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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew vs Science Museum

Both are rated highly by professionals. Overall, Science Museum is preferred by most professionals compared to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Science Museum comes in at 93 with praise from 7 sources including Michelin Guide, Lonely Planet and Travel + Leisure.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
8 / 10
Kew Road, Richmond, Kew TW9 3AB
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Enter the Royal Botanic Gardens, as Kew Gardens are officially known, and you are enveloped by blazes of color, extraordinary blooms, hidden trails, and lovely old follies." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"It's essentially a vast scientific research center that also happens to be extraordinarily beautiful." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Victorian-era greenhouses and the sprawling grounds overflow with 33,000 species of flowers, plants, and trees (the world’s largest living collection)." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Kew Gardens is a magnificent World Heritage Site covering 300 acres with over 30,000 species of plants." Full review
Let's Go Let's Go
"These botanical gardens host the largest collection of plants in the world, and visitors can eat up gorgeous assemblages of roses, orchids, and cacti (or be eaten up by the carnivorous plants)." Full review
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Science Museum
Science Museum
9 / 10
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD
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Fodor's Fodor's
"This, one of the three great South Kensington museums, stands next to the Natural History Museum in a far plainer building." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"Covering all aspects of science, technology, and medicine, the Science Museum is the star of the trio of museums on Exhibition Road (the others are the V&A and the Natural History Museum)."
Time Out Time Out
"The Science Museum features seven floors of educational and entertaining exhibits, including the Apollo 10 command module and a flight simulator." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"This temple to the sciences - 5 floors covering 5ha in all - is remarkable for the richness of its collections, and for the methods it employs to engage visitors." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Families flock to this museum, as do school kids taking part in field trips (380,000 visit as part of a school group each year)." Full review
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