Natural History Museum
A free museum of the natural world in a terracotta Romanesque building in South Kensington, known for its dinosaur skeletons and blue whale.
- Museum
- Price: Free
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Did you know
The building's terracotta facade is covered in sculpted animals, with living and extinct species separated by wing: the west wing carries extinct creatures and the east wing carries living ones, a scheme designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse in the 1870s.
Local tip
Book a free timed entry slot online before you go, especially in school holidays, and enter through the quieter Exhibition Road entrance rather than the main Cromwell Road one to skip the longest queue.
Finding it
- Address
- Cromwell Road, Brompton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England, SW7 5BD
- Nearest station
- South Kensington (Tube), 248 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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