Editing Science Museum, London (section)

==Directors of the Science Museum==
The directors of the South Kensington Museum were:
* [[Henry Cole (inventor)|Henry Cole]] CB (1857–1873)
* Sir [[Philip Cunliffe-Owen]] KCB KCMG CIE (1873–1893)

The directors of the Science Museum have been:
* Major-General [[Edward R. Festing]] CB FRS (1893–1904)
* [[William I. Last]] (1904–1911)
* Sir [[Francis Grant Ogilvie]] CB (1911–1920)
* Colonel Sir [[Sir Henry Lyons|Henry Lyons]] FRS (1920–1933)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1J0eAQAAIAAJ&q=The%20rise%20of%20the%20Science%20Museum%20under%20Henry%20Lyons |isbn=9780901805195 |title=The Rise of the Science Museum Under Henry Lyons |year=1978 |publisher=Science Museum |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708160731/https://books.google.com/books?id=1J0eAQAAIAAJ&q=The%20rise%20of%20the%20Science%20Museum%20under%20Henry%20Lyons |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Colonel [[E. E. B. Mackintosh]] DSO (1933–1945)
* [[Herman Shaw]] (1945–1950)
* [[F. Sherwood Taylor]] (1950–1956)
* Sir [[Terence Morrison-Scott]] DSc FMA (1956–1960)
* Sir [[David Follett]] FMA (1960–1973)
* Dame [[Margaret Weston]] DBE FMA (1973–1986)
* [[Neil Cossons]] OBE FSA FMA (1986–2000)
* [[Lindsay Sharp]] (2000–2002)

The following have been head/director of the Science Museum in London, not including its satellite museums:
* Jon Tucker<ref>{{cite web |date=23 April 2008 |title=Image of jon tucker, head of science museum, 2002. by Science & Society Picture Library |url=http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10328913 |access-date=10 March 2015 |publisher=Scienceandsociety.co.uk |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105054007/http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10328913 |url-status=live }}</ref> (2002–2007, Head)
* [[Chris Rapley]] CBE (2007–2010)

The following have been directors of the [[National Museum of Science and Industry]], (since April 2012 renamed the Science Museum Group) which oversees the Science Museum and other related museums, from 2002:

* Lindsay Sharp (2002–2005)
* Jon Tucker (2005–06, Acting Director)
* [[Martin Earwicker]] FREng (2006–2009)
* [[Molly Jackson]] (2009)
* [[Andrew Scott (museum director)|Andrew Scott]] CBE (2009–10)
* [[Ian Blatchford]] (2010–)