-flown Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope (2005-33) and machines that helped us study the ocean floor and the atmosphere, such as TOBI (2020-209) and the record breaking gondola (1935-268) used by Professor Auguste Piccard.
Hansom cab, late 19th century
1887-1900
Ford Cortina Automatic Car
1964
Early 19th Century Curricle
1800-1825
Bond Minicar 'Desirée', 1950
1950
Motor Car Engine, Gear Box and Controls
1908
Stanley Steam Car with Early Type Pneumatic Tyres.
1899
Rolls-Royce RB162 Turbojet Engine
Transit circle by Edward Troughton, London, with a micrometer eyepiece and accessories
1806
General Purpose Vehicle rocket no.730
Three-wheeled motor car
1888
Harding, Model 39, Invalid Carriage
1945-1955
Bedford coach
1963
Original Gondola used in Professor Piccard's Second Ascent
Mechanical analogue computer
circa 1955
Daimler-Maybach Motor Car
1895
Daimler Car
1899
Lanchester Car No.2
1897
Napier '40/50' Limousine Motor Car, 1921
1921
Serpollet Steam Motor Car, 1903
1903
Refracting telescope with observatory mounting, 1884
1884
5 HP Single-Cylinder Humberette Car
1903
Mobile X-Ray Vehicle
1948
Tramcar Built for the Glasgow Corporation
1901
Blue Peter Inshore Rescue Life-Boat
1963
1943 Austin fire engine with 60ft. Merryweather turntable ladder
1943
Bristol Orion Turboprop Engine
circa 1956
Lintott Submersible Research Vehicle
1967
Austin K6 CO2 crash tender c.1939
1939
Early "Edison" Dynamo
Lanchester 'Eighteen' Saloon Motor Car
1937
Renault Type AG 7.9hp Taxi
1910
Private Coach with accessories, probably late 19th century
1870-1900
Irish Jaunting Carriage
1853
Horse-drawn box-type milk-delivery van
circa 1953
Horse-Drawn Charabanc
1890
Bentley 4.25 Litre Engine Coupé Motor Car
1939
Sports Three-Wheeled Motor Car, Registered 1914
1913-1914
Cape Wagon used by Lord Roberts
1899
Shooting Brake
1825-1875
Ford Comuta Electric Car
1967
Dog cart
1837-1901
Fowler mole plough c.1920
1915-1925
One-Horse Sleigh
1880-1890
Irish Jaunting Car
1901-1907
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Mark I car chassis, 1955
1955
'Sutherland' steam fire engine
1863
Hillman Minx Touring Motor Car
1932
Horse Ambulance
Lagonda Saloon Car, 1957
1957
Merryweather Manual Fire Engine
1898-1902
Ford Model T car
1912
Town coach, Late 19th century
1875-1900
Lotus Elan Car Chassis
1966
Wurzburg radar aerial
1939-1945
Cornish Pumping Engine Model built by Harvey & Co
1862
M21 Motorcycle and Sidecar
1958
Humber 'Snipe' Car
1961
Waggonette
Unknown
Wartburg 312 saloon car
1966
Australian Road Wagon, Late 19th Century
1875-1900
Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire engine
1889-1894
Wolseley 7.5 H.P. motor car
1902-1903
Leyland fire engine, c 1938
1936-1938
Foster Steam Car, 1901, Registration No. BW 57
1901
Daffodil Motor Car
1965
Cyclecar
1921
Pony Chaise, Late 19th Century
1875-1900
Small governess cart, 1900-1930
1900-1930
Russian sociable, Hooper and co, 1898
1898
S.21 flat bed lorry
1968
Dress chariot, late 19th century
1875-1900
Canoe Landau, late 19th century
1875-1900
Ford Model N Touring Car
1906
'Bajaj Autoriksha' Model Type 24, Autorickshaw
1982
Four-wheeled Dog Cart, Late 19th Century
1875-1900
Station Bus, Late 19th Century
1875-1900
Regal IV Bus
1953
Bentley 3 Litre Touring Car
1924
Winchester Mk3 taxi c. 1969
1969
Hooded mail phaeton, by Holland and Holland
1875-1900
Driving Phaeton
Unknown
Harrod's electric delivery van
1932
Vauxhall Victor Series 2 de Luxe Motor Car
1960
Phaeton Carriage built by Barker and co
1837-1901
'Amphicar' Amphibious Vehicle
1967
Sno-Cat Model 743 Tracked Vehicle
1955
Brougham Wagonette
1875-1925
Landaulette, by Burlington Carriage Company
late 19th century / early 20th century
Fire engine
‘Barrett Midget’ Invalid Carriage
1963
French Chaise, c. 1750
c.1750
Patent portable steam threshing engine by Richard Hornsby & Sons
1867
850 Morris Minivan
1961
Wolseley 10 Motor Car
1924
Dennis fire engine
1936
Austin 7. Motor Car Chassis
1935
40-50HP Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost motor car
1909
N.S.U. 'Spider' Motor Car
1965
Caravan with Public Address Equipment
1929-1935