A vast blue whale skeleton now hangs in Hintze Hall. Take a look at specimens that have taken centre stage over the years. The Museum opened to the public in 1881 and in its early days the ...

From wasps to whales, the Natural History Museum was built to catalogue the ... stayed true to Owen's vision of what a museum should be. Hintze Hall is reimagined, with a new star exhibit taking pride ...

Sir David Attenborough's unmistakable voice and expertise on all things nature make him the perfect person to take you on an audio-guided tour of Hintze Hall's star specimens ... discover more about ...

Following the sudden death of the architect originally appointed to design the Natural History Museum ... The building is dominated by the cathedral-like Hinzte Hall (formerly Central Hall) at the ...

Among the visitors was the Richard Owen, then-Superintendent of Natural History at the British Museum, who purchased Koch's mastodon ... Koch's confection and the skeleton that is now in Hintze Hall ...

The specimen has been in the Museum since 1893, after the tree was felled in California ... It is a detail that most of our visitors miss, but the Hintze Hall ceiling is a work of art in itself.

Though visitors can spot his namesake on the iconic gilded ceiling of our Hintze Hall ... one of many natural scientists and collectors whose important contributions have been neglected or overwritten ...

Many natural history collections throughout Europe and the western ... which now features on the gilded canopy in our Hintze Hall. Image of Kwasi: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. While many of ...

Resin deer lungs, a warthog and shells from HMS Endeavour are just a few of the curious specimens to be explored in the new Hintze Hall. Efstratia Verveniotou, Senior Conservator at the Museum ... and ...

In times of war, the Museum defiantly stayed open for as long as it could, its grounds were converted to community allotments and resident scientists put their minds to keeping troops and allies alive ...