Bookings are now closed. Our next home education day is on Friday 6 November. View the programme Home educators are welcome to visit us to bring learning to life. We offer a range of opportunities to ...

Discover some of the sensational specimens found by Mary Anning that are now part of the collections we look after.

Three species of lace web spiders live in the UK. They are usually found outdoors on walls, fencing and clutter around the garden, but are most common in homes in autumn when males leave their webs to ...

Sarah Addezio has been appointed as Programme Delivery Director for DiSSCo UK at the Natural History Museum bringing ...

Roaming the galleries and gardens can be exhausting stuff. Rest and refuel in our cafes and pick up dinosaur and nature-inspired gifts and souvenirs in our shops. Refuel in our cafes and pick up gifts ...

Stegosaurus, Allosaurus and Diplodocus are among the Jurassic Period’s most famous faces. But how dinosaurs went from a small and unimportant group of reptiles to ruling our planet for millions of ...

Go behind the scenes with our knowledgeable science educators for a look at the fascinating zoology collection preserved in spirit. As we explore some of the Darwin Centre’s 27 kilometres of shelves, ...

Discover how we are preparing for the UK’s biggest collections move. View of the new building across the natural pond from the main access road towards the main ...

The secret of how seals can hear in air and water has been revealed using the Natural History Museum’s collection.

When we think of big dinosaurs, it's often famous examples like Spinosaurus and T. rex that spring to mind. But dinosaurs got much, much bigger. But the true champions were the titanosaurs, the ...

Following the sudden death of the architect originally appointed to design the Natural History Museum, Alfred Waterhouse, a young architect from Liverpool, took over the task. He used a mixture of ...

The henna plant has been widely used throughout the world for thousands of years, particularly within medicine and art. However, its origin and history are not well-recorded. Despite its popular ...