Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of the three most renowned museums in London. Victoria and Albert Museum and Science Museum are the other largest museums in the city. The Natural History Museum is situated on the famous Cromwell Road of London city. Ardent naturalists call the museum 'a cathedral of nature'. It is famous all over the world as a research center.
The Natural History Museum had its origin within the British Museum. The Waterhouse façade was created later in 1881, and the same expanded to incorporate the geological museum at a still later point of time. The Natural History Museum is a magnificent piece of architecture, with an oriental terra cotta exterior on the traditions of high architecture of Victorian type. It's numerous carvings and decorations are expressive of old and new aspects of nature, in its diverse forms.
The Natural History Museum houses around seventy million items of earth and life specimens in its precincts. Its five primary collections are from the stream of mineralogy, botany, paleontology, zoology and entomology. The museum does fantastic work in the conservation and identification of taxonomy, as a famous research centre. Many of its specimen's are a treasure of natural specimens. These are of immense historical and scientific value. Most well known among these are the specimens collected by Charles Darwin. However the Darwin Centre of Natural History Museum was built in two phases in recent times. The Darwin Centre was also partially created for preserving and showing Charles Darwin's invaluable collections.
Visiting The Natural History Museum:
Address: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7942 5000
Cost: Free (special exhibitions prices)
Time: Mon to Sat 10:00-17:50 & Sun 11:00-17:50
Nearest Underground Stations:
Gloucester Road Tube (7 minutes)
South Kensington Tube (5 minutes)
For more information on Natural History Museum, please visit : www.nhm.ac.uk
What's on at Natural History Museum:
Amazing Butterflies
5th April '08 to 17th August '08
The Butterfly Monitoring Scheme where volunteers monitor the number and type of butterflies along a two to four kilometre route.
London Fashion Week
14th Sep - 19th Sep '08
One of the great Fashion events (where) top designers reveal the very latest trends in fashion for the coming year.
London Fashion Weekend
24th - 28th Sep '08
Here, designers who displayed their collections at London Fashion Week will be selling off their clothes at below retail prices.
The Natural History Museum had its origin within the British Museum. The Waterhouse façade was created later in 1881, and the same expanded to incorporate the geological museum at a still later point of time. The Natural History Museum is a magnificent piece of architecture, with an oriental terra cotta exterior on the traditions of high architecture of Victorian type. It's numerous carvings and decorations are expressive of old and new aspects of nature, in its diverse forms.
The Natural History Museum houses around seventy million items of earth and life specimens in its precincts. Its five primary collections are from the stream of mineralogy, botany, paleontology, zoology and entomology. The museum does fantastic work in the conservation and identification of taxonomy, as a famous research centre. Many of its specimen's are a treasure of natural specimens. These are of immense historical and scientific value. Most well known among these are the specimens collected by Charles Darwin. However the Darwin Centre of Natural History Museum was built in two phases in recent times. The Darwin Centre was also partially created for preserving and showing Charles Darwin's invaluable collections.
Visiting The Natural History Museum:
Address: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7942 5000
Cost: Free (special exhibitions prices)
Time: Mon to Sat 10:00-17:50 & Sun 11:00-17:50
Nearest Underground Stations:
Gloucester Road Tube (7 minutes)
South Kensington Tube (5 minutes)
For more information on Natural History Museum, please visit : www.nhm.ac.uk
What's on at Natural History Museum:
Amazing Butterflies
5th April '08 to 17th August '08
The Butterfly Monitoring Scheme where volunteers monitor the number and type of butterflies along a two to four kilometre route.
London Fashion Week
14th Sep - 19th Sep '08
One of the great Fashion events (where) top designers reveal the very latest trends in fashion for the coming year.
London Fashion Weekend
24th - 28th Sep '08
Here, designers who displayed their collections at London Fashion Week will be selling off their clothes at below retail prices.
