Natural History Museum

South Kensington · South Kensington tube

One of the world's greatest natural history museums, the NHM houses an extraordinary collection spanning four and a half billion years of natural history. Walk beneath Hope, the 25-metre blue whale suspended in the Hintze Hall, explore dinosaur skeletons, and discover the museum's cutting-edge research into climate change and biodiversity. The stunning Waterhouse Building, opened in 1881, is itself a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture decorated with terracotta panels of animals and plants.