Free entry. Temporary exhibitions are paid.
Seven days a week
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.
It’s free to visit, but my advice is to book a free slot in advance. Especially during the summer, the queues can be very, very long.
The other thing I love about the Natural History Museum is the beautiful, unique building, designed as a Cathedral to nature, entirely using terracotta decorations. It’s incredibly intricate, and I notice something new every time I go back.
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