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
CENTAUR, Prototype for the ZEUS Central Tracking Detector
1998
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus
2001-2006
Bond Minicar 'Desirée', 1950
1950
GLORIA (‘Geological Long-Range Inclined Asdic’)
1993
Motor Car Engine, Gear Box and Controls
1908
Spacelab 2 X-ray Telescope
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
Oak funeral bier donated to the parish of Shrivenham by Rear Admiral Sir Charles Dury in memory of his late wife, Frances Ellen Whitehead
1900
General Purpose Vehicle rocket no.730
Second Generation Ford Festiva / Aspire
1995
Electric Brougham
1904
Vickers Oceanics LR2 Submersible.
1975
Telephone Kiosk
circa 1955
Three-wheeled motor car
1888
Vickers Oceanics LR2 Pressure Hull.
1975
Vauxhall Car Fitted with Mobility Aids, United Kingdom, 1990-2005
1990-2005
Rhodesian Railways Carriage, 1928
1928
Volkswagen Golf Mark 1 motor car
1975
Solar charged and pedalled electric car
1981
Two Wheeled Tradesman High Cart
1918
Ferranti Argus 200 Computer
1960
Constantinesco Car Chassis and Running Gear, 1926
1926
Arab II 'Utility' bus
1943
Harding, Model 39, Invalid Carriage
1945-1955
Four Wheeled Funeral Bier
1935
Bedford coach
1963
Original Gondola used in Professor Piccard's Second Ascent
Mechanical analogue computer
circa 1955
'Sociable' horse drawn carriage
1895
Moulton coach
1970
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
Switchgear for Manual Telephone Exchange
1947
Tramcar Built for the Glasgow Corporation
1901
Fiat 500, 1970
1970
Nissan Leaf RobotCar autonomous vehicle
2012 (registered)
Blue Peter Inshore Rescue Life-Boat
1963
1943 Austin fire engine with 60ft. Merryweather turntable ladder
1943
Microwave Horn used at Harrow Weald Radio Station, c. 1965-2000
1965-2000
Bristol Orion Turboprop Engine
circa 1956
Lintott Submersible Research Vehicle
1967
Physiotherapy Bed by Akrow
Turning Frame Orthopaedic Bed
Argson self-propelled three-wheeled ‘invalid carriage’
circa 1930-1950
Rack of IBM Blue Gene/P Supercomputer
2007
Horse-drawn Cockshoot carriage, 1900
1900
Rack of IBM Blue Gene/P Supercomputer
2007
Self-propelled wheelchair, model 29
circa 1940-1950
Refracting Telescope of Aperture 6.5 in ( 165mm)
1851
Self-propelled three-wheeled ‘invalid carriage’
1920-1950
Leyland Lion single decker bus, 1928
1928
Argson three-wheeled motorised ‘invalid carriage’
circa 1945-1950
Harper Mark VI three-wheeled car
circa 1957-1960
Leyland National single deck bus
1973
Copy of 16th century elevating rack
1920-1950
Invacar invalid carriage
AC invalid trike
Austin K6 CO2 crash tender c.1939
1939
Barrett Midget invalid carriage
Early "Edison" Dynamo
Mantis Submersible
Model to represent the Chelsea and Westminster hospital on Fulham Road (opened in 1993)
1998
Lanchester 'Eighteen' Saloon Motor Car
1937
New Era invalid carriage tricycle
Renault Type AG 7.9hp Taxi
1910
Imperial motor car
1904
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
Thornycroft Nubian Major airfield crash tender
1970
32 Lever Signal Lever Frame
1869
Bentley 4.25 Litre Engine Coupé Motor Car
1939
15 lever signal lever frame
1885
Sports Three-Wheeled Motor Car, Registered 1914
1913-1914
Lotus Excel Car
Cape Wagon used by Lord Roberts
1899
Sectioned Lexus LS400 Motor Car
1989
RAE Rocket Test Vehicle 1
Red Top and Firestreak Air to Air Guided Missiles and Trolly
1957-1988
Shooting Brake
1825-1875
Ford Comuta Electric Car
1967
First Generation Prius Hybrid Petrol-Electric Car
1997
TOBI (Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument), 1980s
1986
Dog cart
Unknown
Fowler mole plough c.1920
1915-1925
Volkswagen T4, Thermal Imaging Van used by Border Force
1996
One-Horse Sleigh
1880-1890
Vickers Tango 1 Submersible
1975
Irish Jaunting Car
1901-1907
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Mark I car chassis, 1955
1955
'Sutherland' steam fire engine
1863
Rolls-Royce Griffon Aero Engine
1942-1945
Hillman Minx Touring Motor Car
1932
Trolley bus
1939
Horse Ambulance
Regis 6 Motor Car by Crossley Motors
1935
Lagonda Saloon Car, 1957
1957
Crossley Shelsley Motor Car
1929
Datsun Cherry 100a (E10) four door saloon motor car made by the Nissan Motor Company Ltd
1974
Merryweather Manual Fire Engine
1898-1902
Reva Electric Car
2001-2007
Blue Steel Stand-Off Bomb
1960
Belsize two-seater motor car
circa 1912
Electric Blue Milk Float
2006
Delivery table, Europe, 1945-1955
1945-1955
Ford Model T car
1912
Whitaker Tunnelling Machine
1921
Armstrong-Siddeley Double Mamba Turboprop Engine
Town coach, Late 19th century
1875-1900
40-hp open-drive limousine by Crossley Motors
1909
Lotus Elan Car Chassis
1966
Wurzburg radar aerial
1939-1945
"Solocar" Electric Powered Invalid Carriage
1947
Cornish Pumping Engine Model built by Harvey & Co
1862
M21 Motorcycle and Sidecar
1958
Humber 'Snipe' Car
1961
Bristol LS Bus
1953
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
eRanger Ambulance
2000-2009
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
YAK Yoeman Utility Vehicle
1979
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
Dennis F 12 Pump Escape Fire Engine
1958
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
Wooden bed frame with headboard and slabs
1801-1920
Post Office Television Detector Van. Employed in Northern Ireland
1974-1983
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
Mini Clubman Car driven by Ed Freeman
1978-1979
Brougham Wagonette
Late 19th century/early 20th century
Shell of a Riversimple Hydrogen Powered Car
2010
Landaulette, by Burlington Carriage Company
late 19th century / early 20th century
Fire engine
‘Barrett Midget’ Invalid Carriage
1963
French Chaise, c. 1750
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