🗺️ Central
🏙️ Kensington & Chelsea
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What it is
Museum tags: Natural history, botany & gardens; Archaeology; Zoology; Geology; Dinosaurs; Architecture
One of the world’s top museums in an utterly stunning Victorian building envisaged as a ‘Cathedral to Nature’. Home to a vast collection of natural history. Highlights include the ever-popular dinosaurs, its central hall with the skeleton of a blue whale, the glittering gem gallery, and rooms with just about every animal you can imagine, big and small. Now also has a Wildlife Garden. For a large part of the year it hosts the excellent Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, well worth a visit.
Curated by Jamie George, creator of What’s Down That Street.
Jamie has personally visited 65+ London museums so far and regularly updates this guide with practical, first-hand information.
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Current exhibitions at Natural History Museum
| Exhibition | Museum | Start date | End date | Paid/Free | Theme | Visit website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth? | Natural History Museum | 16-May-25 | 22-Feb-26 | Paid | Science | Visit website |
| Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 | Natural History Museum | 17-Oct-25 | 12-Jul-26 | Paid | Science | Visit website |
| Our Story with David Attenborough | Natural History Museum | Ongoing | Paid | Science | Visit website |