National Museum of Science and Industry

NMSI was run directly by the UK government until 1984, when a Board of Trustees for the Science Museum was established under the UK National Heritage Act (1983). At this point, NMSI no longer operated as part of a central government department. Instead, it now has the status of a non-departmental public body, operating within the public sector but separately from its associated sponsoring government department, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.