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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Select a scene to explore the whale's story, from the ocean to the Museum's collections to the historic Hintze Hall.

Our marine mammal expert Richard Sabin takes us through what scientists know – and don’t know – about narwhals, also known as unicorns of the sea. Ask a world-leading scientist a silly question, get a ...

An unassuming fragment of fossil bone collected four decades ago has turned out to be the first piece of dinosaur bone ever discovered on Antarctica. Today, Antarctica is known for its thick ice cap ...

If you thought our sleepovers were just for kids, think again. Join us after the Sun’s gone down and let your inner child go wild for a night of fun and games at the Museum. Not only will you get to ...

Flying haphazardly through the air on a balmy summer day, the male stag beetle is in a hurry to find a mate. Find out how he puts his spectacular antler-like jaws to use, why this species needs ...

Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820) insect collection of 4,000 insects, includes butterflies, flies, bugs and moths. The Banks and Sloane collections are the only two maintained separately within the ...

The Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, was driven to extinction by European colonisers who hunted it, destroyed its habitat and introduced competing species. These practices still affect ...