One of London's Most Popular Museums
Neighborhood: Kensington/Chelsea
Nearest Train: South Kensington
Phone: +44 20 7942 5000
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Explore the natural history of the planet Earth from the prehistoric era to the present day at one of London's most visited museums. In 1881, the Natural History Museum moved to its present venue. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, this building is now one of London's most beautiful and most recognized. These hallowed halls now house more than 300 years' worth of collections, with over 68 million specimens. Broadly divided into Life and Earth galleries, the museum provides much more than can be seen in a day, and your feet will get tired before your brain does. Let your kids run wild amongst dinosaur skeletons, erupting volcanoes and life size constructs of blue whales - it's unlikely they'll ever forget their first visit here. Admission free.
Daily 10a-5:50pAssociated Events
Darwin's CanopyJun 4th, 2008 to Sep 14th, 2008
10:00AM
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Oct 30th, 2008 to Apr 30th, 2009
7:00PM
This exhibition/competition celebrates the many wonders of nature as well as the photographers that capture it on film. Judges reward the best, and visitors also get to vote for their favorites.
Phone: +44 20 7942 5792
Reviews
Best museum in London, and its free
Great place to visit. Most of it is free. Can take a long while to see the dinosaurs as they are ver...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on May 05 2008
Wonderful!!
For the natural science buff, this is the place to go!! The building is old yet very well kept. Th...
Reviewed by:horsengin from Arkansas on Mar 10 2006
Do not miss it!
A very interesting place,a massive old building containing a world of history. I was very impressed ...
Reviewed by:ystel78 from Italy on Mar 05 2006
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