London Tours - Discover the UK

From Earth’s beginnings to the dawn of our species, this museum houses some 80 million specimens in a labyrinth of galleries. Your expert guide will navigate you through them, introducing you to characters like Sophie the Stegosaurus and the skeleton of the long-gone Dodo along the way. You’ll catch a glimpse of the rare Archaeopteryx – the alleged missing link between dinosaurs and birds. You’ll stand awestruck by the enormous slice of a Giant Sequoia, a marvel of the natural world. Visit the casts of victims from the volcanic disaster at Pompeii and learn about civilizations that once used human skulls as drinking vessels. By the end, you’ll no doubt have a greater appreciation for the natural world all around you, and for the world-class collection that the Natural History Museum has amassed over the years.

Highlights Generally Include (if artwork is not on loan or being restored etc.):

Sophie the Stegosaurus

Pompeii Casts

Hope (the Blue Whale Skeleton)

Archeopteryx fossil – missing link between birds and dinosaurs

Giant sequoia slice

Human skull cup

Dodo skeleton

Iguanodon teeth fossils

Cranbourne meteorite

On the Origin of Species – first edition