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Natural History Museum Description

The original nucleus of The Natural History Museum, which was founded in 1754 and moved into its present building in 1881, was formed by the scientific collections of Sir Hans Sloane. The Museum is a palatial building in Romanesque style (designed by Alfred Waterhouse 1873-80), 230m/675ft long, with two 64m/190ft high towers. The exterior is faced with terracotta slabs bearing relief figures of animals. Since 1988 The Natural History Museum has been linked to the Geological Museum on Exhibition Road.

The admission charge covers both museums.

The original collections of Sir Hans Sloane, comprising 50,000 books, 10,000 preserved animals and 334 volumes of pressed plant species, were augmented over the years by thousands of new

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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Victorian; Natural history museum; Architecture - Romanesque; Dinosaur collection or display; Minerals, geology attraction, mining; Science, technology attraction or museum

Natural History Museum Highlights

Earth Galleries (formerly Geological Museum)

The Geological Museum (now called Earth Galleries) has a very extensive and interesting collection of material on the geology and the minerals of the world. There are regular lectures and film

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Dinosaurs

The Iguanodon and Hypsilophodon are two of the dinosaurs that are on exhibition at the Natural History Museum. Several other skeletons from all corners of the world are to be found here as well.

Ecology

To the right of the information stand, the long corridor through the department of fossil mammals leads to a new room devoted to the balance of nature and the environment. Interesting facts may be

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Flora and Fauna

The exhibits on the second floor cover the natural history of the British Isles.

Mammals

The northwest corner of the ground floor is devoted to mammals; a 27 m/91ft long life-sized cast of a blue whale dominates the gallery which also contains examples of extinct mammals. The lower

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Origins

The first floor accommodates origin of species - explores natural selection and Darwin's theories. The Mineral Gallery on the right contains some 130,000 specimens, representing about 75 per cent

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Address

London Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington
London SW7 5BD
United Kingdom

http://www.nhm.ac.uk

Hours

January 1 to December 31

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	11:00
Closed	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50

Always closed on:
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)