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The Natural History Museum

London is a wonderful city for a lot of reasons. Its 2000 years of history can be witnessed in its iconic buildings and landmarks. The city has been the heart of great literature for several hundreds of years, and in the last century, has become the centre of music and film as well. It is a fact that for Londoners culture is of immense importance. It’s no surprise that you can find a wide variety of museums and galleries with exhibitions of cultural heritage from all over the world. In the following, you will find a brief overview of the unique features of London’s Natural History Museum.

10 Reasons to visit London’s Natural History Museum

1. Explore the past of our planet. Here you can discover 4.5 billion years of natural history.

2. Become aware of the relationships in nature and how humans are dependent on the earth’s resources.

3. Satisfy your thirst for knowledge.

4. Get captured by the museum, whose exhibitions and building represent an ode to nature.

5. Are there any Jurassic Park fans out there? Yes? No? Either way, here you can discover the world’s famous dinosaur collection and come face to face with fascinating fossils, eggs and other remains of our extinct inhabitants. Especially the life-sized animatronic-dinosaurs that need to be seen to be believed!

6. The great Hintze Hall has just been renovated and has become even more breathtaking than it was, even if this didn’t seem possible. Don’t miss the opportunity to witness the charm of this beautiful almost 200 year old hall.

7. Even though Dippy, the original star feature of the Hintze Hall is now travelling around the world, NHM’s new eye-catcher: the life-sized blue whale model and skeleton won’t stop to astonish.

8. Wander among meteorites, mammals, fish, birds, minerals, plants and insects. It never gets boring.

9. Get the chance to admire the Darwin Centre, Charles Darwin’s big influence on the theory of evolution that revolutionised biology.

And the best thing:

10. It is completely free!


by Sofia Eleftheriadi-Zacharaki
ISH Marketing

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